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NGA Open For Business

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What is Geospatial Intelligence?

Geospatial Intelligence is a highly evolved intelligence

discipline that tells you where exactly something or

someone is, what it is, and why it is important.

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o Attract, develop and sustain a more diverse,

agile and expert workforce.

o Expand the team and embrace their

contributions.

o Propel excellence in our craft.

o Drive relentlessly for our customers’ success

Mission, Vision & Strategy

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NGA Leverages a Wide Array of Platforms

Government & Commercial

Spaceborne

Subsurface

Airborne Manned & Unmanned

Surface

NGA uses a variety

of collection

platforms in order to

obtain the data

needed to create

world-class GEOINT

products.

Platforms

Bathymetric Readings

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Sea

• Safety of

Navigation

• Maritime

Information

• Maritime

Surveys

• Charts

• Notice to

Mariners

Land

• Feature Data

• Vegetation

• Terrain

• Maps

• Controlled

Imagery

Air

• Safety of

Navigation

• Aeronautical

Information

• Aeronautical

Surveys

• FLIPS

• Charts

• Vertical

Obstructions

Science

•GPS

•Photography

•Gravity

•Coordinate

Systems

Research

• Human

Geography

• Geographic

Names

• Open Source

• Maritime and

Land

Boundaries

Remotely-Sensed Data

Panchromatic Multispectral Hyperspectral Radar Infrared

NGA Utilizes a Wide Range of Data

Foundation Data

Physical Geography Gravitational Model

Cultural Data Maritime Safety of

Navigation

Aeronautical

Safety of

Navigation

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• User Consequence Driven

• Marketplace Informed

• Agility

Enterprise Acquisition Strategy- Six Principles

Principle #2:

Marketplace Transparency &

Collaboration

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• Joint Commercial GEOINT Activity

• Commercial Initiative to Buy Operationally Responsive GEOINT (CIBORG)

• “All in on Cloud”

• NSG Open Mapping Enclave (NOME)

More Marketplace Transparency and Collaboration

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Academic Transparency and Collaboration: CAE

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Throw in Open Source development…

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Combined with Open Standards…

Strategic Member of the OGC

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Open Data…

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NGA is Succeeding in the Open

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