NGA eyes imminent, ‘significant’ contracts for commercial GEOINT object detection, analytics

Published on December 13, 2023



DoDIIS 2023 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will soon ask industry to submit their proposals for GEOINT data services, the agency’s director said today, as it looks to take better advantage of commercial sector capabilities.

“It’s to purchase new commercial GEOINT data services from multiple vendors,” Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth said at the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System, or DoDIIS, conference. “The resulting contracts are called Luno and A, luno, alpha … and they’re intended to help us meet the increasing demands for commercial GEOINT. The goal is to enable NGA to do two things: acquire commercial GEOINT object detections and leverage industry analytics and automation in areas of national security interest, of course.”

Whitworth did not reveal how much the contracts would be worth, saying, “I wish I could tell you the amount, but let’s just say it’s significant.”

Whitworth’s comments follow years of DoD and intelligence community officials expressing interest in increasing adoption of commercial space technologies.

Read More: https://breakingdefense.com/2023/12/nga-eyes-imminent-significant-contracts-for-commercial-geoint-object-detection-analytics/

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