How to increase the INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S geospatial innovation

摘要

Recent articles outline a general dissatisfaction with geospatial innovation in the National Geo-spatial-Intelligence Agency. Part of the issue, contracting for commercial imagery purchases, resides with the National Reconnaissance Office. Both agencies face challenges in dealing with the volume of geospatial data from space, increasing mission complexity and incorporating software, hardware, and data being created by the smallsat industry.