National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

“We move more ones and zeros than any other agency in the United States. A lot of Americans don't realize that, and accordingly, with the size of the constellation growing and the number of terabytes coming from space over the next eight years, that data collection will go up precipitously,” said NGA Director VADM Whitworth. 🛰️ How is NGA going to manage this exponentially increasing amount of data from space to help our warfighters with positioning and targeting? AI. Learn more about how NGA leads the way on incorporating #AI into our workflows 📰 ➡️ https://bit.ly/4kvz5ts

United States Air Force🤝 NGA 🤝 National Guard Bureau This week, NGA participated in an unmanned aerial vehicle flight exercise with Airmen from the 178th Wing at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Ohio. Pictured here, this unmanned MQ-9 Reaper can support a variety of missions including defense operations and rapid response to natural catastrophes. Later this year, the MQ-9 will be headed to the Jefferson range to drop two GBU 12 inert munitions – that’s a 500-pound bomb. 💣 Learn more about the variety of ways the unmanned MQ-9 flight can advance our nation’s security here 📰 ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Rd9wjj

Business is booming in the St. Louis region as commercial industry expands its footprint, offering #AI services to government clients like NGA. 💼 Companies continue to expand and invest in this area, which is testament to the growing St. Louis geospatial community, with over 350 geospatial companies and organizations in the region, accounting for 27,000 employees and $5 billion in economic impact. 📈 NGA is proud to call St. Louis home – read more on the industry we’re helping grow here #NGAinSTL ➡️ https://bit.ly/4iTL9CW

#DYK NGA is processing imagery 80 percent faster than we did a year ago. 🛰️ This is on top of the 40 percent more imagery NGA analysts sifted through in 2023. How? With the help of NGA Maven, our AI-powered computer vision-based technology that finds potential targets to attack. This year, NGA is continuing these gains by accelerating AI. This means, ✔️ Creating key AI leadership positions to steer the development ✔️ Ensuring we have the resources we need, including computing power ✔️ Accrediting and certifying AI for responsible use and quality assessment ✔️ Ensuring that our adversaries don’t manipulate our data Learn more on how NGA is accelerating the use of AI to help our warfighters 📰 ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hiWTxV

U.S. Coast Guard 🤝 NGA 🚁 NGA is proud to support the Coast Guard’s drug interdiction mission through all phases of flight from pre-planning to enroute operations to mission completion. NGA provides materials including airfield foundation data, standard instrument departures, airway structure, standard terminal arrivals, instrument approach procedures, and vertical obstructions to flight teams who hunt down suspected drug traffickers in high-speed watercrafts. Swipe ➡️ to meet the NGA team who recently participated in a drug interdiction field training exercise in Florida—Scott, Lt. Col. Caitlyn, and Jay. “What they do is important for the country. That fact reinforced just how important our work roles are within NGA, specifically those that support this critical role,” said Jay after the exercise. Learn more about NGA’s role in countering drug trafficking 📰 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ettqcPxE

On March 11, NGA hit a key milestone: we have awarded 25,000 GEOINT Professional Certifications. 🎉🎉 “I want to recognize the monumental achievement,” said NGA Director VADM Frank Whitworth. “This program has been the leader in intelligence analyst certification … our 11 accredited certifications serve as the example for our partners across the Intelligence Community.” NGA is proud to set our tradecraft’s readiness standards and help our warfighters make positive identifications and provide ample warning to warfighters and policymakers alike. Learn more about this program and milestone achievement 📰 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eTE4AZxJ

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#OTD, 34 years ago, the Gulf War ended. NGA predecessor agencies played a pivotal role in providing imagery analysis and mapping resources to U.S. efforts, enabling air attacks on over 150 separate and distinct targets in the first 24 hours of the offensive operation. The over 44 million maps created by NGA predecessor agencies during the conflict gave U.S. forces a significant strategic advantage over their Iraqi opponents in both aerial and ground engagements. Learn more about how NGA predecessor agencies helped transform modern warfare throughout this conflict 🎥➡️ https://lnkd.in/ebhCYMmU 📷 F-16A Fighting Falcon, F-15C Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft fly over burning oil fields in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

NGA is proud to introduce our new Senior Enlisted Leader Navy Command Master Chief Jason T. Reynolds 👏👏 Reynolds has 28 years of experience in the U.S. Navy and previously served as the Command Master Chief at the Office of Naval Intelligence. “As I stand before you all, I want to say that my cup is full of gratitude, excitement, grit, optimism, confidence and pride,” said Reynolds. “It is truly an honor to take the responsibility of leading this remarkable organization, one that I do not take lightly.” Read more on Reynolds’s experience and responsibilities in his new role here. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4bhDtIj

Next up in our #GreetingsfromtheArsenal series, check out this post card from 1918. ✉️✉️ The St. Louis Arsenal became operational less than 30 years after the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. It quickly played a vital role in westward expansion, supplying Army and territorial militia west of the Mississippi River, as well as equipping westward expeditions to the Pacific. As necessary militia supplies headed west, they would have left through the Arsenal sallyport, seen here during excavations in 1918. ⛴