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NGA announces academic grants competition for innovation
April 13, 2018 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Academic Research Program announced a grants competition inviting eligible applicants to submit innovative ideas for path-breaking research to advance the GEOINT mission.
NGA seeks scanning solution for 170 million historical film images
April 10, 2018 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is currently seeking a commercial solution to design, configure and build a high-speed film scanner prototype to digitize more than 170 million historical images.
NGA demos at USA Science and Engineering Festival
April 6, 2018 — National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency employees are hosting a booth at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., April 7-8.
NGA appoints agency’s new west executive, deputy associate director for operations
March 12, 2018 — National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo appointed Brett Markham as the NGA west executive and deputy associate director for operations.
NGA appoints Dr. Anthony Vinci to the role of chief technology officer
Jan. 23, 2018 — National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo announced today Dr. Anthony Vinci will fill the new role of chief technology officer at NGA.
NGA hosts St. Louis career fair
Jan. 23, 2018 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is hosting a career fair at the T-REX facility in downtown St. Louis, Jan. 24.
NGA seeks nominations for 2018 Hall of Fame
Jan. 5, 2018 - The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is accepting nominations through March 15 for individuals to be considered for induction into the 2018 Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame.
2017 Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame inducts six former leaders, geospatial pioneers
Oct. 3, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency inducted the Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame Class of 2017 during a ceremony at the agency’s headquarters in Springfield, Virginia, Oct. 3.
NGA provides imagery, analytic support in response to Hurricane Irma
Sept. 13, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is providing geospatial support for areas affected by Hurricane Irma at the request of the United States Agency for International Development, the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Government of the Bahamas to aid in response and recovery efforts.
NGA completes Arctic DEM project, producing elevation model maps of entire Arctic
Sept. 6, 2017 — A team of scientists, cartographers and analysts from NGA, the National Science Foundation, the University of Minnesota and Esri has completed mapping the entire Arctic as part of the two-year Arctic DEM Project.
NGA solicits input for advanced geospatial analytics in latest Boosting Innovative GEOINT topic area
Aug. 24, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency released the sixth topic of the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT, or BIG, Broad Agency Announcement initiative, Aug. 22, focused on advanced geospatial analytics.
Agency awards prototype agreement to attract new technologies, drive change
August 23, 2017 — NGA awarded an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) prototype agreement to SOSSEC, Inc. July 13, to drive innovative and transformational change into the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence and Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence environments.
NGA announces Poole as deputy director
August 10, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced Aug. 10 that Justin C. Poole has been named the agency’s seventh deputy director upon the departure of Susan M. Gordon.
‘Visualizing GIS support to crises planning and analyses’ could earn you $5K at NGA’s Austin hackathon
July 24, 2017 — NGA wants hackathon participants to visualize future technology uses for planning and analyzing in support to crises in Austin July 29-30.
NGA purchases $14 million subscription to utilize small satellite capabilities
July 19, 2017 — NGA announced today a $14 million, one-year subscription to Planet, a commercial imagery provider.
NGA to honor historical marker of satellite tracking facility in Great Falls, Virginia
June 22, 2017 — The Virginia Board of Historic Resources is scheduled to dedicate a historical marker June 24 at 10 a.m., honoring the work of the U.S. Army Map Service at The Turner Farm in Great Falls, Virginia.
NGA taps ‘change agent’ for director of new Office of Ventures and Innovation
June 5, 2017 — NGA Director Robert Cardillo announced the addition of David Bray to Team GEOINT
ArcticDEM Project has now mapped more than 65 percent of the Arctic
June 2, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, in collaboration with the Polar Geospatial Center and Esri, has mapped more than 65 percent of the Arctic, detailed in the fifth Arctic DEM project release June 2.
Tailor-made intelligence briefings for policymakers goal of next NGA hackathon
May 11, 2017 — When the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency lands in Seattle for its next hackathon May 20-21, it will be looking for solutions that will help it improve content curation.
NGA Marine awarded commendation medal for life-saving efforts
May 3, 2017 — A U.S. Marine Corps staff sergeant assigned to the NGA’s headquarters was honored May 3 during a ceremony at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, for the actions he took March 30 at NGA to save a coworker.
NGA delivers unclassified intelligence via Apple App Store and Google Play
April 20, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency released its latest app, Tearline, into Apple Store and Google Play, delivering unclassified geospatial-intelligence.
NGA solicits input for airborne SAR in Boosting Innovative GEOINT topic area
April 12, 2017 - NGA released the fifth topic area of the agency's BIG BAA
Food security, regional stability emphasis of NGA’s Los Angeles-area hackathon
March 22, 2017 — NGA will hold a hackathon event March 25-26 in Los Angeles.
NGA’s CIBORG initiative enables $4.4M contract with VRICON for 3D modeling
March 6, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency contracted for $4.4 million data packages through an initiative with the General Services Administration.
NGA ‘hacks’ Huntsville, seeks solutions for natural disaster emergencies
Feb. 24, 2017 — Agency’s hackathon series blasts off in ‘Rocket City’ Feb. 25-26
NGA seeks nominations for 2017 Hall of Fame
Feb. 21. 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is accepting nominations through May 19 for individuals to be considered for induction into the 2017 Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame.
NGA earns national accreditation for GEOINT certification programs
Feb. 16, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency achieves national accreditation for two geospatial intelligence professional certification programs.
Arctic DEM project highlights new elevation models to the public
Feb. 15, 2017 — The ArcticDEM project releases new data of surface detail from mainland Canada and Russia.
NGA awards four contracts to enhance artificial intelligence and automation
Feb. 15, 2017 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded four contracts in January and February designed to enhance artificial intelligence and automation to improve geospatial-intelligence analysis.
NGA military analyst honored at Washington Capital’s game
Feb. 2, 2017 — A U.S. Army staff sergeant assigned to NGA was honored Feb. 1 during a Washington Capitals’ home game for his service as an imagery analyst.
NGA appoints new director of plans and programs
Jan. 25, 2017 — Anthony Vinci, Ph.D., was named NGA director of plans and programs, responsible for managing and developing future concepts and collaboration across NGA.
U.S. Air Force and City of St. Louis take next step toward N2W
Jan. 13, 2017 — The option to acquire property for construction of NGA's west headquarters was executed.
U.S. Senate passes resolution recognizing NGA’s 20th anniversary
Dec. 1, 2016 -- U.S. Senate passes resolution recognizing NGA’s 20th anniversary
New contract aims to improve NGA’s approach to personnel management
Nov. 23, 2016 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded a $63 million human resources management contract to Deloitte Consulting LLP Nov. 22.
NGA to host online discussion about eNGAge program for industry and academic partnership
Nov. 3, 2016 - NGA to host online discussion about eNGAge program for industry and academic partnership
NGA awards $50K to disparate data challenge winners
Nov. 3, 2016 — NGA awarded three companies a total of $50K in cash awards Oct. 21 for their solutions in making data discoverable geospatially.
NGA introductory contract with Planet to utilize small satellite imagery
Oct. 24, 2016 — NGA will have access to a global imagery refresh every 15 days of most of Earth’s landmass through a new contract with Planet, a commercial imagery provider operating the largest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites.
NGA awards $10K to fifteen challenge winners for discovering, analyzing disparate data
Oct. 19, 2016 — awarded fifteen challenge.gov participants with $10K at the conclusion of the first phase of the Disparate Data Challenge.
Former leaders, female geospatial pioneers inducted into 2016 Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame
Oct. 5, 2016 — On Oct. 4, NGA inducted the Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame Class of 2016 during a ceremony at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency headquarters in Springfield, Virginia.
NGA launches public website for Hurricane Matthew response efforts
Oct. 5, 2016 — NGA launched a new public website to host unclassified geospatial intelligence data, products and services for Hurricane Matthew response efforts.
NGA awards management contracts to 6 small businesses
Sept. 27, 2016 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded six Base Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity, or IDIQ, contracts Sept. 23 as part of the agency’s small business set-aside initiative.
NGA capitalizes on SpaceNet’s efforts
Sept. 7, 2016 — To fully leverage this abundance of imagery, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency constantly seeks innovative ways to automate its imagery analysis to better support national security efforts.
NGA, NSF release 3-D elevation models of Alaska for White House Arctic initiative
Sept. 1, 2016 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Science Foundation publicly released new 3-D topographic maps of Alaska Sept. 1 in support of a White House Arctic initiative to inform better decision-making in the Arctic.
NGA challenge offers up to $200K for disparate data solutions
August 30, 2016 — NGA is offering up to $200,000 in prizes for solutions to the agency’s disparate data challenges via Challenge.gov.
Vote now to bring NGA to South by Southwest
August 30, 2016 — NGA submitted two proposals to South by Southwest. Voting closes September 2.
NGA deploys team to Louisiana to assist in aftermath of severe flooding
Aug. 19, 2016 - NGA deployed a disaster support team to assist FEMA with damage assessments of flooded areas in Louisiana.
NGA seeks applications for Centers of Academic Excellence
Aug. 16, 2016 — NGA seeks applications for Centers of Academic Excellence.
NGA awards IT enterprise and cyber security contract
August 15, 2016 — NGA awards information technology services contract to operate and maintain enterprise and cyber security environment.
Joint NGA/NRO activity to integrate new commercial geospatial intelligence capabilities for the Intelligence Community
July 15, 2016 — Joint NGA/NRO activity to integrate new commercial geospatial intelligence capabilities for the Intelligence Community
NGA awards first contract for Broad Agency Announcement to boost innovative GEOINT
July 13, 2016 — NGA awarded a contract to evaluate the success of its geospatial intelligence to users.
Create, share geotagged, media-rich field reports with new NGA mobile app
July 5, 2016 — The Mobile Awareness GEOINT Environment, MAGE, now available on iTunes and Google Play, was developed to support first responders deploying in the event of natural disasters.
NGA assists response to West Virginia flooding
July 1, 2016 — NGA is providing geospatial expertise and damage assessments to FEMA for flooded areas in West Virginia.
Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking to hold symposium at NGA on Jun. 28
June 22, 2016 — The Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking will host the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking Symposium Tuesday, June 28 at NGA's Springfield, Va. campus.
NGA announces new director of operations
June 9, 2016 — U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Linda R. Urrutia-Varhall has been selected to serve as director of operations at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, responsible for NGA’s worldwide operational support.
NGA joins Challenge.gov, offers $10K prize for technical support to ‘living stories’
June 6, 2016 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency today listed its first submission to Challenge.gov, a technical hub for federal incentive prize and challenge competitions.
NGA director selects St. Louis city site, signs Record of Decision to construct new facility
June 2, 2016 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo signed the Record of Decision Thursday, June 2, indicating NGA’s final selection for its west headquarters.
Agency, partners to gain experiential opportunities via agency initiative
May 17, 2016 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency recently launched a new initiative to increase its exposure to new and emerging technologies and methodologies through partnerships with industry and academia.
NSG strategy to accelerate GEOINT enterprise integration, interoperability, unity of effort
May 16, 2016 — Robert Cardillo, functional manager for geospatial intelligence and director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, released the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) Strategy 2016 at the GEOINT Symposium Monday.
NGA Research to shape GEOINT future
May 13, 2016 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency revamped its organization chart, establishing a new office to champion and drive research across the entire geospatial community.
NGA damage assessments assist recovery from worst Houston flood event since Hurricane Allison
May 2, 2016 — Earlier this month, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency was called upon to produce flood extents and damage assessments for areas around the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Public comments on the Next NGA West Final Environmental Impact Statement accepted through May 2
April 8, 2016 — NGA and the Army Corps are accepting public comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) during the full 30-day review period as announced in the Federal Register.
Next NGA West Final Environmental Impact Statement to be published by Army Corps of Engineers, NGA Identifies Preferred Alternative
March 31, 2016 — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will publish the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) April 1 for the Next NGA West project in the St. Louis area.
NGA’s Wever named to Presidential Leadership Scholars program
March 23, 2016 — Kathy Wever, chief of the NGA’s Support Team to U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, has been selected to be a member of the Presidential Leadership Scholars class of 2016.
NGA seeks nominations for 2016 Hall of Fame
March 21, 2016 — NGA is accepting nominations for the Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame.
NGA provides flood and damage assessments of Louisiana and surrounding areas
March 17, 2016 — NGA produces flood and damage assessments for areas in southern U.S. at the request of FEMA
GEOINT Pathfinder project yields new open source coding projects available to public
Feb. 22, 2016 — GEOINT Pathfinder project yields new open source coding projects available to public.
New commercial GEOINT strategy emphasizes greater persistence, advanced analytics
Oct. 26, 2015 — NGA roadmap leverages established, emerging commercial GEOINT providers.
Army Corps of Engineers releases initial findings for NGA’s new West campus
Oct. 9, 2015 — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Friday released a draft environmental impact statement for NGA's new west campus.
NGA provides damage assessments of southeast US
Oct. 9, 2015 — The NGA is assessing damage to the southeastern U.S. at the request of FEMA.
NGA deputy leads agency acquisition changes
Oct. 6, 2015 — A streamlined and more efficient acquisition system is the goal of a new initiative.
NGA provides damage assessment for California wildfires
Sept. 18, 2015 — NGA is providing these damage assessments to increase FEMA's awareness of a dynamic and dangerous situation.
NGA provides unclassified geospatial intelligence for the Arctic
Sept. 2, 2015 — Public website supports efforts to strengthen international cooperation, better understand and manage resources responsibly, enhance quality of life in the Arctic and maintain valuable and vulnerable ecosystems.
New NGA global map advances R&D in geophysics and nonproliferation
Sept. 1, 2015 — The Antineutrino Global Map 2015, or AGM2015, is an unprecedented experimentally-informed model of the Earth’s natural and manmade antineutrino flux.
NGA deputy director to focus on intelligence integration in San Antonio
Aug. 21, 2015 — NGA Deputy Director Sue Gordon will highlight the importance of intelligence integration at the annual DoD Intelligence Information Systems Worldwide Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
NGA to release draft Environmental Impact Statement in mid-October
Aug. 13, 2015 — A draft Environmental Impact Statement will be released to the public in mid-October.
NGA And Georgetown University to host joint conference on national security
Aug. 13, 2015 — NGA and Georgetown University co-host the second annual George T. Kalaris Intelligence Conference, Sept. 24, 2015.
Voting starts online to bring NGA to 2016 South by Southwest
Aug. 12, 2015 — NGA submitted two proposals Aug. 12 to participate for the first time at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival.
NGA deputy director in Huntsville to highlight GEOINT support to missile defense
Aug. 12, 2015 — NGA Deputy Director Sue Gordon will highlight the agency’s support to missile defense at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
Transparency, industry engagement emphasis of NGA at Aspen Security Forum
July 23, 2015 — NGA Director Robert Cardillo will highlight the agency’s push toward greater transparency, its commitment to stronger global partnerships and the commercial-imagery revolution during a panel at the Aspen Security Forum.
Intel transformation, building relationships focus of NGA at ESRI
July 17, 2015 — Better GEOINT, better relationships and the transformation of intelligence missions for the 21st century are all part of the future to be highlighted.
NGA and DigitalGlobe open source toolkit to harness the power of collaborative mapping
June 22, 2015 — Open source project provides a scalable processing engine and interactive editing interface.
NGA director to address 2015 USGIF GEOINT Symposium
June 19, 2015 — Robert Cardillo will discuss the importance of agency transparency and continued collaboration with open sources.
Academic Institutions Selected for Centers of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences Program
June 8, 2015 — New joint NGA and USGS endeavor designed to cultivate centers
NGA inducts three members into Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame
May 27th, 2015 — Inductees join a group of trailblazers in the highly technical, complex and analytical world of geospatial intelligence.
NGA opens public website to support Nepal earthquake relief efforts
Website hosts unclassified geospatial intelligence data, products and services in support of U.S. and international relief efforts.
New NGA Program Pairs Developers with Data to Create Innovative Apps
TASC manages government program to solicit, screen and acquire geospatial apps from non-traditional vendors.
NGA, DigitalGlobe human geography data and satellite imagery aid international Ebola response
January 7, 2015 — NGA recently released a series of Image City Map™ products which are playing a key role in the international effort to combat the Ebola crisis in western Africa.
NGA, DigitalGlobe application a boon to raster data storage, processing
January 13, 2015 — NGA recently released an application that will allow the public to benefit from the agency’s collaboration with DigitalGlobe.
NGA announces restructuring to streamline IT services
January 26, 2015 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced today the merger of its chief information officer and its information technology services functions effective Feb. 15.
NGA statement on White House drone incident
January 27, 2015 — An employee with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency was questioned yesterday by the Secret Service as the operator of the drone involved in Monday’s incident at the White House.
NGA’s military deputy moves to new roles in Afghanistan
February 13, 2015 — The U.S. Army chief of staff announced Friday that Maj. Gen. Mark R. Quantock will be assigned as deputy chief of staff for intelligence for NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.
NGA mobile app allows interactive content without a network connection
March 11, 2015 — NGA released its second mobile application, the Disconnected Interactive Content Explorer, earlier this month via the Apple iTunes commercial app store.
NGA announces creation of unclassified lab to answer key intelligence questions
March 16, 2015 — The director of NGA announced today the GEOINT Pathfinder project to answer key intelligence questions using only unclassified data.
UPDATE: NGA statement on White House drone incident
March 18, 2015 — Shawn Usman remains an employee of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as a research scientist with an active security clearance.
NGA statement on the death of Yvonne Selke
March 25, 2015 – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency lost a long-time contract employee, Yvonne Selke, when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in the French Alps yesterday.
NGA director to address media at 31st Space Symposium
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director to address media at 31st Space Symposium.

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