Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, discussed GEOINT artificial intelligence and advances with the NGA Maven program during a fireside chat at a four-day conference held in October in Omaha, Nebraska.
During the event, the NGA director cited the role of GEOINT AI in targeting, warning and navigation safety and NGA’s progress with Maven, the agency said Tuesday.
Under the Maven program, AI and computer capabilities are integrated into analytic workflows to help detect and extract objects and features in video and imagery.
“NGA Maven is now a program of record that is being employed by real-world combat commanders,” Whitworth said. “NGA Maven has made its mark recently in the combination of a graphical user interface that is very agile.”
NGA’s Joint Mission Management Center
The vice admiral also discussed digital twins and NGA’s relationship with the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force through the Joint Mission Management Center, or JMMC.
Through JMMC, NGA employees work with Space Force operators to gather and distribute space-based intelligence.
“You’ve got to have a place for people to sit, discuss priorities, set thresholds and then use really good technology,” the 2024 Wash100 awardee noted. “And we’ve got some good technology that combines opportunities with requirements.”
