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LOUIS \u2014 The intelligence agency charged with mapping the Earth is laying the groundwork for a navigation system that would help visitors to the moon find their way around the lunar environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, along with other government space organizations, is developing what it calls a Lunar Reference Frame \u2014 essentially, the mapping infrastructure that would support a GPS-like capability for the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, we\u2019re working NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command to develop a lunar geodetic system that will guide future visitors around the moon\u2019s surface as accurately and safely as GPS does on Earth,\u201d NGA Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth said May 22 at the GEOINT Conference in St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lunar Reference Frame will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.mil\/about\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\">serve a similar function as the World Geodetic System<\/a>, which undergirds navigation capabilities like GPS, providing precise and accurate latitude, longitude and timing data. NGA maintains that system, dubbed WGS 84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The push to develop a navigation framework comes as the U.S. and other countries \u2014 along with commercial companies \u2014 plan missions and envision a future economy on the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Department of Defense has also made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/02\/13\/air-force-research-lab-building-momentum-on-cislunar-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\">notable shift in its posture toward operations around the moo<\/a>n, from viewing potential threats in deep space as a far-off future to anticipating that those concerns could present much sooner. In recent years, the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have initiated a number of programs that explore satellite sensing and logistics in a lunar environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitworth noted that while the current focus is on a moon-based system, he expects NGA will eventually develop similar navigation frames for other planets and said the agency is building its workforce to support those future needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re working on growing and training the next generation of scientists and bringing geodesy and geomatics skill sets back to the U.S.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Griffith, director of the agency\u2019s Source and Operations Management Directorate, told reporters during a May 22 briefing that while the NGA serves as the lead DoD agency for the Lunar Reference Frame, many other organizations have a stake in the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNGA brings expertise to the community in how to build a reference frame and in the geodetic sciences. Our role is to lead in that regard,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are others out there within the department and elsewhere who say, \u2018This is what we need the reference frame to do.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the agency has crafted a navigation framework before, the challenge in developing the lunar system will be understanding how to collect data in the moon environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe moon as a planetary object operates very differently than the Earth,\u201d he said. \u201cWe know the types of data we need, but we don\u2019t necessarily know how to collect it in that type of an environment because our tools aren\u2019t built for that. 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