{"id":51050,"date":"2023-12-13T17:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T17:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/12\/13\/earth-mapping-agency-seeks-more-commercial-imagery-data-suppliers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:34:14","slug":"earth-mapping-agency-seeks-more-commercial-imagery-data-suppliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2023\/12\/13\/earth-mapping-agency-seeks-more-commercial-imagery-data-suppliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth-mapping agency seeks more commercial imagery, data suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, or NGA, will seek to procure unclassified data services from multiple companies in an effort known as Luno A, according to its director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contracting push is meant to meet \u201cthe increasing demands<\/a> for commercial GEOINT,\u201d or geospatial intelligence such as images and data collected by Earth-facing satellites, Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth said Dec. 12 at the DODIIS Worldwide Conference in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NGA analyzes imagery, maps the Earth for military purposes and handles portions of Project Maven, launched by the Pentagon in 2017 to detect targets of interest in footage captured by uncrewed systems. The project has since become a program of record at the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\t