SAN ANTONIO \u2014 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency expects to field an expanded delivery capability as soon as fiscal 2024 to better handle a \u201cdeluge\u201d of data, according to NGA Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agency, which processes and analyzes satellite imagery for the U.S. intelligence community, is developing the Joint Regional Edge Node, or JREN, to give more users access to the information, Whitworth said last week at the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJREN will increase resiliency and reduce transport latency and it will facilitate the rapid movement of critical intelligence and data sharing,\u201d Whitworth said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agency relies on what\u2019s called the National System for Geospatial Intelligence, or NGS, to send information to users around the globe. Since 2018, it has relied on the Odyssey GEOINT Edge Node to process sensor data and help operators on the ground use that data to make real-time decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Odyssey has a growing number of users at U.S. European Command, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Central Command, Whitworth said, and while it is providing key targeting information, the agency needs more capacity to sift through what he called \u201ca deluge of data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That deluge equates to nearly a petabyte of data that NGA distributes each day. That\u2019s enough information to fill about 20 million filing cabinets. In recent years, Whitworth said, the NGA has increased its bandwidth capacity \u201cby an order of magnitude of 10\u2033 and JREN will push that growth even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s where the concept was developed for the future of GEOINT access and delivery, the Joint Regional Edge Node,\u201d Whitworth said. \u201cJREN will enhance the NSG by widening the dissemination delivery pipe, working alongside Odyssey, giving our warfighters an even greater level of access, which increases resiliency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The added resiliency and higher bandwidth will allow the agency to share intelligence more quickly, particularly in disconnected regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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