“[I]t is fair to say that IC and DoD efforts have not always been aligned optimally, whether in acquisitions or operations,” said Maj. Gen. Michael Guetlein, NRO’s deputy director.
By Theresa HitchensThe plan for multiple contracts represents a sea-change from past Intelligence Community practice in buying commercial satellite imagery.
By Theresa Hitchens“I think maybe there is a mutual assured destruction in space,” Rep. Lamborn said, “where no one will go there because the consequences will be too severe.”
By Theresa HitchensNRO has had a complicated relationship with commercial remote sensing providers, especially those working with SAR and other powerful new technologies.
By Theresa HitchensWhen new entities fail, it’s most often due to the fact they don’t do what they do better than their competition (differentiated value proposition is the business term) and they lack investment in talent and technology. But there are other challenges.
By Troy Thomas and Cameron Scott“People at the NRO and others hiding in unmarked cubicles in other parts of northern Virginia started breathing into bags like never before,” said one DoD source about the 2018 SSA transparency policy.
By Theresa HitchensNGA and NRO “have significantly overlapping Venn diagrams,” one industry source said, and they are still trying to “sort that through.” He added, “It’s not a nice clean line.”
By Theresa Hitchens“To be quite honest most of our space systems are not the leading edge technologies,” Troy Meink, head of GEOINT at NRO, said. “We’ve not kept up in many cases with the commercial environment.”
By Theresa HitchensModern space strategy, with its focus on resilience, requires “understanding the capabilities of each satellite and managing them as a constellation:” Jane Chappell, vice president of Raytheon’s Global Intelligence Solutions (GIS) mission area.
By Colin ClarkWe’ve already got SMC and the NRO. What the heck will a Space Development Agency do that’s different, and why.
By Colin ClarkNGA HQ: The low grinding noise you could barely hear yesterday was the sound of the tectonic plates of American intelligence shifting as the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Agency got new directors. The nugget of news is that Vice Adm. Bob Sharp replaces Robert Cardillo as NGA director and President Trump…
By Colin Clark
The first priority of the Space Force has to be addressing acquisition holes, including architectural planning and integration, enterprise systems engineering, and programmatic discipline.
By John Stopher