‘Success begets challenges’: NGA struggles to meet rising demand for Maven AI

‘Success begets challenges’: NGA struggles to meet rising demand for Maven AI
‘Success begets challenges’: NGA struggles to meet rising demand for Maven AI

“The number of detections are way up [and] the number of models that we have are way up, [but] with the same level of compute that you had in 2017,” said Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth. “It starts to slow down. We are already seeing evidence of that.”

NGA director pushes back at criticisms of agency, touts ‘wetware,’ tradecraft (EXCLUSIVE)

NGA director pushes back at criticisms of agency, touts ‘wetware,’ tradecraft (EXCLUSIVE)
NGA director pushes back at criticisms of agency, touts ‘wetware,’ tradecraft (EXCLUSIVE)

In an exclusive sit down with Breaking Defense, Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth defended his agency’s role in moving commercial and government satellite data to the field in a timely manner.

EXCLUSIVE: GMTI emerges as new front in Space Force-NGA turf battle

EXCLUSIVE: GMTI emerges as new front in Space Force-NGA turf battle
EXCLUSIVE: GMTI emerges as new front in Space Force-NGA turf battle

NGA chief Frank Whitworth defended his agency’s role in Ground Moving Target Indicator operations to Breaking Defense, as sources say there’s tension behind the scenes.

NGA eyes imminent, ‘significant’ contracts for commercial GEOINT object detection, analytics

NGA eyes imminent, ‘significant’ contracts for commercial GEOINT object detection, analytics
NGA eyes imminent, ‘significant’ contracts for commercial GEOINT object detection, analytics

NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth also gave an update on Project Maven and how NGA is working to incorporate artificial intelligence, responsibly, to sift through mountains of data.

NGA emphasizing space GEOINT mission, developing lunar model for operators: Director

NGA emphasizing space GEOINT mission, developing lunar model for operators: Director
NGA emphasizing space GEOINT mission, developing lunar model for operators: Director

“And make no mistake, distinguishing friendly from unfriendly behavior and space has become particularly important to us,” NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth told the GEOINT 2023 conference today.