National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Archives

Winston Beauchamp speaks at the 2022 DefenseTalks conference hosted by DefenseScoop. (Scoop News Group photo)

Winston Beauchamp retires from federal service after 29 years at Air Force, IC

Throughout his nearly three-decade career in federal government, Beauchamp has been at the forefront of several pivotal moments at the Pentagon — from the boom of commercial…

Jul 8, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Gen. Chance Saltzman, and Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth sign a memorandum of understanding May 21, 2025, at the GEOINT Symposium. (Photo credit: Space Force)

Space Force, NGA reach agreement on purchasing power for commercial ISR

The new agreement puts an end to a two-year turf war over the roles and responsibilities for buying ISR products from commercial space providers.

May 22, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth spoke at the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, Dec. 13, 2022, at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in Texas. (Photo by Myles Scrinopskie)

The year of ‘NGAI’: Geospatial-intelligence agency looks to accelerate AI adoption in 2025

In an exclusive interview with DefenseScoop, NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth laid out his top priorities for advancing the agency's use of AI over the next…

Apr 18, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Gary Buchanan, CISO, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

NGA CISO looks ahead to AI’s impact on securing the mission

Gary Buchanan on building zero trust networking and AI governance as a foundation for providing AI models with only the clean data it should be able to…

Jan 22, 2024 By Scoop News Group

With new duties, NGA plans to hasten automation opportunities and create open-data repository

The agency is looking for the full spectrum of technologies to achieve its requirements for Project Maven.

Sep 29, 2022 By Brandi Vincent