Approved for Public Release, NGA-U-2023-01080

Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space

VADM Frank D. Whitworth, USN

Director

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space

Enhance 

operational 

readiness, I&W, 

and Targeting

Attract and develop 

a highly skilled, 

diverse, & inclusive 

workforce

Strengthen 

stewardship of 

GEOINT resources

Accelerate GEOINT 

technology 

acquisition and 

integration

Build resiliency by 

strengthening our 

partnerships

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
MISSION

Provide world-class geospatialintelligence and lead the Global 

GEOINT Enterprise

END STATE

GEOINT supremacy, 

accelerated effects, and 

decision advantage

Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space
GEOINT Professionalization

Distinction/Accuracy in GEOINT

Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space

FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT

GEOINT Reporting and Timelines

GEOINT in Safety of Navigation

GEOINT IT/Architecture

Standards
Combat Support Agency

A role central to our 

identity, and critical to our 

national security

NGA is a
Source

China

CHINA | PLA Air Force Operates Bomber and Combat 

Support Aircraft from Airfield near Taiwan Strait

National

Security 

Threats

Source: © 2022, Maxar
1 May 2023

National

Security 

Threats

RUSSIA-UKRAINE | Status of Russian Advance and Occupation 

Along the Forward Line of Troops as of 1 May 2023
Iran – CNN image

SG3468023

National

Security 

Threats
National

Security 

Threats
Sudan | Destroyed Aircraft at Khartoum Airfield

Khartoum Airfield

02 May 23 – 0830Z/1030L

GEO: 153458N/0323308E | MGRS: 36PVC5199322858 Geographic coordinates are approximate and should not be used for navigation purposes.

National

Security 

Threats
and Disaster Response

Upon request by a lead 

federal agency, NGA is 

quick to respond

Humanitarian Assistance
Humanitarian

Aid
ECUADOR | 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Impacts Ecuador and Peru Residents

20 March 2023

Humanitarian

Aid
Chile Wildfires

CHILE | 2023 Wildfire Updates

Data from 01 February 2023 – 08 February 2023

Humanitarian

Aid
NGA Maven

Commercial images per week 

delivered to NGA due to an NRO 

EO Commercial Layer contract

Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space

Collection Orchestration

NGA is second to none

5OK+

240 Commercial imaging satellites 

Different commercial analytic 20+ services on contract

4K+ Automated aircraft detections per 

Taskable Imagers day, from one commercial service 60

180 Planet doves
Structured Observations

Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space

5M

20K Automatically Generated Reports

100 Adversary Activity Models

1.5M Computer Vision Detections 

Per Day

Analysis

Integrated Data Approach
Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space

From WGS 84 to

Lunar Geodetic System

Z

Y

X

All images from nasa.gov

Precise

Imagery

Common Reference 

Frame

Digital Elevation 

Modeling

Gravity and 

Geosciences

Lunar Geodetic System 

The collection of sciences, technology and tradecraft measuring and modeling the globe to (LGS) 

provide 3D accuracy of every point in, on, or above the celestial bodies.
Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space

Wet Film Processing

End of an Era in Imagery Collection and Analysis
NGA has a 

proud heritage in

St. Louis

NGA | Moonshot Labs



Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space

Reluctant RMA | Modern warfare is 

transitioning to unmanning of platforms

Mitigates the risk to warfighters yet warfighters reluctant to accept 

remote machine-driven warfighting

Relies on remote sensing, sense-making, and deep knowledge of 

our adversaries and ourselves

Operationalizing AI enables the future warfighter


Approved for Public Release, NGA-U-2023-01080

Know the World, Show the Way...from Seabed to Space