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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 06:28 PM
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Lockheed Martin gets $176M contract
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=bedf91b549f2713c

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is paying Lockheed Martin $176 million to provide learning management services.

The contract is a follow-on to the NGA College Consolidated Training & Services contract, which provides training and education via the National

Geospatial-Intelligence College to more than 16,000 students each year
more...

I need a little help what is GeoSpatial Intelligence??? Is this Satellite data...???
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 06:38 PM
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1. Yes, indeed.
Edited on Wed Jun-07-06 06:41 PM by acmejack
They folded the old Satellite Reconnaissance Office (SRO) into National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGIA)
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 06:59 PM
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2. Paranoid nation.... we must know what everybody is doing at
all times.... just because we can.
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 09:32 PM
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3. Satellite Imagery, Mapping
Used to be the National Photographic Interpretation Center, then was combined with Defense Mapping Agency (those people that brought you the mismarked map of Belgrade that caused the Chinese Embassy to be bombed).

http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/nga01/index.jsp?front_door=true
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