NGA Director Whitworth: Evaluating Behavior is Crucial in the Growing Significance of the Space Domain – Via Satellite –

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is helping the US Defense Department keep track of the increasingly competitive space domain, according to Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth, the agency’s director. Speaking at the GEOINT 2023 Symposium in St Louis, Whitworth said that distinguishing between friendly and unfriendly behaviour in space was becoming particularly important. He added that NGA’s work with the US Space Force and US Space Command was similar to the support it provided to any Combatant Command. The agency is reviewing whether it has the right number of billets for Space Force personnel and if the right number of agency personnel are focused on Space Force’s needs.