On July 18, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) posted a request for information (RFI) for Foundational Digital Twin (FDT) change detection. Responses are due by 12:00 p.m. Eastern on August 15.
NGA is seeking information on how an interested contractor could support NGA’s need to solve an FDT Technology Challenge – Change Detection.
NGA’s Foundation GEOINT Group is moving towards a future that prioritizes the creation of geospatial content with enhanced accuracy, consistency, and responsiveness across all Foundation GEOINT (FG) missions including topographic, geographic, hydrologic, maritime, aeronautical and space domains. To meet evolving operational requirements, NGA must modernize its approach to FG services, production and dissemination by becoming a data-centric organization that offers more integrated FG services through an immersive digital experience.
NGA is pursuing the development of the FDT as a unifying concept for FG that will offer users an interoperable, constantly updating global model of Earth and space. FDT will allow users to immerse themselves in a 3D representation of the operational environment and interact with geospatial mission data in the software package of their choice. FDT will support a range of consumer outcomes including mission planning and rehearsal of intended operations, safety of navigation, 3D view of the operational environment, and delivery of community-defined production to specifications. Users will also have the option to “print on demand” products in a more traditional format.
Today’s FG consumer is evolving and NGA’s production and dissemination capabilities must keep pace. US warfighter and other consumers’ decision cycles have condensed and modern warfare has pivoted to instruments of exceptional precision; however, NGA’s FG production processes are not keeping pace by offering a corresponding reduction in timelines nor increased accuracy. NGA’s Earth modeling capabilities have also lagged behind consumer’s demands. Instead of hardcopy maps and charts, many FG consumers increasingly require digital solutions that enable the user to answer questions in near-real time, in applications they use for operations. The explosion of commercial satellite imaging, commercial geospatial products and services, and advances in artificial intelligence present NGA with an opportunity to close the gap between consumer’s needs and NGA’s capabilities and even exceed consumer expectations by modernizing FG technology and processes.
To meet this challenge, FDT aims to offer a detailed model of the world from multi-mission data sources, including topographic, geographic, hydrologic, maritime, aeronautical and space domains. The future of FG will evolve to support modern missions with increasingly dynamic content, more frequent update periodicity, and advanced management systems to deliver relevant and impactful data precisely where it is needed. FDT will guide the acquisition and maintenance of diverse data sources, while enhancing access and delivery. FDT development will follow a well-planned, adaptive and achievable 10-year plan to full operational capability.
Review the NGA FDT change detection RFI.
Source: SAM
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