Amy Butler writes NGA Director Robert Cardillo said the agency seeks to take advantage of the influx of small satellite and aerial imagery sources by partnering with industry.
âI am less interested in product,” Cardillo told Aviation Week in an interview.
“Iâd be much more interested in the data flow. What Iâd like to do is commingle their data with my data,” he added, according to the magazine.
Small satellite technology could help U.S. defense and intelligence agencies to monitor specific targets of interest, Butler writes.
Cardillo, a Wash100 winner, also told the publication that NGA also looks to utilize satellite platforms that can offer human geography datasets as well as hyperspectral images.