joint artificial intelligence center :: Article Creator Greater Emphasis On AI At NGA The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, led by Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, USN, is employing even more artificial intelligence (AI) in the collection and analysis of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). The director spoke at the GovMilSpace 2025 event that is part of the Satellite 2025 conference, held in Washington, D.C., March 10-13. "This year, it's got to be AI," Whitworth emphasized. "We are talking about the true acceleration of AI this year." For the last eight or nine years, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has been working to implement AI and machine learning, seeing where best to apply human-machine teaming, along with computer vision, data analytics, advanced data visualization and other methods of automation. Early on, the agency worked with the then-director of national intelligence's Augmenting Int...