<ul><li><p>The Magazine of the National Intelligence Community</p><p>Innovation Ally</p><p>Susan GordonDeputy DirectorNGA </p><p>Maritime Intelligence O Cloud Computing O IC ITEGEOINT Symposium O Evader Maps O FINND</p><p>July/August 2015 Volume 13, Issue 5</p><p>www.GIF-kmi.com</p><p>Office Of the DirectOr Of NatiONal iNtelligeNce</p></li><li><p>Cover / Q&amp;AFeatures</p><p>SuSan GordonDeputy Director </p><p>National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</p><p>17</p><p>Departments Industry Interview2 EditorS PErSPEctivE3 ProGram notES/PEoPlE14 induStry raStEr27 rESourcE cEntEr</p><p>vonna HEatonVice President and Lead ExecutiveInformation and Intelligence SolutionsBall Aerospace and Technologies</p><p>July/august 2015Volume 13, issue 5GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FORUM</p><p>13labS tacklE nEtwork SEcurity, rEliabilityAn applied research organization acquired and recently re-launched by intelligence services provider Vencore to deliver generation-after-next research and engineering solutions has won two contracts for innovative research from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.By Harrison Donnelly</p><p>22it ProjEct SPurS ic tranSformationThe greatest opportunity for change in the intelligence community lies in the Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise, according to Cathy Johnston, director for analysis for the Defense Intelligence Agency. By Harrison Donnelly</p><p>23GEoint biG data SuPPortS SPEcial oPErationSThe geospatial archives of U.S. Special Operations Command contain nearly 500 terabytes of data, according to Earl Miller, a geospatial expert with the command who spoke at the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundations recent GEOINT 2015 Symposium.</p><p>24Human GEoGraPHy aidS EvadErSInstead of information about leopards, tigers and other carnivorous animals, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has added human geography contentlanguages, ethnic groups, population densities and cultural customsto evasion charts.By Jessica Daues</p><p>25crowdSourcinG for innovationA non-profit organization dedicated to bringing government and industry together to solve problems is using crowdsourcing and other techniques to encourage innovation and overcome obstacles in the federal contracting process.By Harrison Donnelly</p><p>26ESri uSEr confErEncE uPdatEA number of major announcements were made at the recent Esri User Conference.</p><p>28</p><p>We need to improve the </p><p>reach and depth of our acquisition </p><p>capabilities, from the quality/content/clarity of our requests for proposals to improving our industry </p><p>engagements. And, we need to make sure that our new strategy is </p><p>reflected in every new acquisition. </p><p>Good things happen when we know and communicate what we want.</p><p> Susan Gordon</p><p>4analyticS in tHE cloudThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has several developmental programs under way to experiment with new and innovative ways to derive connections among collected data, including the GEOINT Data Analytics Cloud, which is focused on how graph representations of data can allow analysts to better connect the dots.By Peter BuxBaum</p><p>8maritimE intElliGEncEA recent test of an ISR system aboard a Navy experimental vessel has highlighted the emergence of a new generation of technology aimed at increasing situational awareness of the maritime domain and meeting the pressing need for advanced systems designed for operations at sea.By Henry canaDay</p><p>20wHoS wHo in odniA guide to the organization and people of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.</p><p>Office Of the DirectOr Of NatiONal iNtelligeNce</p></li><li><p>A recent solicitation by the Marine Corps Systems Command has offered a glimpse into how the Marines use, and would like to use, intel-ligence and geospatial technology on the battlefield.</p><p>The request for information (RFI) seeks industry help in developing a field-deployable IT system that is capable of receiving, processing, exploiting and disseminating data/information from multiple ISR sensors for such missions as tactical exploitation, topographic produc-tion, targeting and meteorology. </p><p>As the notice points out, the current array comprises a wide range of hardware, including ruggedized and non-ruggedized laptops, desk-tops, servers and power sources. Different operating systems are used for various parts of the system, which complicates software programming. Moreover, the equipment is bulky and sensitive enough that it can only be used in a command post or other controlled environ-ment, or inside a vehicle, thus limiting the flexibility and mobility of ISR systems.</p><p>In response, the Marines are looking for solutions that will reduce redundancies in the current system, while also improving mobility and scalability and, as new technologies emerge, extending the usability of the system. </p><p>Among ideas for alternative solutions, the RFI lists computer systems that combine two or more form factors/features, virtualization tools/compatibility layers, micro modular servers and data centers.</p><p>Because the system may have to be expanded to meet future needs, it probably should be made of standardized, modular components, the request indicates. It also needs to take into account the needs of users, such as improved ergonomics and lighter-weight and quieter air conditioning for the computers.</p><p>Looked at another way, the notice suggests that Marines operating in the field are currently using systems that are not very mobile, dont necessarily use the latest in network design, have components that may not work together easily and are heavy, noisy and sometimes difficult to operate. But Im guessing that industry will have no shortage of ideas for how to make them better. </p><p>harrison DonnellyeDitor</p><p>EDITORS PERSPECTIVE</p><p>The Magazine of the National Intelligence Community</p><p>EditorialManaging EditorHarrison Donnelly harrisond@kmimediagroup.com</p><p>Copy EditorsKevin Harris kevinh@kmimediagroup.comJonathan magin jonathanm@kmimediagroup.com</p><p>CorrespondentsPeter A. Buxbaum Cheryl Gerber William Murray Karen E. 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Hoodwin is a radio operator with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Elements of the unit are conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. [Photo courtesy of U.S. Marine Corps] </p></li><li><p>www.GIF-kmi.com GIF 13.5 3 </p><p>PROGRAM NOTES Compiled by KMI Media Group staff</p><p>Navy Captain Ronald C. Copley has been selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half) and assigned as deputy director for specialized collection operations, National Security Agency. Copley is currently serving as commander, Joint Intelligence Operations Center, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.</p><p>Air Force Brigadier General Mary F. OBrien, who has been serving as special assistant to the deputy chief of staff, ISR, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, has been assigned as director of Intelligence, J-2, Headquarters, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort Meade, Md.</p><p>Army Major General Kirk F. Vollmecke has been assigned </p><p>as deputy program executive officer, intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. </p><p>The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation has named Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, vice chief of the defense staff for the U.K. Royal Air Force, as the 2015 recipient of its Arthur C. LundahlThomas C. Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award.</p><p>Peter Highnam, who has been serving as director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, has joined the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as director of its InnoVision Directorate.</p><p>Recent executive promotions at Northrop Grumman include D. Kay Rand as vice president of </p><p>operations and Sonal B. Deshpande as vice president of mission assurance of the companys Electronic Systems sector. In addi-tion, Steve Lunny has become vice president and program manager for the ISR division within the compa-nys information systems sector.</p><p>Joseph Seppi, the national security practice director for Woolpert, has been elected to a two-year term on the MAPPS board of directors. MAPPS is the only national asso-ciation of firms in the surveying, spatial data and GIS field in the United States. Seppi has been with Woolperta national architecture, engineering and geospatial firm headquartered in Dayton, Ohiofor more than seven years. He works out of the firms office in Arlington, Va.</p><p>PEOPLE Compiled by KMI Media Group staff</p><p>http://media.dma.mil/2014/May/28/2000797963/-1/-1/0/140528-F-PB123-159.JPG[6/18/2015 11:40:10 AM]</p><p>Brigadier General Mary F. OBrien</p><p>http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/189/hires/34267.jpg[6/17/2015 10:51:51 AM]</p><p>Sonal B. Deshpande</p><p>http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/189/hires/34276.jpg[6/17/2015 10:52:55 AM]</p><p>Steve Lunny</p><p>Joseph Seppi</p><p>http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/189/hires/34651.jpg[6/17/2015 10:49:09 AM]</p><p>D. Kay Rand</p><p>The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and DigitalGlobe have partnered to release an open-source software toolkit designed to harness the power of crowdsourced mapping for geospatial big data analytics. The open-source project Hootenanny provides a scalable processing engine and inter-active editing interface to enable rapid conflation of map features generated from satellite imagery, UAVs and mobile devices.</p><p>In less than a decade, crowdsourced mapping communities like OpenStreetMap have attracted more than 2.5 million volunteers who have digitized more than 130 million buildings and 1.3 million miles of roads. Countless other organizations and individuals are using satellite imagery and other methods to capture the geometry and metadata of roads, buildings and points of interest. To create high-quality maps and enable analytic func-tions like routing, suitability analysis or predictive modeling, it is important to unify multiple sources to create the best available database.</p><p>The commercialization of GEOINT is leading to exponential growth of publicly available geospatial information, said Chris Rasmussen, NGAs public software development lead. Hootenanny as an open-source project will enable new levels of data sharing across the community that will </p><p>increase our nations ability to quickly respond to emerging threats. This is a proactive move that steers into the collaborative mapping environment to derive more value from unclassified sources.</p><p>Hootenanny leverages the open architecture of OpenStreetMap to facilitate integration of diverse geospatial datasets into a common key value data structure. An open library of conflation algorithms applies various techniques to unify the geometry and metadata of topographic features. Conflicts can be visualized and resolved through an interactive application built on the iD Editor, an open-source map editing tool developed by Mapbox. </p><p>Conflated datasets can be exported in a variety of GIS formats, including ESRI Shapefile, File Geodatabase, Web Feature Service and native OpenStreetMap formats. Hootenanny also enables Geospatial Extract Transform Load capabilities supporting various schemas such as the Topographic Data Store and Multi-National Geospatial Co-Production Program.</p><p>Hootenanny is available at: https://github.com/ngageoint/hootenanny. The software use, modification and distribution rights are stipulated within the General Public License.</p><p>Peter Highnam</p><p>Toolkit Harnesses Crowdsourcing for Analytics</p></li><li><p>www.GIF-kmi.com4 GIF 13.5</p><p>NGA explores how dAtAbAse techNoloGies cAN help mAke seNse out of the GrowiNG mouNds of GeospAtiAl iNformAtioN.</p><p>The U.S. military and intelligence communities continue to collect mega-volumes of geospatial data not simply because they can, but also because they must. Advances in sensor, processing and storage technologies have enabled the capture, analysis and dissemination of ever-increasing levels of information. </p><p>At the same time, the nature of the threats the United States faces and the missions its military and intelligence personnel must fulfill have changed. The challenge of potential conflicts with major nations remains, but those relatively static military threats are generally observable over timeunlike the threats of today, which frequently are smaller, mobile and camouflaged by civilian populations. Hence the need to constantly surveil loca-tions of suspected threats and to keep tabs on areas where threats might arise, all of which yields the enormous intelligence loads that are by now well known.</p><p>At the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, efforts are under way to transform the way the agency conducts business in response to these new realities. The old paradigm was for NGA to collect imagery, transform the data into maps and hand those off to analysts, commanders and policymakers. The future will see NGA transforming the continual inflow of geospatial data into intelligence that customers can use in real time, or close to it.</p><p>NGA has several developmental programs under way to experiment with new and innovative ways to derive connections </p><p>among collected data. One such program is the GEOINT Data Analytics Cloud (GDAC), which is focused on how graph repre-sentations of data can allow analysts to better connect the dots. Other programs are investigating how other database tech-nologies perform to make sense out of the growing mounds of geospatial information.</p><p>deNsity of dAtA</p><p>The issue concerns the perennial big data problem, but with a twist. Geospatial infomation tends to be particularly data-dense and comes in formats not amenable to being processed by tradi-tional relational databases. Traditional SQL databases are great at crunching relatively small setsin the hundreds of millions of..</p></li></ul>