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After Satellite 'Olympics,' IC Rethinks Wary Stance On Foreign Commercial Data US firms won "gold" in only three of the nine categories — the same number as China — in the NGA's "Commercial Imaging Olympics."

Leading Lawmaker to Space Force: Stop Talking About Uniforms, Tell Me About Tech "We've got to be tougher, faster, bolder," said Rep. Jim Cooper. "And I'm really not seeing that like I would like to see."

NRO Trims Red Tape For Commercial Imagery Data "LiDAR is a really neat technology, and we've got to take advantage of it," NRO Director Chris Scolese said.

NGA Must 'Treat Data As A Strategic Asset,' Director Says "Kind of like the mountains Lewis and Clark had to scale, data is a mountain we have to climb," NGA Director Vice Adm. Robert Sharp said at GEOINT 2021.

IC, Biden Admin Aim To Reform Commercial Remote Sensing Rules "If we don't adapt, others will set the rules and challenge our new leadership. We should set the rules," said Stacey Dixon, deputy director of national intelligence.

To Advance GEOINT Research, Intel Community Seeks Help Outside Government ODNI is working on providing outside partners with declassified explanations of the office's science and technology priorities, said John Beieler, director of science and technology.

Addressing 5G National Security Risks Must Include Satellite Security As the US and its partners try to exploit the benefits of 5G networks for future national security uses, the focus has largely been on security terrestrial networks. But in this analysis, Melissa K. Griffith of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars argues that those worried about 5G security need to aim higher. What…

Space Force Eyes Commercial P-LEO SATCOM "If the Space Systems Command is going to acquire other commercial services in the same fashion that CSCO has been acquiring commercial SATCOM, then that will not serve the warfighter well," said Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat.

Commercial GEOINT Raises Questions About NGA, IC Roles, Says Gordon "Is the coin of the realm the 70 years of craft that they have, or is it about what they uniquely hold?" asked former ODNI deputy Sue Gordon.

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