DigitalGlobe,
Inc.
announced
that the
U.S.
National
Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency
(NGA)
has
renewed
the
Global
Enhanced
GEOINT
Delivery
(Global
EGD)
program
under
the
EnhancedView
contract.
For a sixth
consecutive
year, beginning
September 1,
2016,
DigitalGlobe is
delivering
online,
on-demand access
to global
high-resolution
commercial
satellite
imagery under
the program.
Users can access
mission-ready
satellite
imagery in
multiple
classification
levels via web
browser or
mobile device,
typically within
two to four
hours after
downlink.
Hundreds of
thousands of
U.S. Government
users leverage
Global EGD
imagery, whether
directly or
through U.S.
Government
mobile devices
and web portals.
The imagery
service provides
essential
mission planning
data to
warfighters, the
intelligence
community, and
other U.S.
Government
users.
“DigitalGlobe
has been a
trusted mission
partner of the
U.S. Government
for more than a
decade, and we
are proud to
continue
providing access
to the satellite
imagery that
enables U.S.
troops,
intelligence
analysts, and
first responders
to make critical
decisions with
confidence,”
said Jeffrey R.
Tarr,
DigitalGlobe’s
President and
Chief Executive
Officer.
As with
previous
contract years,
numerous
features will be
added to deepen
support for
government
missions under
Global EGD.
These include
the addition of
shortwave
infrared imagery
(SWIR) and
8-band
multi-spectral
imagery, e-mail
alerts of new
collections over
a user’s area of
interest, and
improved archive
ordering. Other
Global EGD
enhancements
support NGA’s
efforts to
modernize and
streamline
imagery based
production
workflows,
specifically
GEOINT Data
Services (GDS)
and Foundation
GEOINT Content
Management
(FGCM).