BAE Systems wins GEOINT Programme contract
BAE Systems has earned a five-year training and instructional support contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the company announced on 29 January. The estimated total value of the contract is $43 million.
Under the contract, the company will provide mission essential training and instructional support to NGA analysts and intelligence officers stationed across the US and around the world.
Under the Geospatial Intelligence learning programme contract, BAE Systems experts will provide NGA analysts with robust training that includes more than 70 different courses from entry- through expert-level.
The courses promote a core curriculum designed to sharpen analysts’ expertise in tradecraft areas such as imagery analysis, activity based intelligence, and human geography. These courses also provide context and background on different tools and sensors to help analysts expedite data collection, enrich their talents in processing intelligence, and enhance their skills in imagery collection management.
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