Engility, NGA announce new GEOINT programme
Engility and the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have announced a new government programme to solicit, screen and acquire geospatial applications from commercial developers on 11 May.
The NGA has awarded a four-year $25 million contract to TASC, an Engility company, to manage and operate the programme, called the Innovative GEOINT App Provider Program (IGAPP).
IGAPP is a platform designed to bridge the gap between government contracting procedures and non-traditional businesses. It will allow commercial application developers to showcase their geospatial applications and serve as a broker between commercial vendors and interested government agencies.
IGAPP screens, registers and approves vendors and provides the infrastructure and support to test and offer mapping apps using data from NGA and other organisations. The apps will then be available through the GEOINT online app store, which provides downloadable applications for mobile, web and desktop devices.
Tony Smeraglinolo, president and CEO, Engility, said: 'We are extremely excited to partner with NGA and bring this ground-breaking programme to government and the applications industry.
'Through this creative programme, application developers will use unclassified geospatial data to build applications that will provide users with a wide range of content, including air, land and sea navigation information, as well as mapping and infrastructure imagery that would provide critical information in emergency situations.'
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