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Maven AI/ML Platform Contributing Big Time To Operations, NGA Chief Says

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 22nd, 2023

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Maven AI/ML Platform Contributing Big Time To Operations, NGA Chief Says

Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA photo.

ST. LOUIS—Months after assuming responsibility for a largely classified program that applies artificial intelligence and machine learning (AL/ML) to video and imagery to detect objects for warfighters, the technology behind Maven has enjoyed major improvements and is being applied routinely to meet the operational needs of Combatant Commanders, the head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said on Monday. Maven is also helping NGA and its partners make use of the rapidly increasing volume of data being collected by imaging…

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