DoD has announced Robert Cardillo will take over as director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency replacing Letitia Long who will be retiring in October. Cardillo has been serving as the director for national intelligence for intelligence integration, and previously served as the deputy director of the defense intelligence agency, the deputy director for analysis at DIA, and the director of analysis and production at NGA.
Long took over at NGA in August 2010, and DoD noted that during her time at the helm the NGA has come to increasingly provide a variety of geospatial intelligence services and not just static products.
For example, the Pentagon said that NGA has developed the initial launch of its “Map of the World,” which for the first time presents an integrated view of collection assets from across the intelligence community, mapping information for military operations, geospatial intelligence observations, and NGA analytic products, data and models. Further, the NGA was credited with being the first intelligence agency to join in open-source software development, making easily available its software that enables collaboration between first responders in natural disaster situations.
The agency also has played a key role in the development of the intelligence community desktop environment, which ultimately will link together the tools and operating systems of users across the intelligence enterprise and enable better collaboration and faster, more robust intelligence products for decision makers, according to DoD.
