Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Abstract
I am pleased to forward the final report of the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). This effort, co-chaired by Dr. Anita Jones and Mr. Peter Marino was formed to review NIMA's objectives and plans and to determine whether the United States will continue to have superior imagery and geospatial information which national and military plans assume. This final report represents the collective view of the Task Force members on this very important topic. Continued dependency on superior information is a cornerstone of DoD plans for the future. Statements of strategic and tactical military concepts for the future, such as Joint Vision 2010, assume this foundation of information superiority. But the world is changing rapidly. In the past, American information superiority rested largely on the exclusivity of U.S. overhead collection assets. This exclusivity is eroding rapidly, as an increasing number of countries and commercial entities field imaging sensors aboard satellites and aircraft. Timely views of almost any point on earth are readily available for sale, and image resolution increases year by year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA385107
Entities
People
- Anita Jones
- Peter Marino
Organizations
- Defense Science Board