Project Geospatial

Adam Simmons speaks with Will Clapperton from GDIT at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Will highlights GDIT's focus on supporting tactical missions with advanced technology. He provides an example of their innovative work using VR/AR technology for post-damage assessment scenarios. This allows users to immerse themselves in a virtual landscape containing geospatial data, identify areas needing attention like damaged infrastructure, plan subsequent steps, and share that critical information with other responders. Will stresses that GDIT's involvement goes deep into everyday missions, far beyond traditional IT support, and emphasizes their passion for working close to the tactical edge. He also offers advice to young professionals entering the field, encouraging technologists to prioritize understanding and addressing tactical mission needs.

Highlights

• Interview with Will Clapperton from GDIT.

• GDIT focuses on supporting tactical missions with technology.

• Discusses the use of VR/AR technology for post-damage assessment.

• Allows users to immerse themselves in a landscape with geospatial data.

• Helps in identifying damaged areas and planning response actions.

• Facilitates sharing information among responders.

• Highlights GDIT's deep involvement in everyday missions, close to the tactical area of need.

• Advice for young technologists: Focus on the tactical mission needs.

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#GEOINT2025 #Geospatial #TacticalMission #VR #AR #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #DamageAssessment #EmergencyResponse #GDIT #ProjectGeospatial

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial interviews Nicole Sullivan from Gateway Geospatial Group at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium in St. Louis. Nicole proudly states that Gateway Geospatial Group is St. Louis born and bred. She shares some of the company's capabilities and interests, including their work with low-cost mesh networks for data collection. A key area of focus is performing near real-time AI/ML on the data collected via their mesh network. They are also interested in the challenges related to different data formats. Nicole encourages attendees and viewers to visit their booth or website to learn more and share ideas.

Highlights

• Nicole Sullivan represents Gateway Geospatial Group at GEOINT 2025.

• Gateway Geospatial Group is a company based in St. Louis.

• They work with low-cost mesh networks for data collection.

• A key capability is performing near real-time AI/ML on collected data.

• The company is interested in exploring ideas related to their technology and addressing challenges like data format variations.

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#GEOINT2025 #GatewayGeospatial #StLouis #MeshNetwork #DataCollection #AIML #NearRealTime #GeospatialTechnology #DefenseIndustry #IntelligenceCommunity

Adam Simmons interviews Tim Klawa of Figure Eight Federal at the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Tim discusses the critical importance of data validity for training effective AI programs, particularly for users like warfighters and operators. He emphasizes that understanding the attributes and relevance of training data to specific mission needs is essential for building confidence in the resulting AI models. Tim mentions that Figure Eight Federal's technology, including their enterprise data labeling platform Artemis and their Hydra AI platform for situational awareness and decision support, helps address this challenge. He notes that they will be demonstrating their capabilities at Amazon's booth.

Highlights

• Interview with Tim Klawa of Figure Eight Federal.

• Emphasizes the importance of data validity for AI programs.

• Understanding data set attributes and alignment with mission needs is crucial for AI confidence.

• Discusses Figure Eight Federal's technology platforms.

• Artemis platform is their enterprise data labeling technology.

• Hydra AI platform is for situational awareness and decision support.

• Demonstrating their technology at Amazon's booth during the conference.

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#GEOINT2025 #Geospatial #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataLabeling #DataValidity #SituationalAwareness #DecisionSupport #FigureEightFederal #ProjectGeospatial

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial interviews John Berglund about the development of the geospatial ecosystem in St. Louis, particularly in the Downtown North area and its connection to the new NGA facility. John highlights that St. Louis has a long history with NGA, dating back to the 1930s, and is one of only two NGA locations in the US. The new NGA building is discussed, noting its more outwardly focused approach and the start of employee moves in September/October 2025. This move is anticipated to create a "geospatial bump," attracting companies interested in working with NGA. The goal is to expand this growth beyond just defense subcontractors to encompass areas like spatial finance and other cross-cutting applications, thereby growing the entire ecosystem. John, a St. Louis native, expresses pride in his hometown and encourages visitors to see the positive developments happening in the city.

Highlights

• The conversation focuses on the growing geospatial ecosystem in St. Louis, particularly Downtown North.

• St. Louis has a long history with the NGA, being one of only two locations in the US.

• The new NGA facility in St. Louis is set to begin employee moves in September/October 2025 and is designed to be more outwardly focused.

• The opening of the new NGA location is expected to create a "geospatial bump," attracting companies to the region.

• The strategy is to grow the ecosystem beyond NGA contractors to include areas like spatial finance and broader applications.

• The goal is to grow the entire geospatial ecosystem in St. Louis.

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#GEOINT2025 #StLouis #DowntownNorth #NGA #GeospatialEcosystem #BusinessDevelopment #SpatialFinance #EconomicDevelopment #IntelligenceCommunity

At GEOINT 2025, Adam Simmons interviews Ken Dyer, VP for Customer Success at Decision Lens, focusing on intelligence community accounts. Ken shares his background supporting IC agencies and extensive experience in federal financial management and the PPBE process. He introduces Decision Lens as a company founded in 2002 that provides integrated prioritization, planning, and funding software. Ken explains that their software is based on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), a method developed by Dr. Thomas Saaty, which helps break down complex problems into smaller, more manageable parts. Decision Lens offers this capability as a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software operating under a SAS model.

Highlights

• Interview with Ken Dyer, VP for Customer Success at Decision Lens.

• Ken has a background supporting IC agencies and in federal financial management (PPBE process).

• Decision Lens provides integrated prioritization, planning, and funding software.

• The company was founded in 2002.

• Their software is based on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), developed by Dr. Thomas Saaty.

• AHP helps break down complex problems into smaller, manageable ones.

• Decision Lens software is a COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) solution.

• It operates as a SAS model.

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#GEOINT2025 #Geospatial #Prioritization #Planning #Funding #DecisionMaking #AHP #AnalyticalHierarchyProcess #DecisionLens #IntelligenceCommunity #FederalGovernment #SASSoftware #COTS #ProjectGeospatial

Adam Simmons speaks with John True and Andy Dearing from Cultivation Capital at GEOINT 2025, gaining insights from their perspective as investment professionals in the geospatial sector. They offer advice to startups attending GEOINT, emphasizing the importance of developing dual-use technology applicable to both government and commercial markets rather than focusing solely on federal contracts. They highlight that they look for companies that are genuinely solving problems for the customer base, particularly addressing the challenge of data overload and analyst shortages, potentially leveraging AI and machine learning. They discuss monitoring exit strategies in the market, like SPACs, and the increasing value of data for internal processing by larger companies to build solutions. John and Andy are proud of Cultivation Capital's foundation built on the experience of former geospatial operators, which allows them to offer unique insight and support to entrepreneurs.

Highlights

• Interview with John True and Andy Dearing from Cultivation Capital, an investment firm focusing on geospatial tech.

• Advice for startups: Think beyond just federal government opportunities; focus on dual-use technology for commercial and government sectors.

• They look for companies that are solving real problems for the customer base.

• Interested in solutions addressing data overload and analyst shortages, potentially using AI or machine learning.

• Monitoring market trends and exit strategies, noting recent turbulence in the satellite imaging space.

• See value in how larger companies can use data internally to process and build solutions.

• Cultivation Capital is built on an ethos of former operators with experience in the geospatial technology system.

• This experience allows them to provide unique insight and support to entrepreneurs.

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#GEOINT2025 #Geospatial #VentureCapital #Investment #Startups #DualUseTechnology #CommercialSpace #DefenseTech #IntelligenceCommunity #AI #MachineLearning #DataAnalytics #CultivationCapital #ProjectGeospatial

Guy De Carufel, CEO of Cognitive Space, shares his background as an aerospace engineer from NASA and Firefly. He introduces Cognitive Space as an AI software company dedicated to making the most effective use of space leveraging assets. De Carufel explains his motivation for starting the company was to apply modern AI to automate space operations, addressing the manual methods previously used. He describes their product focused on mission management for ground systems, which automates the process of generating effective schedules from mission priorities and integrates with C2 systems. Cognitive Space uses AI to orchestrate proliferated satellite systems, diverse sensors, and different organizations (national, commercial, allied). He also mentions their Sentient Earth product for aggregating data and providing predictive capacity analytics. Their primary customers manage constellations, including government and commercial entities. De Carufel highlights Cognitive Space's focus on moving fast, thinking ahead, and building agentic AI systems for future space operations, noting involvement in network management as well.

Highlights

• Guy De Carufel, CEO, introduces Cognitive Space, an AI software company for space asset management.

• The company focuses on making effective use of space leveraging assets for collection planning and link management.

• They apply modern AI to automate space operations, addressing manual approaches.

• Their mission management product automates scheduling based on mission priorities.

• Cognitive Space orchestrates proliferated systems, including different sensors and organizations.

• The Sentient Earth product aggregates data and provides predictive capacity analytics.

• Primary customers include government and commercial entities managing satellite constellations.

• They are building agentic AI systems for future space operations.

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#GEOINT #CognitiveSpace #AI #SpaceAssets #SatelliteManagement #MissionPlanning #Geospatial #Aerospace #IntelligenceCommunity #SpaceForce #ConstellationManagement #RemoteSensing #GroundSystems

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial interviews Trent Tinker, who leads the Federal Business Development team at Cesium, during the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Trent shares his extensive background in the geospatial industry, focusing on 3D geospatial for defense and aviation. His career includes experience with Esri, Hexagon, and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), where he developed a passion for interoperability and open standards. The discussion touches upon Cesium's history, having spun out of AGI and advancing their vision with Bentley. A key announcement is Cesium's upcoming first-ever developer conference in Philadelphia from June 23rd to 25th.

Highlights

• Trent Tinker leads the Federal Business Development team at Cesium.

• Trent has a long career in 3D geospatial software, focusing on the defense and aviation domains.

• His background includes working with Esri, Hexagon, and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), highlighting his passion for interoperability and open standards.

• Cesium is known for its work in the geospatial industry, including collaborations with Bentley.

• Cesium is hosting its first-ever developer conference in Philadelphia, June 23rd-25th.

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#GEOINT2025 #Cesium #3DGeospatial #FederalBusiness #DefenseIndustry #Aviation #OpenStandards #OGC #DeveloperConference #GeospatialSoftware

Adam Simmons of Project Geospatial speaks with Burt Wagner, a Data Architect at Broadcom, during the GEOINT 2025 Symposium. Burt, with 25 years supporting the US intelligence community and federal law enforcement, discusses Broadcom's lesser-known big data solutions. While Broadcom is widely known for semiconductors and acquiring VMware, Burt highlights their significant data products, including Gemfire and Greenplum databases. He explains how Greenplum, based on PostgreSQL, provides massive scalability (up to tens of petabytes) for analyzing geospatial data, overcoming PostgreSQL's limitations. The conversation also covers Broadcom's Unified Data Management (UDM) solution, which includes capabilities for crossing network security boundaries and operating in environments with denied, delayed, intermittent, and latent communications. UDM facilitates bringing edge data centrally for detailed analysis and building AI/ML models that can then be exported for use on small edge devices.

Highlights

• Burt Wagner, a Data Architect with 25 years supporting the US intelligence community, discusses Broadcom's big data solutions.

• Broadcom is a large corporation known for semiconductors and its recent acquisition of VMware.

• Broadcom offers significant data products, including Gemfire and Greenplum databases, designed for large-scale analytics.

• Greenplum is a scale-out database based on open source PostgreSQL, engineered for massive parallel processing and petabyte-scale data, unlike traditional PostgreSQL which struggles beyond 5-10 TB.

• Greenplum natively supports PostGIS, allowing vast amounts of GIS data to be managed at scale.

• Broadcom's Unified Data Management (UDM) solution integrates tools to operate across different network security levels and in D-DIL (denied, delayed, intermittent, latent) environments.

• UDM supports bringing edge data for central analysis, AI/ML model building, and exporting small models for edge deployment.

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#GEOINT2025 #Broadcom #BigData #GeospatialData #Database #Greenplum #PostgreSQL #PostGIS #IntelligenceCommunity #FederalGovernment #Analytics #AIML #EdgeComputing

Susan Moreira from Axiologic Solutions discusses her company's role as an Intel integrator specializing in system, data, and cyber security engineering for complex intelligence systems. She explains their support for geospatial data across customers like NGA and DIA, including managing the Mars program and improving analytic workflows. Moreira highlights their "mission ready" approach, working directly with analysts and operators to translate requirements. Axiologic Solutions is involved with AI efforts, supporting Project Maven and prototype development, focusing on successfully integrating AI with constrained resources and accelerating Authority to Operate (ATO) processes. Other supported efforts include the common data fabric and DIA's data hub. Cyber security is a key focus, integrated from the project's beginning, offering advisory services and researching future challenges like quantum engineering for security. Moreira shares what Axiologic hopes to achieve at GEOINT, such as making contacts and researching new technologies, and discusses the need for greater awareness about the integral nature of geospatial intelligence.

Highlights

• Susan Moreira introduces Axiologic Solutions, an Intel integrator focused on system, data, and cyber security engineering.

• They support geospatial data efforts for NGA, DIA, and others.

• Axiologic Solutions managed the Mars program, organizing contractors and improving requirements processes.

• Their approach is "mission ready," translating warfighter needs for capabilities.

• They provide support for AI efforts, including Project Maven and prototype development.

• Axiologic Solutions helps accelerate the ATO process using AI ops.

• Key focus areas include the common data fabric and cyber security integration from the start.

• They are researching quantum engineering challenges for cyber security.

• GEOINT helps them find new contacts and research emerging technologies.

• Geospatial is integral to daily life, and education about its importance is needed.

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#GEOINT #AxiologicSolutions #IntelligenceCommunity #CyberSecurity #DataEngineering #AI #ProjectMaven #MarsProgram #Geospatial #RMF #QuantumEngineering #IntelIntegrator #MissionReady