NGA to host Industry Day July 10, 2026

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NGA to host Industry Day July 10

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency invites industry partners to an AI focused Industry Day at NGA Washington on July 10.

This event, with a morning unclassified session, and an afternoon classified session, will provide defense industrial base members an opportunity to engage directly with NGA subject matter experts on upcoming opportunities related to advanced AI capabilities, including:

• MANTIS II: Follow-on contract to sustain, modernize and develop non-literal imagery exploitation tools/services for Advanced GEOINT Services, cloud migration, new tool development, operations and maintenance. Solicitation: Q4 FY27.
• MERCURY: Follow-on contract for lifecycle support of NGA analytic systems. Solicitation: Q1FY27
• FUTURE BAA: Broad Agency Announcement planned for FY27 release to rapidly acquire advanced analytic technologies delivering cutting-edge GEOINT capabilities, enhancing decision advantage for the warfighter and intelligence community with rapid integrated support for global operations and accelerating transformation to autonomous, predictive, data-centric GEOINT via state-of-the-art tools, human-machine teaming and modern workflows empowering analysts and operators. Solicitation: FY27
• GRAND CANYON: Follow-on contract for AI/machine learning model/tool development, prototyping, integration and operational support to source, mature, test, field and enhance capabilities to drive GEOINT advantages in complex warfighter environments. Solicitation: Q4 FY26
• HATTERAS: Enables NGA to access a competitively-selected pool of third-party vendors for developing custom apps/extensions for AI-enabled tools on Enterprise platforms used for intelligence fusion, with planned future opportunities geospatial analysis platforms. Solicitation: Q4 FY26

Event details:

• Date: Friday, July 10, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET (unclassified session);
  12:30 p.m. to 5p.m. ET (classified session). Only register for one session.
  • Registration: Sam.gov link (this page),
    Unclassified ONLY Registration link: <https://forms.osi.apps.mil/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=qidRuHRJ-E-YP4sXtkzkHzC_X1Q_hk5Bu1-ga4r82PpUNkdJTE4xU0M5RzRWOE41OFg0S1pDVEhORi4u&route=shorturl>
    • Deadline: June 12, 5 p.m. ET
    • Attendance limited to two participants per organization
    • Note: Any incomplete or erroneous registrations will not be processed. Please carefully review the registration details and security instructions before submission.
• Attendance limited to 400 participants, US persons and companies only, on a first come, first-served basis.

The event is being hosted by NGA’s Program Executive Office Advanced Analytics, and demonstrates NGA's continued commitment to fostering strategic engagement and partnering with the U.S. defense industrial base, in alignment with the Department of War’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy and National Defense Strategy (https://media.defense.gov/2025/Nov/10/2003819441/-1/-1/1/ACQUISITION-TRANSFORMATION-STRATEGY.PDF). It underscores NGA's dedication to advance national security through cutting-edge geospatial technologies.

About NGA

NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and first responders.

NGA is a unique combination of intelligence agency and combat support agency. It is the world leader in timely, relevant, accurate and actionable geospatial intelligence. NGA enables the U.S. intelligence community and the Department of War to fulfill the President’s national security priorities to protect the nation.

During federally-declared emergencies, NGA is authorized under Title 50, Section 3045 authorities to conduct domestic operations when requested by the organization leading the response.

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Classified Session Registration:

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) posted the information for the Classified Industry Day, to the classified Intelligence Community Acquisition Research Center (ARC) website at https://acq-ui.ace.proj.nro.ic.gov

Interested parties for the Classified Session must have a TS/SCI TK clearance as this registration information is being posted on the classified ARC website. You must also have a classified ARC account, to access the classified ARC website. To obtain a classified ARC account, interested parties must contact the ACE IT Helpdesk which can be reached at (703) 230-6300 or acehelpdesk@westfields.net. Be sure to include your classified email address as you will not be able to access you classified account without it.

To log into the classified ARC, visit https://acq.nro.ic.gov/ from a TS network such as NMIS, NSAnet, CWE, AWAN, CWAN, JWICS, etc. If you do not have access to a TS network but possess a TS/SCI clearance, you can arrange a visit to our reading room
by calling 703-230-6100.