NGA IN THE OPEN

In the video above, Robert Cardillo, founder of National Center for Location Science and former NGA Director, discusses how a new NGA will “succeed in the open,” the Next NGA West campus and the growth of the geospatial industry in Saint Louis.

Years ago, because of its classified missions and membership in the U.S. intelligence community, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency remained largely unknown to most Saint Louisans, let alone most Americans. “This was not by accident,” as former NGA director Robert Cardillo explains in our recent interview.

Thanks in part to the development of a new NGA campus in North Saint Louis, which is intentionally located next to many industry partners and academic institutions, a more inclusive, public-facing NGA wants to “succeed in the open.”

Cardillo currently spearheads the recently formed National Center for Location Science, which aims to work with a number of partners on the development of tools and technology for location science-based applications. The organization will also office out of the Downtown North district to be part of the growing geospatial sector.