GEOINT 2022 - NGA - Tim Clayton and Rick Myllenbeck

Anyone who sails a ship, flies an aircraft, goes into harm’s way, makes national policy decisions, responds to disasters, or navigates with a cellphone, all rely on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, that provides a decisive advantage to warfighters, policymakers, intelligence professionals and first responders. Both an intelligence agency and a combat support agency, NGA fulfills the president’s national security priorities in partnership with the intelligence community and Department of Defense.

Tim Clayton, Director of Acquisition Oversight at the NGA, and Rick Myllenbeck, Industry Engagement Advisor at the NGA, discuss industry engagement and the procurement workflow at the agency. They touch on the best way for industry to work with government and the major mistakes the companies often make when working with government. Diving deeper, they explain the best way for small business to engage with the NGA and their relationship of with the Small Business Office.