Want to join NGA? Bring AI skills, agency leader says
Rear Adm. Michael Baker, associate operations director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, spoke with Defense One's Patrick Tucker at the Defense One Tech Summit in Arlington, Virginia, on June 16, 2026. Thomas Novelly | Defense One
ByThomas Novelly,
Senior Reporter
June 17, 2026 03:42 PM ET
Even current National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency workers are getting new training.
As the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency rebuilds its workforce after last year’s DOGE cuts, job applicants need to bring some AI proficiency, the agency’s associate operations director said Tuesday.
“We're hiring now, and every single new person we hire has to prove some capability of AI and data management,” Navy Rear Adm. Michael Baker said at the Defense One Tech Summit. “Every single new hire has to go through AI and data management training.”
It’s not just the new employees, Baker said: “Every single old hire has to go through...
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