# Maven Can Cut Targeting Timelines From Hours to Minutes by Frank Whitworth > "NGA Maven has decreased targeting workflow timelines by a substantial amount, with one warfighting element’s targeting cell seeing intelligence-operations timelines drop from hours to minutes from sensing to target engagement during a recent exercise." > **— Frank Whitworth**, *May 19, 2025, 2025 GEOINT Symposium Keynote* ## Sources and Context - **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [2025 GEOINT Symposium Keynote](https://www.nga.mil/news/VADM_Whitworth_Delivers_Keynote_at_2025_GEOINT_Sym.html) — The NGA director reports an exercise result spanning sensing through target engagement. - **Routing classification:** CT-enabling public GEOINT conference discourse. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/GEOINT Symposium|GEOINT Symposium]] - [[wiki/United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation|United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation]] - [[wiki/Sensor-to-Shooter Loop|Sensor-to-Shooter Loop]] - [[wiki/Automated Target Recognition|Automated Target Recognition]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "NGA Maven has decreased targeting workflow timelines by a substantial amount, with one warfighting element’s targeting cell seeing intelligence-operations timelines drop from hours to minutes from sensing to target engagement during a recent exercise." — Frank Whitworth, May 19, 2025, 2025 GEOINT Symposium Keynote https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-conference-maven-can-cut-targeting-timelines-from-hours-to-minutes ```