Navy NEC · Intelligence

K27A Advanced Strike and Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) Mensuration Analyst

A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

An Advanced Strike and Tomahawk Land Attack Missile Mensuration Analyst produces imagery based mission planning products for Tomahawk missiles. They process, exploit, and geoposition digital imagery to create terminal navigation products, including digital scene matching area correlators, vertical update points, and digital elevation matrices.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • digital imagery processing
  • advanced geopositioning
  • target coordinate mensuration
  • terrain data analysis
  • digital elevation modeling
  • scene matching product creation
  • cruise missile mission planning
  • imagery quality control
  • navigation product production

Civilian Software & Tools

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Apache Hive
  • Apache Kafka
  • Apache Spark

Civilian Career Paths

  • Geospatial Intelligence
  • Intelligence Analysis
  • Unmanned Systems

Training & Development

Getting Started

  • CompTIA Security+

Career Growth

  • ASPRS Certified Mapping Scientist
  • GISCI Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP)
  • Esri Technical Certification
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)

Also Common

  • Remote Pilot Certificate

What the Work Involves

  • Validate known intelligence with data from other sources.
  • Gather, analyze, correlate, or evaluate information from a variety of resources, such as law enforcement databases.
  • Evaluate records of communications, such as telephone calls, to plot activity and determine the size and location of criminal groups and members.
  • Gather intelligence information by field observation, confidential information sources, or public records.
  • Analyze intelligence data to identify patterns and trends in criminal activity.

Related Occupations

  • Digital Forensics Analysts
  • Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
  • Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
  • Private Detectives and Investigators

Typical preparation for these civilian roles: a four-year degree or equivalent experience.

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