The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the Department of Defense and a member of the United States Intelligence Community, whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. NGA utilizes satellite reconnaissance data and collaborates with organizations like the U.S. Space Force, the Department of Defense, and international partners to provide geospatial intelligence for military and other operations. In 2024, NGA announced plans to create a space intelligence hub called the Joint Mission Management Center (JMMC) to better integrate data from various agencies. Keywords associated with NGA include: geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), satellite imagery, reconnaissance, and national security.
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The U.S. government has traditionally procured remote sensing satellites that are owned and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, or the U.S. Space Force.
Intermap’s elevation datasets are used to provide low-latency foundation data in partnership with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
The FireGuard program is run by the National Guard and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and uses imagery collected by U.S. military satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles to produce maps that help detect and monitor wildfires.
On 2022-01-10, President Biden nominated U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth to be the next director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency provides geospatial intelligence, defined as data derived from overhead satellites, to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and homeland security agencies.
Vice Adm. Robert Sharp has led the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency since February 2019.
T-REX is home to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s Moonshot Labs.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency seeks analytic services from commercial companies that perform exploitation in their own environments.
BlackSky won a $30 million, five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for artificial-intelligence-enabled economic monitoring.
Capella Space established relationships in the last year with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Space Development Agency.
Telos Corporation has a $3.1 million, five-year contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Telos Corporation has a 15-year relationship with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, published the National System for Geospatial Intelligence Enterprise Commercial GEOINT Strategy 2021-2025 in his role as the GEOINT Functional Manager.
HawkEye 360 has won government contracts including a contract with a base value of $10,000,000 plus options to help the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency discover, characterize, and map activities that emit radio frequency signals.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has held an enterprise license for Xacta since 2006.
In 2018, DARPA partnered with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Research Directorate to transition meta-optics concepts to unmanned aerial systems optical systems.
Capella Space signed and maintained contracts with the US Navy, US Air Force, National Geospatial Agency, In-Q-Tel, the Space Development Agency, and the US Space Force to provide on-demand, high-resolution SAR data and analytics for the US government.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to conduct an annual assessment of commercial satellite imagery.
The NRO will work with other government agencies, including the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, to conduct formal quality evaluations of commercial datasets.
Maxar opened an office in downtown St. Louis in 2019 to support its main customer, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.