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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Chirag Parikh joined the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2016 and served in positions including deputy director for counterproliferation.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is building its new western headquarters approximately 2.25 km from T-REX and Esri’s new office in the Geospatial Innovation Center.
Esri has worked with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for three decades to expand the use of geospatial intelligence worldwide.
The Department of Defense, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are directed to submit a report identifying commercial vendors that provide global imagery to support military needs, gaps in geospatial intelligence, and an assessment of how commercial capabilities can be integrated into DoD programs.
Saint Louis University (SLU) operates a program to train National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense employees.
Intermap Technologies received an Other Transaction award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to produce continually updated (low latency) foundation data for high-priority national security areas of interest.
GeoBase data collected by Woolpert are deposited into the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s GRiD repository to support other U.S. Department of Defense organizations, including the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.
CACI International Inc. was awarded a five-year, single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with a ceiling value of $376,000,000.
In 2019, an interagency memorandum of agreement for a tactical space layer was signed by the Secretary of the Army, the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the director for defense intelligence.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will analyze imagery provided under NRO study contracts and is responsible for defining the imagery requirements the NRO procures.
The NGA Accelerator selected eight companies from more than 350 applicants to participate in the inaugural cohort launching on 2021-03-23.
Each company in the inaugural NGA Accelerator cohort will receive a $100,000 non-dilutive grant.
The selected cohort is the first of two cohorts funded by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is building a high-tech campus in St. Louis, Missouri scheduled to open in 2025.
A technology accelerator program funded by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency selected eight startups to participate.
The National Reconnaissance Office supplies imagery intelligence data to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Capella Space has contracts serving several U.S. intelligence and Department of Defense agencies, including the Defense Innovation Unit, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy.
Robert Cardillo was the sixth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from 2014 to 2019.
Anticipatory analytics provides a competitive advantage for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the agency is focused on maintaining and expanding that edge.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is building a modern campus in St. Louis, Missouri with high-tech facilities designed for collaboration at different classification levels to allow greater participation by contractors and academics who do not have secret security clearances.