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NGA- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency-Bethesda
4600 Sangamore Road
Bethesda, MD 20816
(703) 735-2639, NARPPO@NGA.mil, WWW.nga.mil
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the national Intelligence Community (IC). NGA develops imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for U. S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation.
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, NGA has major facilities in the Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and St. Louis, MO, areas. We also provide global support to our IC mission partners through NGA representatives stationed around the world.
Our Role in the Intelligence Community
NGA is the IC’s principal producer of and advisor for GEOINT. The
agency provides timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence
in support of national security objectives. The term “geospatial
intelligence” (GEOINT) means the exploitation and analysis of
imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and visually
depict physical features and geographically referenced activities
on the Earth. Geospatial intelligence consists of imagery, imagery
intelligence and geospatial (e.g., mapping, charting and geodesy)
information. GEOINT uses imagery to make sense of volumes of
data and information. GEOINT builds the bridge from information to
intelligence—from decision to action.
Information collected and processed by NGA is tailored for customer-specific solutions. By giving customers ready access to geospatial intelligence, NGA provides support to civilian and military leaders and contributes to the state of readiness of U.S. military forces. NGA also contributes to humanitarian efforts, such as tracking floods and disaster support, and to peacekeeping.
Combat and Humanitarian Support
As a Department of Defense combat-support agency, NGA provides
the warfighter with precise, timely GEOINT data, information and
products.
Accessibility and usability are our watchwords as we continue to focus on moving data to people, instead of moving people to data. In addition to supporting combat operations, NGA also supports disaster relief and homeland defense operations by providing GEOINT data, products and analyses to lead federal agencies and first responders.