United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center The United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center ( FSTC ) was an intelligence production agency located , for much of its existence , in Charlottesville , Virginia . FSTC produced technical intelligence concerning ground forces weapons , equipment , and technology of foreign armies . Most of the effort was on enemies and potential enemies of the United States . FSTC provided technical intelligence in support of military commanders , materiel developers , and of Department of the Army , Department of Defense , and National - level decisionmakers . FSTC was established on 1 August 1962 . It was created using personnel and resources belonging to Army Technical Services intelligence agencies : as well as intelligence resources from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Technical Intelligence Field Agency . ( Sec . X . , Department of the Army General Order 46 , 25 July 1962 ) At the same time , some of the intelligence resources from the former Army Technical Services intelligence agencies were used to create the US Army Area Analysis Intelligence Agency ( AAIA ) . A short time later the AAIA was absorbed by the new Defense Intelligence Agency . ( Sec . I , Department of the Army General Order 12 , 19 March 1962 ) The predecessor agencies had grown out of the intelligence staffs created in the offices of the Chiefs of the Army Technical Services shortly before World War II . FSTC was created to consolidate Army technical intelligence activities when McNamara reorganizations in the early 1960s restructured Army procurement and supply activities and eliminated several of the Army Technical Services . ( Department of the Army General Order 47 , DA , 26 July 1962 ) FSTC was made subordinate to the US Army Materiel Command which was created as the main procurement agency of the Army in place of the Army Technical Services . " The McNamara Revolution " is described in detail in " From Root To McNamara " by James E . Hewes , Jr . ( Washington : Center of Military History , 1975 . Chapters VIII , IX , and X , Pages 296 - 365 ) . The new Center found a home in the Munitions Building on the Mall in Washington , DC . When President Nixon ordered that the Munitions Building be demolished in 1970 , FSTC relocated to a federal office complex in downtown Charlottesville , Virginia . During the move , part of FSTC was temporarily located in building T - 7 near National Airport . Once needed building modifications were completed , the remainder of the organization was moved to Charlottesville . On 1 July 1984 , command of FSTC was transferred to the US Army Intelligence Agency , a field operating agency operating under the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence , Army General Staff . ( Department of the Army General Order 18 , 15 June 1984 ) On 12 October 1991 the US Army Intelligence Agency was reassigned to the US Army Intelligence and Security Command ( INSCOM ) . ( INSCOM Permanent Order 79 - 1 , 20 Sep 1991 ) On 10 April 1992 , FSTC was reassigned from AAIA to INSCOM . ( INSCOM Permanent Order 41 - 2 , 9 April 1992 ) On 8 July 1994 , FSTC and the US Army Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center were merged . The new organization , named the National Ground Intelligence Center , with its headquarters in Charlottesville , VA , was created as a " provisional " organization . ( INSCOM Permanent Order 41 - 1 , 3 June 1994 ) On 1 October 1995 , the National Ground Intelligence Center was confirmed as an official , permanent Army organization . ( INSCOM Permanent Order 234 - 1 , 22 August 1995 ) Data concerning the size of FSTC throughout its existence is not available . However , some information is available . A count of the entries in the October 1963 telephone directory showed 348 persons working at FSTC and its " field activities . " In January 1967 , the total workforce included 401 persons ( 63 officers , 2 warrant officers , 3 enlisted men , and 333 civilian workers ) . ( Table of Distribution and Allowance M1 - WOKPAA - 00 , 15 January 1967 ) By October 1984 , the workforce had grown to 529 ( 35 officers , 8 enlisted men , and 486 civilians ) ( Table of Distribution and Allowance XKWOKPAA , X10185 , 2 October 1984 )