National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is an agency inside the United States Department of Defense. Their work is collecting, looking at, and giving out geospatial intelligence for national security. It was called the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) from 1996 to 2003.

NGA headquarters, also known as NGA Campus East or NCE, is at Fort Belvoir North Area in Springfield, Virginia. The agency also runs major places in the St. Louis, Missouri area (referred to as NGA Campus West or NCW), they also have offices worldwide. The area of the NGA headquarters is . It is the third-largest government building in the Washington metropolitan area after The Pentagon and the Ronald Reagan Building.

NGA also helps during natural and man-made disasters, aids in security planning for major events such as the Olympic Games, and gets data on climate change.

The director of the agency is Vice Admiral Frank D. Whitworth III.

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Category:United States Department of Defense agencies
Category:United States intelligence agencies
Category:1996 establishments in the United States