NGA is a unique combination of intelligence agency and combat support agency. It is the world leader in timely, relevant, accurate and actionable geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). NGA enables the U.S. intelligence community and the Department of Defense to fulfill the president’s national security priorities to protect the nation.

The agency is headquarted in Springfield, Virginia with two major locations in St. Louis, Missouri and Arnold, Missouri. Approximately 14,500 civilian, military and contractor employees work across more than 100 locations in the United States and 20 international locations serving on support teams at U.S. military, diplomatic and allied locations around the world...Read More

When you want more than a job, you want a mission. Whether you’re analyzing data or conducting imagery analysis or providing mission support, a career with the NGA helps protect our nation and our world.

NGA has three primary locations in Springfield, Virginia, St. Louis, Missouri and Arnold, Missouri as well as opportunities to serve across the globe. You can learn more about NGA's locations here. 

Learn more about NGA's open opportunities, the career service options, the hiring process and the benefits of working with NGA...Learn More

Mt. Kumgang Tourist Area: A low Shedding of South Korean Influence

Satellite imagery and North Korean state media indicate that from Mt. Kumgang Tourist Region's closure in 2008 until Kim Jong Un's visit in 2019, little significant activity was observed.

Since, efforts to renovate the site have progressed slowly. It remains to be seen the audience for these updates, particularly given recent developments in the inter-Korean relationship...Read More

Moonshot Labs is a cross-agency asset with an initiatives approach to measuring success and accountability. Opened in July 2021, NGA’s Moonshot Labs is an unclassified innovation hub and collider space for NGA, its partners and customers to meet, create, collaborate, and innovate. Moonshot Labs offers a preview of the unprecedented collaborative environment to come at the agency’s St. Louis campus when it opens in 2025...Read More

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency implemented the presidentially-directed name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley.

This change is in accordance with President Donald J. Trump’s executive order, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,”dated January 20, 2025...Read More

New USA and World maps are now available for download here.