Facts (13)
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NGA opened a new $1.7 billion campus (Next NGA West / N2W) in North St. Louis in 2025-2026, replacing its facility south of downtown St. Louis. The 97-acre campus was built under a $711.7 million design-build contract awarded to McCarthy HITT.
Date: 2026-01-22
Added: 02 May 2026
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NIMA was headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland (4600 Sangamore Road) until 2011, when NGA consolidated operations to Fort Belvoir North Area in Springfield, Virginia, as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act. The NGA headquarters is the third-largest building in the Washington Metropolitan Area, larger than CIA headquarters.
Date: 2011-01-01
Added: 02 May 2026
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NIMA was part of the intelligence failure to detect India's nuclear tests in May 1998. U.S. spy satellites had imaged activity at India's test site but intelligence analysts 'failed to discern that India was preparing to conduct the three nuclear blasts.' The failure was described as 'perhaps the greatest failure in a decade' by Senator Richard Shelby.
Date: 1998-05-11
Added: 02 May 2026
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Partially Corroborated
NIMA was blamed for providing an outdated map that led to the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade on May 7, 1999, killing three Chinese journalists. Defense Secretary William Cohen confirmed 'an out-of-date map was used' and 'the bombing instructions were based on an outdated map.' NIMA maps had also been implicated in the 1998 Cavalese cable car disaster and other military accidents.
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Following Google's acquisition of Keyhole in October 2004 for an undisclosed sum, In-Q-Tel continued to hold 5,636 shares of Keyhole stock until November 2005 — roughly six months after Google Earth launched. During this period, the CIA and Google were co-owners of Keyhole equity.
Date: 2005-11-01
Added: 02 May 2026
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Primary Source
NIMA used Keyhole's EarthViewer 3-D during the Iraq War for military and intelligence purposes. Rob Zitz, Director of NIMA's InnoVision directorate, stated: 'Within two weeks of In-Q-Tel's engagement with Keyhole, we implemented the technology to support our mission within the Pentagon.' The technology was used to produce virtual flyovers of Iraqi cities and support targeting and situational awareness.
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Partially Corroborated
In February 2003, In-Q-Tel invested approximately $2 million in Keyhole Corp., a Mountain View, California startup that developed sophisticated three-dimensional imaging technology used by NIMA. Within two weeks of the engagement, NIMA implemented Keyhole's technology to support military operations at the Pentagon and deployed it for U.S. troops during the Iraq War.
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Partially Corroborated
NIMA became a limited partner with In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm, in the summer of 2002, working through the CIA. The Keyhole investment was In-Q-Tel's first engagement on behalf of NIMA. NIMA contributed approximately 25% of In-Q-Tel's funding of Keyhole Inc.
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NIMA had approximately 9,000 employees and a budget estimated at about $1 billion as of 1998-1999, according to the Washington Post. Its budget and employee count were officially classified. By 2013, NGA's budget was estimated at at least $4.9 billion with about 14,500 employees.
Date: 1999-07-10
Added: 02 May 2026
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NIMA was officially renamed the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on November 24, 2003, authorized by the fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization Act. NGA Director Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr. stated: 'Geospatial intelligence is what we do, and our agency's name now properly reflects that reality.'
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NIMA was established on October 1, 1996, by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, combining eight different agencies from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, primarily the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), the National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), the Central Imagery Office (CIO), and elements of the CIA's satellite photo analysis operations.
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National Imagery and Mapping Agency filed filing with the SEC on 2014-02-26. Accession number: N/A.
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Search scope note: No usaspending contracts found for "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" in automated database search as of 2026-04-13. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.
Added: 13 Apr 2026
UNVERIFIED Research: National Imagery and Mapping Agency — USASpending contracts (no result…
All Connections (11)
organizational_predecessor
primary
since 1996
NIMA was created to consolidate imagery and mapping functions from various agencies including the NRO's imagery analysis capabilities
organizational_predecessor
primary
since 1996
NIMA consolidated imagery analysis functions previously performed by CIA components
organizational_predecessor, parent_organization
primary
since 1996
NIMA consolidated defense mapping and imagery functions from DoD agencies · NIMA was established as a DoD combat support agency under the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Its director reported to both the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence.
regulatory_filing
primary
since 2014
National Imagery and Mapping Agency filed with the SEC on 2014-02-26
technology_acquisition_chain
inferential
since 2004
NIMA's investment partner In-Q-Tel invested in Keyhole Corp. in February 2003. Google acquired Keyhole in October 2004. During the transition, In-Q-Tel (on behalf of NIMA/CIA) held 5,636 shares of Keyhole stock until November 2005, making the CIA and Google co-owners of Keyhole equity for approximately six months after Google Earth launched.
limited_partner
secondary
NIMA became a limited partner with In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital firm, in summer 2002. Through this partnership, NIMA co-funded the investment in Keyhole Inc. — In-Q-Tel's first engagement on behalf of NIMA. NIMA contributed approximately 25% of In-Q-Tel's Keyhole funding.
contractor
secondary
NGA awarded Leidos a $206 million contract (May 2024) to modernize legacy software for exploiting incoming data, an $85.5 million follow-on contract for mission applications, and a $107 million GEOINT products contract. Leidos inherited much of SAIC's legacy NSA-NGA contracting portfolio.
contractor
secondary
NGA awarded Palantir a $28 million contract (2025) to expand access to the Maven Smart System for NGA analysts, building on the AI battlefield awareness platform originally developed under Project Maven.
customer_or_end_user
primary
since 2003
The investment from In-Q-Tel was In-Q-Tel's first engagement on behalf of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), which deployed EarthViewer within two weeks to support troops during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
affiliation
inferential
since 2008
Norman R. Augustine appears in proximity to National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now NGA), suggesting a potential association with this intelligence agency.
affiliation
inferential
since 2025
Alta Resource Technologies appears adjacent to National Imagery and Mapping Agency in the known entities list, suggesting a potential thematic or organizational linkage, though no direct documented connection is provided.
Sources (24)
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UNVERIFIED Research: National Imagery and Mapping Agency — Parliamentary records (no result…
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UNVERIFIED Research: National Imagery and Mapping Agency — Court records (no results)
court_document
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UNVERIFIED Research: National Imagery and Mapping Agency — Lobbying disclosures (no results…
government_disclosure
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2026
UNVERIFIED Research: National Imagery and Mapping Agency — Corporate registrations (no resu…
government_disclosure
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2026
UNVERIFIED Research: National Imagery and Mapping Agency — USASpending contracts (no result…
contract
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