National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a U.S. Department of Defense combat support agency and a key member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, responsible for collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence derived from satellite imagery, aerial sensors, and maps. It succeeded the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) in 2004. NGA is headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, with a major facility in St. Louis, Missouri, and provides geospatial intelligence support to military and civilian policymakers as well as to allied nations.
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France's foreign minister says Europe now provides two-thirds of Ukraine's intelligence
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview on France Inter on 15 October that two-thirds of the intelligence Ukraine receives currently comes from Europe, including France. The statement came against a backdrop of reported US threats to halt intelligence sharing and arms deliveries if Ukraine kept striking Russian energy infrastructure, and as European leaders announced plans to double their aid to Kyiv.