In the course of human history, higher ground has always provided advantage. NGA has long enjoyed a technological and professional advantage in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) — we owned the higher ground — and delivered that advantage to those we serve. Today we fi nd ourselves reacting to increasing innovation from the commercial sector and fast-paced advances of our adversaries. This highlights the fact that everyone now enjoys access to cutting-edge GEOINT data and capabilities. What was the protected high ground is now commonly available and contested. Therefore, it is time for NGA to reimagine our strategy to continuously lift ourselves higher and deliver the dominant GEOINT our customers demand and deserve in the face of renewed great power competition.

The NGA Strategy 2025 challenges us to learn faster than our adversaries. We will generate advantage by adapting more quickly — through expanded partnerships, open innovation, freeing the data, teaming humans with machines, and developing a world-class workforce. In doing so we will improve our abilities to understand the world and anticipate events to provide GEOINT that increases the decision space for our policymakers, warfi ghters and emergency responders. We will also focus on the security of our data, the sanctity of our profession and our responsibility to maintain the public trust. Our role is to assure that the GEOINT we deliver is always timely, relevant and accurate — to orient our customers towards the best possible decision and enable them to act swiftly before events dictate the fi nal outcome.

None of these aspirations are trivial — and they will require the sustained effort of every member of our global enterprise. This strategy articulates my vision for NGA and outlines a path toward specifi c outcomes that contribute to operational agility, elevated insight and mission resilience that prepare us to hold onto that higher ground regardless of external developments.

Onward!

Robert CardilloDirector, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NGA will be mission driven by delivering advantage through real-time services and anticipatory insights; providing assured access to — and complete confi dence in — GEOINT. NGA will be human centered by learning together; using machines as digital assistants and thought partners; and leveraging diversity to raise our GEOINT expertise and mission accomplishment. NGA will be data enabled by ensuring operational superiority through exquisite information services that enable the global GEOINT enterprise. NGA will be enterprise strong by optimizing the global ecosystem and enabling, servicing, brokering and leveraging all partners who offer capabilities, data and insights. NGA will be relentlessly innovative by reimagining the art and science of GEOINT to remain the expert of experts and outpace adversary capabilities. We will deliver insight, transparency and confi dence in an increasingly dangerous, complex and chaotic world. In an era of uncertainty, we will reach beyond the horizon to bring the future into focus.

NGA will propel the continued dominance of GEOINT to protect American interests. In a world where trust is elusive and confi dence fl eeting, GEOINT data will be instantly available, expertly validated, highly trusted and effortlessly consumable for those we serve.

NGA’s unwavering commitment to deliver strategic advantage will continue through the modernization of our foundational and analytic services. Building on our long tradition of tradecraft excellence, our team will leverage machines, dynamic content and analytic models to elevate our expert insight to identify threats to our national security before events dictate.

NGA’s shift to expanding global services will enable the entire enterprise. Our partners will be

empowered to bring their collective strengths to bear, resulting in a more interconnected environment capable of producing GEOINT at greater scale, scope and precision every day.

Our customers will gain advantage from objective evidence and trusted services in a contested information domain marked by shifting perceptions, intentional manipulation and inherent bias. GEOINT will help reveal the truth and enable timely military, political and humanitarian action. Our knowledge of geodesy, the Earth’s environment, its natural processes and the complex geospatial patterns of human events will deliver differentiated awareness and expert assessments.

OUR 2025 VISION

Inspire and grow ourworld-class workforce

Fuel and drive the entire global GEOINT enterprise

Secure and deliver thenation’s most trusted

GEOINT

Bring the future into focus to anticipate opportunity

and foresee threats

NGA will realize this vision by pursuing four interdependent strategic goals:

FROM THE DIRECTOR OUR 2025 COMMITMENT

OUR 2025 GOALS

MISSIONWe provide GEOINTfor our nation’s security.

VISIONNGA will propel thecontinued dominanceof GEOINT to protectAmerican interests.

COMMITMENT• Mission Driven• Human Centered• Data Enabled• Enterprise Strong• Relentlessly Innovative

In the course of human history, higher ground has always provided advantage. NGA has long enjoyed a technological and professional advantage in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) — we owned the higher ground — and delivered that advantage to those we serve. Today we fi nd ourselves reacting to increasing innovation from the commercial sector and fast-paced advances of our adversaries. This highlights the fact that everyone now enjoys access to cutting-edge GEOINT data and capabilities. What was the protected high ground is now commonly available and contested. Therefore, it is time for NGA to reimagine our strategy to continuously lift ourselves higher and deliver the dominant GEOINT our customers demand and deserve in the face of renewed great power competition.

The NGA Strategy 2025 challenges us to learn faster than our adversaries. We will generate advantage by adapting more quickly — through expanded partnerships, open innovation, freeing the data, teaming humans with machines, and developing a world-class workforce. In doing so we will improve our abilities to understand the world and anticipate events to provide GEOINT that increases the decision space for our policymakers, warfi ghters and emergency responders. We will also focus on the security of our data, the sanctity of our profession and our responsibility to maintain the public trust. Our role is to assure that the GEOINT we deliver is always timely, relevant and accurate — to orient our customers towards the best possible decision and enable them to act swiftly before events dictate the fi nal outcome.

None of these aspirations are trivial — and they will require the sustained effort of every member of our global enterprise. This strategy articulates my vision for NGA and outlines a path toward specifi c outcomes that contribute to operational agility, elevated insight and mission resilience that prepare us to hold onto that higher ground regardless of external developments.

Onward!

Robert CardilloDirector, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NGA will be mission driven by delivering advantage through real-time services and anticipatory insights; providing assured access to — and complete confi dence in — GEOINT. NGA will be human centered by learning together; using machines as digital assistants and thought partners; and leveraging diversity to raise our GEOINT expertise and mission accomplishment. NGA will be data enabled by ensuring operational superiority through exquisite information services that enable the global GEOINT enterprise. NGA will be enterprise strong by optimizing the global ecosystem and enabling, servicing, brokering and leveraging all partners who offer capabilities, data and insights. NGA will be relentlessly innovative by reimagining the art and science of GEOINT to remain the expert of experts and outpace adversary capabilities. We will deliver insight, transparency and confi dence in an increasingly dangerous, complex and chaotic world. In an era of uncertainty, we will reach beyond the horizon to bring the future into focus.

NGA will propel the continued dominance of GEOINT to protect American interests. In a world where trust is elusive and confi dence fl eeting, GEOINT data will be instantly available, expertly validated, highly trusted and effortlessly consumable for those we serve.

NGA’s unwavering commitment to deliver strategic advantage will continue through the modernization of our foundational and analytic services. Building on our long tradition of tradecraft excellence, our team will leverage machines, dynamic content and analytic models to elevate our expert insight to identify threats to our national security before events dictate.

NGA’s shift to expanding global services will enable the entire enterprise. Our partners will be

empowered to bring their collective strengths to bear, resulting in a more interconnected environment capable of producing GEOINT at greater scale, scope and precision every day.

Our customers will gain advantage from objective evidence and trusted services in a contested information domain marked by shifting perceptions, intentional manipulation and inherent bias. GEOINT will help reveal the truth and enable timely military, political and humanitarian action. Our knowledge of geodesy, the Earth’s environment, its natural processes and the complex geospatial patterns of human events will deliver differentiated awareness and expert assessments.

OUR 2025 VISION

Inspire and grow ourworld-class workforce

Fuel and drive the entire global GEOINT enterprise

Secure and deliver thenation’s most trusted

GEOINT

Bring the future into focus to anticipate opportunity

and foresee threats

NGA will realize this vision by pursuing four interdependent strategic goals:

FROM THE DIRECTOR OUR 2025 COMMITMENT

OUR 2025 GOALS

MISSIONWe provide GEOINTfor our nation’s security.

VISIONNGA will propel thecontinued dominanceof GEOINT to protectAmerican interests.

COMMITMENT• Mission Driven• Human Centered• Data Enabled• Enterprise Strong• Relentlessly Innovative