# National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency **Domain:** Austin Research / Institutions **Doc Type:** Research entity **Source basis:** Supplied research cluster with linked references; see the [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|evidence map]] for verification scope. The **National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)** is the intelligence institution from which the [[wiki/Saturn Arch|Saturn Arch]] mission transferred to the Army. That documented handoff is its clearest operational relationship in this cluster. The [[wiki/IC ITE|IC ITE]] source also places NGA with DIA in development of the common desktop environment. These are different functions: one concerns a sensor mission and its transfer; the other concerns shared enterprise services. Together they illustrate why organizational participation must be mapped by layer. The same agency can contribute operational capabilities and shared computing infrastructure without making the two projects identical. ## Connected entries [[wiki/Saturn Arch|Saturn Arch]] · [[wiki/Task Force ODIN|Task Force ODIN]] · [[wiki/IC ITE|IC ITE]] · [[wiki/Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Intelligence Agency]] · [[wiki/Army Intelligence and Security Command|Army Intelligence and Security Command]] ## Sources and corpus context - [[research/The Austin Executable Loop|The Austin Executable Loop — master document]] - [[research/IC ITE - Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise|IC ITE - Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise]] - [[research/ODIN - Observe, Detect, Identify, Neutralize|ODIN - Observe, Detect, Identify, Neutralize]] - [Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise Strategy 2012–2017](https://www.odni.gov/files/documents/IC_ITE_Strategy.pdf) - [INSCOM Assumes Responsibility of Saturn Arch Program](https://www.army.mil/article-amp/98474/inscom_assumes_responsibility_of_saturn_arch_program) - [Saturn Arch — U.S. Army](https://www.army.mil/article/119068/saturn_arch) **Cluster:** [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]] · [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|Austin Research Evidence Map]]