# National Ground Intelligence Center **Entity class:** United States Army service intelligence center **Domain:** Foreign ground-force intelligence / scientific and technical intelligence **Aliases:** NGIC **Location:** Charlottesville, Virginia **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The **National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC)** is the Army's designated authority for intelligence on foreign ground forces. It produces all-source analysis of conventional and irregular ground forces, identities, networks, capabilities and ground-related weapons and technologies for Army, DoD and national consumers. NGIC shows that Army intelligence serves national as well as tactical missions. Its analysts connect foreign military capability, network structure, technology and operational behavior to decision support across competition, crisis and conflict. ## Relationships - **subordinate to:** [[wiki/Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]]. - **part of:** [[wiki/United States Army Intelligence|United States Army Intelligence]]. - **method:** [[wiki/All-Source Intelligence|All-Source Intelligence]] and [[wiki/Network Analysis|Network Analysis]]. - **mission support:** [[wiki/Counterterrorism Intelligence|Counterterrorism Intelligence]] where foreign and irregular ground networks are involved. ## Sources / Provenance - [INSCOM — National Ground Intelligence Center](https://www.usainscom.army.mil/MSCs/NGIC/)