National Space Intelligence Center Mission We deliver game-changing intelligence and unmatched technical expertise to empower national leaders, joint force warfighters, and acquisition professionals to ensure freedom of access and maneuver in and through the space domain. Vision We are the nation’s space intelligence center - providing progressive, predictive, and pioneering intelligence to outwit, out-reach and win in and through the space domain; protecting America and its allies in space now and into the future. History The National Space Intelligence Center activated June 24, 2022. NSIC is headquartered and co-located with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is comprised of four units: the 1st Intelligence Analysis Squadron (threats from space), 2nd Intelligence Analysis Squadron (threats to space), 3rd Intelligence Analysis Squadron (capability integration), and the 4th Intelligence Analysis Squadron (data exploitation). It was designated as a field operating agency of Headquarters U.S. Space Force on June 28, 2024. Prior to its designation as a FOA, the organization was known as Space Delta 18 (National Space Intelligence Center), under Space Operations Command. 1st Intelligence Analysis Squadron Mission: Create actionable foundational intelligence on foreign space capabilities, enabling military operations, force modernization and policymaking. 2nd Intelligence Analysis Squadron Mission: Produce and deliver foundational intelligence on foreign threats to space operations to achieve national security objectives. 3rd Intelligence Analysis Squadron Mission: Produce and deliver integrated regional intelligence of foreign military and commercial space programs and advanced modeling of future space capabilities in support of force modernization, national policymaking and military operations. 4th Intelligence Analysis Squadron Mission: Enable and execute single-source space data exploitation supporting intelligence, space operations, and analysis to achieve national security objectives. Products Released Competing in Space (2nd Edition) created by The National Space Intelligence Center and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center Connect National Space Intelligence Center (Current as of July 2025)