Our Mission

The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) collects, analyzes, and produces maritime intelligence, disseminating it rapidly to strategic, operational, and tactical decision makers to meet National, DoW, Navy, Information Warfare and Intelligence Community (IC) requirements.

What We Do
 

ONI is a core element of the Navy’s Information Warfare Community whose goal is to gain and hold a decisive information advantage over America’s potential adversaries. Our integrated workforce of active duty and Reserve naval and civilian professionals supports combat operations and provides vital information for planning America’s defense against maritime threats at home and around the world. We produce maritime intelligence on naval weapons and technology proliferation, transnational threats in civil maritime counter-proliferation, counter-narcotics and the global maritime environment, and other activities that directly support the U.S. Navy, joint war fighters and national decision makers and agencies.

Intelligence Community
 

ONI is one of 18 agencies that comprise the nation’s Intelligence Community (IC). The IC is a federation of executive branch agencies and organizations that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the United States.

These activities include:

• Collection of information needed by the President, the National Security Council, the Secretaries of State and Defense, and other Executive Branch officials for the performance of their duties and responsibilities;
• Production and dissemination of intelligence;
• Collection of information concerning, and the conduct of activities to protect against, intelligence activities directed against the U.S., international terrorist and international narcotics activities, and other hostile activities directed against the U.S. by foreign powers, organizations, persons, and their agents;
• Special activities;
• Administrative and support activities within the U.S. and abroad necessary for the performance of authorized activities; and
• Such other intelligence activities as the President may direct from time to time.

 
Intelligence Community Agencies

1. Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
2. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
3. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
4. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
5. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
6. National Reconnaissance (NRO)
7. National Security Agency (NSA)
8. National Air & Space Intelligence Center
9. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
10. U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
11. U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence
12. U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA)
13. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
14. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
15. U.S. Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)
16. U.S. Department of the Treasury
17. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
18.  U.S. Space Force Intelligence