DIA’s Missile and Space Intelligence Center Breaks Ground on Advanced Analysis Facility

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) broke ground on a military construction (MILCON) Phase II project at the MSIC Campus in Huntsville, Aug. 26.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Phase II Modeling Analysis and Computer Exploitation (MACE) facility marked a critical milestone in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) mission to strengthen the nation’s current and future global space and missile defense capabilities. Acting DIA Director Christine Bordine hosted the ceremony, which was attended by Alabama Rep. Dale Strong and Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas, among others.

The MACE MILCON project, the latest effort to enhance capabilities and infrastructure at MSIC’s Advanced Analysis Complex at the Richard C. Shelby Center for Missile Intelligence, will provide DIA and its partners with increased simulation capability, dedicated analysis space, and a high-performance supercomputing center.

The existing MSIC campus broke ground in 1998, and the expansion facility broke ground in 2023. The Phase II MILCON project follows two years of construction on the Phase I project, the Materiel Exploitation Center (MEC).

MSIC provides warfighters, weapons developers and policymakers with scientific and technical intelligence assessments of foreign weapons systems. This new facility will deliver a world-class supercomputing modeling and simulation (M&S) capability to defeat complex future threat systems, and it showcases DIA’s commitment to reestablishing deterrence and rebuilding the military.

Media may direct queries to DIA Public Affairs at DIA-PAO@dodiis.mil.

DIA’s mission is to provide intelligence on foreign militaries to prevent and decisively win wars.

DIA officers are united in a common vision — to be the indispensable source of defense intelligence expertise for the nation. For 64 years, DIA has met the full range of security challenges faced by the United States. DIA intelligence officers operate around the world, supporting customers from forward-deployed warfighters to national policymakers.

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