Defense Information Systems Agency
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United States Department of Defense agency
combat support agency
federal government agency of the United States
The Defense Information Systems Agency is a United States Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for providing, operating, and securing global command, control, communications, and information technology infrastructure for military and national leaders.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Defense Information Systems Agency canonical | 23 |
| DISA | 3 |
| U.S. Department of Defense Network Information Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T209209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Defense Information Systems Agency Context triple: [Defense Communications Agency, reorganizedAs, Defense Information Systems Agency]
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A.
Defense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for producing and managing foreign military intelligence to support national security and military operations.
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B.
Defense Communications Agency
The Defense Communications Agency was a U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for managing and developing military communications networks and infrastructure.
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C.
United States Cyber Command
United States Cyber Command is a unified combatant command of the U.S. military responsible for conducting cyberspace operations and defending U.S. military networks and critical cyber infrastructure.
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D.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a U.S. intelligence and combat support agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence for national security and defense operations.
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E.
Defense Information Systems Network
The Defense Information Systems Network is the U.S. Department of Defense’s global, secure telecommunications and data network that provides critical information services to military and government users worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Defense Information Systems Agency Target entity description: The Defense Information Systems Agency is a United States Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for providing, operating, and securing global command, control, communications, and information technology infrastructure for military and national leaders.
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A.
Defense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for producing and managing foreign military intelligence to support national security and military operations.
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B.
Defense Communications Agency
The Defense Communications Agency was a U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for managing and developing military communications networks and infrastructure.
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C.
United States Cyber Command
United States Cyber Command is a unified combatant command of the U.S. military responsible for conducting cyberspace operations and defending U.S. military networks and critical cyber infrastructure.
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D.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a U.S. intelligence and combat support agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence for national security and defense operations.
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E.
Defense Information Systems Network
The Defense Information Systems Network is the U.S. Department of Defense’s global, secure telecommunications and data network that provides critical information services to military and government users worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Department of Defense agency
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combat support agency ⓘ federal government agency of the United States ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Defense Information Systems Agency
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
DISA
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
command and control
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communications ⓘ cybersecurity ⓘ information technology ⓘ |
| formerName | Defense Communications Agency ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation |
Fort George G. Meade
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Maryland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| hasMission |
enable information superiority for the Department of Defense
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provide secure, interoperable, end-to-end information infrastructure ⓘ provide, operate, and assure command and control and information-sharing capabilities ⓘ support combatant commands and warfighters ⓘ support national-level leadership communications ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Connecting and protecting the warfighter in cyberspace ⓘ |
| inception | 1960 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| oversight |
Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization
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Defense Agencies ⓘ
surface form:
Defense Spectrum Organization
Field Offices and Regional Field Commands ⓘ Joint Interoperability Test Command ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Department of Defense
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surface form:
United States Department of Defense
|
| partOf | Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ |
| renamed | 1991 ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Department of Defense information network operations support
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Global Information Grid engineering and provisioning ⓘ cybersecurity services for Department of Defense networks ⓘ defense enterprise computing centers ⓘ Defense Information Systems Network ⓘ
surface form:
defense information systems network
enterprise email and collaboration services for the Department of Defense ⓘ enterprise information services for the Department of Defense ⓘ global command and control infrastructure ⓘ global communications infrastructure ⓘ joint command and control capabilities ⓘ joint interoperability testing and certification of information technology and national security systems ⓘ presidential and national leadership communications ⓘ secure information technology services for the Department of Defense ⓘ spectrum management support for the Department of Defense ⓘ |
| sector | defense ⓘ |
| serves |
National Command Authority
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Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ combatant commands ⓘ defense agencies ⓘ military services ⓘ |
| website | https://www.disa.mil/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Defense Information Systems Agency Description of subject: The Defense Information Systems Agency is a United States Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for providing, operating, and securing global command, control, communications, and information technology infrastructure for military and national leaders.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Defense Communications Agency
this entity surface form:
DISA
Defense Information Systems Agency
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abbreviation
→
Defense Information Systems Agency
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
DISA
Joint Force Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Network
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coordinatesWith
→
Defense Information Systems Agency
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Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
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worksWith
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Defense Information Systems Agency
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Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization
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parentOrganization
→
Defense Information Systems Agency
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Field Offices and Regional Field Commands
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parentOrganization
→
Defense Information Systems Agency
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this entity surface form:
U.S. Department of Defense Network Information Center
this entity surface form:
DISA