Intelligence Community
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Unmanned Systems
MQ-9A Reaper Included in ARIES Contract for AFRICOM Reconnaissance Support
The General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper is included in a possibly $2.3 billion, seven-year contract awarded last month to an SMX team for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Atomics said on Nov. […]
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Air Force
Northrop Grumman Advanced Technology Lab Tests Chips for More Than 80 Federal Programs
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md.–The Northrop Grumman [NOC] campus here has a more than five-decade history, beginning as Westinghouse, and today developing a variety of systems, including the Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated […]
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Intelligence Community
NGA Moving To PEO Structure For Acquisitions
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is reviewing its current acquisition structure in favor of adopting an architecture widely used across the Department of Defense, the program executive office (PEO), an […]
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Intelligence Community
HawkEye 360 Plans to Have 60 Satellites on Orbit By 2025
Virginia-based HawkEye 360 plans to have 60 satellites–20 clusters of three satellites–on orbit by 2025, Alex Fox, the company’s chief growth officer, said this week. The company said that the […]
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Biden Administration To Extend Maritime Domain Awareness Efforts To Pacific Islands
The Biden administration on Thursday released the first U.S. strategy to partner with the vast array of Pacific Islands, saying it will help them bolster awareness of their maritime domains […]
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Space
NRO Awards Commercial Radio Frequency Contracts to Six Companies
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Sept. 28 that it has awarded study contracts for commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing to Denver’s Aurora Insight, Virginia-based HawkEye 360 and […]
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Intelligence Community
NGA Awards Maxar $44 Million To Continue Delivering Satellite Imagery
Maxar Technologies [MAXR] on Tuesday said it has received a $44 million contract option from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to continue providing satellite imagery to the government and other […]
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Intelligence Community
BlackSky Wins IARPA Award to Support Analysis Automation Project SMART
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has awarded BlackSky [BKSY] a second award to support a research program to automate analysis of satellite imagery. On Thursday, BlackSky announced the $4.4 million award […]
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Space
US Space Force Establishes National Space Intelligence Center
The U.S. Space Force established the National Space Intelligence Centerin Dayton, Ohio on Friday, to provide intelligence and technical expertise in the space domain. NSIC is led by the Space Force’s newest unit, […]
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Space
Biden Administration Directs Use Of Technology To Help Combat IUU Fishing
President Biden on Monday issued a National Security Memorandum (NSM) aimed at combatting illegal fishing by distant water fleets in the world’s oceans and directed several departments and agencies to […]
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