Intelligence Community
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SpaceGAO Report Highlights Federal Department/Agency Use of Commercial Imagery Bought By NRO and NGA
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlights the federal use of commercial imagery provided through the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the National Geospatial Agency (NGA) by eight of […]
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SpaceNRO Issues Solicitation for Hyperspectral Imagery
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has issued a solicitation for the commercial provision of hyperspectral imagery. NRO Director Chris Scolese announced the new NRO effort during a Nov. 15 Leadership […]
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Unmanned SystemsMQ-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 ForceNorthrop 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 CommunityNGA 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 CommunityHawkEye 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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Intelligence CommunityBiden 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 CommunityNGA 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 CommunityBlackSky 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 […]