Intelligence Community
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SpaceNRO Awards BALISTA Contracts
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Wednesday that its Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded Broad Agency Announcements for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement (BALISTA) contracts […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Awards dMetrics $100 Million To Provide AI Platform That Scours Open Source, Other Data For Connections
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday said dMetrics received a $99.5 million contract to provide its Minsky artificial intelligence platform for help Defense Department analysts search through vast amounts […]
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Intelligence CommunityNROL-167 Launch Another Step in ‘U.S. Government’s Largest Satellite Constellation in History’
The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling […]
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Air ForceJWICS Tech Refresh Almost Complete, DIA Official Says
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has nearly completed a technology refresh upgrade of the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS)–a DoD/intelligence community network for the dissemination of Top Secret Sensitive […]
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Business/FinancialSecond Front’s Game Warden Available on ICMP, Company Says
Wilmington, Del.-based Second Front Systems said on Monday that its Game Warden DevSecOps platform to approve commercial software up to top secret classification is available on Amazon Web Services‘ [AMZN] […]
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Intelligence CommunityMore Satellites Allowing NRO To Transition From Demonstrations To Operations Of Space-Based Moving Target Indication
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has been using prototype satellites to demonstrate space-based capabilities for being able to detect and track ground-based moving targets and is ready to begin shifting […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNGA Releases RFP For $708 Million Data Labeling Effort In Support Of GEOINT AI
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on Monday said it has issued its largest solicitation ever for data labeling, the planned $708 million Sequoia contract that will strengthen the agency’s use […]
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Space
No Comment from ODNI on Maximizing Commercial Imagery/Analytics, GAO Says
More than two years ago, the Government Accountability Office advised that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) ensure that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National […]
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Intelligence Community
Open Source Data Presents Challenge for IARPA
One of the main challenges that the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) faces is ensuring the reliability of open sources to help form an accurate picture for the intelligence […]
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Space
ITAR in the Way of U.S. Industry Participation in Planned Japan Remote Sensing Constellation
Japan is planning an up to $3 billion satellite constellation aimed at providing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other images to deter China, but U.S. companies looking to get into […]