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Intelligence Community

Commercial Imagery May See $300 Million-$400 Million Cut in NRO Budget

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

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Congress is awaiting the arrival of a fiscal 2026 National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) budget request that may slice $300 million to $400 million for commercial imagery out of a $1 billion pool. If such a cut materializes, it could especially affect commercial radar providers' efforts to gain momentum with intelligence community and international prospects. Electro-optical, synthetic aperture radar, and other imagery phenomenologies are among the commercial offerings increasingly needed because of the vagaries of weather, the looks provided by commercial…

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