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NGA Awards BlackSky Potential $24 Million Luno A Task Order For AI-Based Analytics

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 24th, 2025

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NGA Awards BlackSky Potential $24 Million Luno A Task Order For AI-Based Analytics

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BlackSky Technology [BKSY] has received a potential $24-plus million task order to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) with object detection monitoring of military and economic facilities worldwide. The initial award under the Luno A Facility Operational Monitoring order is for $2 million, BlackSky said on Tuesday. The task order has a four-year period. BlackSky said it “will perform AI-enabled object and pattern-of-life change detection to monitor trends and anomalies in vehicle, aircraft, vessel, railcar and ground equipment activity at…

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