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NGA Awards BlackSky Seven-Figure Order On Luno A Contract

Mark Holmes

Thursday, March 5th, 2026

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NGA Awards BlackSky Seven-Figure Order On Luno A Contract

Pictured is a BlackSky provided photo from March of the Laem Chabang Port in Thailand.

BlackSky Technology [BKSY] has won a seven-figure renewal deal with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the agency's Luno A Facility Monitoring Delivery Order. The decision to renew funding for the four-year award was prompted by customer satisfaction and the performance of its high-cadence, artificial intelligence-enabled change detection analytics, the company said.. BlackSky announced the deal, March 5. Under this delivery order, BlackSky performs AI-enabled object and pattern-of-life change detection to monitor trends and anomalies in vehicle, aircraft, vessel,…

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