
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 partners under the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (G-EGD) program. The award, which was made on Sept. 1, covers the third and final option for the G-EGD contract, which has a total value of up to $176 million. The G-EGD system was introduced in 2011 and is NGA’s primary delivery mechanism…