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NGA Awards Maxar $44 Million To Continue Delivering Satellite Imagery

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 20th, 2022

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NGA Awards Maxar $44 Million To Continue Delivering Satellite Imagery

Satellite image of Izyum, Ukraine. Satellite image (c) Maxar Technologies

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…

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