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NRO Awards Options To Four Commercial RF Satellite Companies

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 6th, 2023

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NRO Awards Options To Four Commercial RF Satellite Companies

Image: Kleos Space

Maxar Technologies [MAXR], HawkEye 360, Kleos Space and Spire Global [SPIR] have each received contract options from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to assess on-orbit capabilities under a prior contract the agency awarded the companies for commercial radio frequency remote sensing data. The NRO awarded a Stage II option to Hawkeye in February and the other three companies on April 1, the agency told Defense Daily on Thursday. NRO is not providing contract specifics such as value, but said the…

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