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NRO Expects RFP This Fall For Advanced Commercial Electro-Optic Capabilities

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NRO Expects RFP This Fall For Advanced Commercial Electro-Optic Capabilities
Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office. Photo: NRO

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—This fall the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) expects to issue its next request for proposals (RFP) under a commercial remote sensing effort for Innovative Commercial Electro-Optical (EO) capabilities, the agency’s chief said on Tuesday. The acquisition will be open to U.S. companies and U.S.-based subsidiaries of foreign-owned companies, Chris Scolese, director of the NRO, said at the Space Symposium here. “The commercial EO market continues to expand with new capabilities and new providers,” Scolese told attendees. “And we…

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