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NRO Releases Draft RFP To Examine Latest In Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities

NRO Releases Draft RFP To Examine Latest In Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities
New Russian military facility in Mariupol, Ukraine. Russia occupies the city as part of its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Satellite image (c) Maxar Technologies.

ST. LOUIS—The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Monday released a new draft solicitation to alert potential commercial vendors of its plans to award contracts to have a look at the latest in satellite-based electro-optical (EO) technology for imaging the Earth. The draft Request for Proposals (RFP) is expected to lead to a final RFP this fall, which will allow NRO to contract to “see what other EO or closely related phenomenologies are out there,” Pete Muend, director of the agency’s…

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