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Satellite Firms Should See Growth As Need For Imagery Mounts, Official Says

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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

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By Geoff Fein Even with the concern over dwindling defense budgets and the high cost of putting satellites into orbit, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) sees the commercial imagery sector growing domestically and internationally. "I characterize that as a good news story," Vice Adm. Robert Murrett, director of NGA, told Defense Daily recently. "I think it is a question of how strong the growth will be in the satellite sectors." Murrett said the government has seen tremendous…

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