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USSOCOM Experimenting With Commercial GEOINT Imagery And Analytics At The Edge

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 11th, 2026

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USSOCOM Experimenting With Commercial GEOINT Imagery And Analytics At The Edge

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SkyFi is under a research and development contract with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to allow Special Forces to assess the startup’s commercial-based self-service Earth observation platform and analytics on handheld devices to aid mission planning and battlefield awareness, the company said on Monday. SkyFi’s prototype capability for SOCOM entails creating a plugin for the Android Tactical Assault Kit, better known as ATAK, that allows individuals to experiment with automated delivery of commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) imagery and related analytics,…

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