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U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

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Hugh Wyman Howard III is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who served in the military for 32 years and at one point was director of operations of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Mentioned as: national geospatial intelligence agencyNarrative GovernanceMar 12, 2026Latest News

BlackSky monitors more than 14 million square kilometers of the Earth’s surface for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Mentioned as: national geospatial intelligence agencyNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2026Seven-Figure Award Secured by BlackSky

The National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and a European Ministry of Defense are locked in as government anchor tenants for HawkEye 360.

Mentioned as: national geospatial intelligence agencyNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2026TWO ACQUISITIONS, ONE CHOKEPOINT

The Luno initiative includes both Luno A and Luno B contracts and is part of NGA's effort to adopt agile acquisition strategies that leverage commercial geospatial capabilities.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipMar 9, 2026NGA taps Vantor for AI change detection from space

Vantor will contribute to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Land Use Land Cover classification system by pinpointing shifts in buildings, roads, vegetation, and other key land cover elements worldwide.

Mentioned as: national geospatial intelligence agencyNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2026NGA taps Vantor for AI change detection from space

Vantor received an NGA Luno A award in June, while operating under the Maxar Intelligence name, to supply AI- and machine learning-generated object detections for persistent monitoring.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipMar 9, 2026NGA taps Vantor for AI change detection from space

Taken together, NGA's Luno A and Luno B awards pair object-level monitoring with broader land cover and infrastructure change detection to enable richer regional analysis.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipMar 9, 2026NGA taps Vantor for AI change detection from space

BlackSky won a seven-figure renewal deal with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial Intelligence AgencyOrg RelationshipMar 5, 2026Latest News

BlackSky monitors more than 14 million square kilometers of the Earth’s surface for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Mentioned as: national geospatial intelligence agencyNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Latest News

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency selected 10 companies in September 2024 to compete for upward of $290 million in task orders under the Luno A program.

Mentioned as: national geospatial intelligence agencyNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2026Latest News

In June, Vantor received an NGA award under Luno A to deliver AI/ML-generated object detections to support persistent monitoring.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipFeb 12, 2026Vantor Wins NGA Luno B Contract

The insights produced under the Vantor Luno B contract will drive updates to NGA’s Land Use Land Cover classification system.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipFeb 12, 2026Vantor Wins NGA Luno B Contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded a $5.3 million Luno B contract to Vantor to detect and deliver automated insights on real-time changes to the Earth’s landscape to strengthen NGA’s global mapping and intelligence missions.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyOrg RelationshipFeb 12, 2026Vantor Wins NGA Luno B Contract

Enabled Intelligence holds a $708 million contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for geospatial/analytics services.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyOrg RelationshipFeb 10, 2026The Commercial Mask Slips: Space is Now a Sovereign Arms Race

Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) won a $5.3 million contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to support mapping and intelligence activities for global terrain-change detection as part of NGA’s Luno program Phase B.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipFeb 9, 20262/9宇宙ニュース・将来宇宙輸送システムがJALエンジニアリングと資本業務提携 ほか3件

NGA’s multiple-award Luno A contract was awarded in September 2024 to provide government customers with commercial data and analytics services that monitor and assess global economic, environmental, and military activity.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2026Latest News

Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) was awarded a $5.3 million contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on February 5, 2026 under the Luno B program.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2026Vantor Secures $5.3 Million NGA Contract to Deliver AI-Driven Global Terrain Monitoring

Vantor received an award under NGA’s multiple-award Luno A contract in summer 2024.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2026Latest News

The Vantor contract was awarded under NGA’s Luno B program.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2026Vantor Wins $5.3M Luno B Contract From NGA

Under the NGA Luno B contract, Vantor will provide the intelligence community with data about shifts to roads, vegetation, and buildings and broader impacts caused by manmade or natural disasters.

Mentioned as: NGAOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2026Muon Space’s Sat-Backed Growth Strategy for 2026
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