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

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Capella Space is the first U.S. commercial synthetic aperture radar satellite company to announce a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with NGA.

Mentioned as: NGATechnical ProductJun 25, 2020NGA signs research and development agreement with Capella

Capella Space and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement on 2020-06-25.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductJun 25, 2020NGA signs research and development agreement with Capella

The National Reconnaissance Office took over the acquisition of commercial satellite imagery from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2018.

Mentioned as: national geospatial intelligence agencyTechnical ProductJun 21, 2020NRO to award multiple imagery contracts by year’s end

The National Reconnaissance Office is working closely with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the rest of the user community on its architecture for ingesting commercial imagery and other data.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyOrg RelationshipJun 21, 2020NRO to award multiple imagery contracts by year’s end

The National Reconnaissance Office awarded study contracts in 2019 to BlackSky Global, HyspecIQ, Maxar Technologies, and Planet to compare each company’s current and planned capabilities with imagery requirements established by NGA.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipJun 21, 2020NRO to award multiple imagery contracts by year’s end

Startups that win study contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency often face a 'valley of death' before reaching operational use.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyOrg RelationshipMar 10, 2020Commercial geospatial startups: beware the valley of death

The Department of Defense must submit to Congress within 180 days a report on integrating space capabilities with the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and U.S. Space Command.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductDec 20, 2019Trump signs defense bill establishing U.S. Space Force: What comes next

The National Reconnaissance Office is committed to ensuring the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and its customers continue to have access to Planet imagery for creating value-added geospatial products for partners and policy makers.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductOct 15, 2019NRO awards imagery subscription contract to Planet

In April the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency exercised a $5,900,000 option to buy current and archival Planet imagery for six months.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipOct 15, 2019NRO awards imagery subscription contract to Planet

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has been purchasing Planet imagery since 2016.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipOct 15, 2019NRO awards imagery subscription contract to Planet

Partner organizations for xVIEW2 include NASA’s Earth Science Disasters Program, FEMA Region 9, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Cal Fire, the California National Guard, the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute, the United States Geological Survey, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Innovation Network.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductSep 26, 2019Defense Innovation Unit launches new satellite imagery prize challenge

Maxar Technologies provides imagery and data products on a realtime and near-realtime basis to defense and intelligence customers, including the National Reconnaissance Office and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and to allied countries.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductSep 8, 2019Maxar CEO predicts return to growth

The National Reconnaissance Office took over responsibility for buying commercial satellite imagery from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipJun 6, 2019Satellite imagery startups to challenge Maxar for big government contracts

The EnhancedView contract was originally a 10-year deal signed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2010 with DigitalGlobe and GeoEye.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipJun 6, 2019Satellite imagery startups to challenge Maxar for big government contracts

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will continue to buy value-added services and analytics after the NRO acquires commercial imagery.

Mentioned as: National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyTechnical ProductJun 6, 2019Satellite imagery startups to challenge Maxar for big government contracts

The directors of NGA and NRO must brief the committee by 2019-10-01 on efforts to create an open and fair competitive acquisition process for commercial imagery.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Narrative GeneralJun 3, 2019Space policy provisions but no Space Force language in HASC subcommittee bill

Maxar Technologies received multiple contracts in the first quarter of 2019 from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with a total value of more than $95,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipJun 3, 2019Maxar announces defense, intelligence contracts worth $95 million for imagery and analytics

The committee supports transferring responsibility for acquiring commercial imagery from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to the National Reconnaissance Office.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Narrative GeneralJun 3, 2019Space policy provisions but no Space Force language in HASC subcommittee bill

In 2018, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency planned to hand over responsibility for acquiring commercial satellite imagery to the National Reconnaissance Office.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Narrative GeneralJun 3, 2019NRO awards study contracts to BlackSky, Maxar and Planet

Maxar received two contracts worth $7,000,000 from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide updates and enhancements to its imagery services.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)Org RelationshipJun 3, 2019Maxar announces defense, intelligence contracts worth $95 million for imagery and analytics
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