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U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

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The National Reconnaissance Office has been working for years on a strategy to acquire emerging commercial satellite capabilities.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductSep 7, 2022GAO: Defense, intelligence agencies need a better plan to buy commercial satellite imagery

The 2022 GEOINT Innovation Summit will feature Didi Kuo, DISES, PhD, Chief Architect of the Geospatial Intelligence Systems Acquisition Directorate at the National Reconnaissance Office, as a senior-level speaker.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Narrative GeneralAug 29, 2022Announcing 5th Annual GEOINT Innovation Summit

Commercial providers, on average, deliver over 75,000 images every week into the National Reconnaissance Office’s ground enterprise.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 25, 2022NRO to add more commercial imagery providers as it builds a ‘hybrid architecture’

The National Reconnaissance Office is the U.S. intelligence agency responsible for developing, launching, and operating the nation’s spy satellites.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 25, 2022NRO to add more commercial imagery providers as it builds a ‘hybrid architecture’

In January the National Reconnaissance Office selected five suppliers of commercial synthetic aperture radar imagery.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 25, 2022NRO to add more commercial imagery providers as it builds a ‘hybrid architecture’

The National Reconnaissance Office has not awarded similar long-term contracts to providers of radar, RF, and hyperspectral imagery.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 25, 2022NRO to add more commercial imagery providers as it builds a ‘hybrid architecture’

The National Reconnaissance Office plans to sign agreements that give the agency access to data collected by companies’ commercial satellites to enable government analysts to evaluate data quality.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeNarrative GeneralAug 25, 2022NRO to add more commercial imagery providers as it builds a ‘hybrid architecture’

BlackSky won the Electro Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) award with the National Reconnaissance Office with a total value up to $1,021,000,000 over the next 10 years.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 12, 2022BlackSky reports second quarter 2022 results

Maxar won a $3,200,000,000 contract from the National Reconnaissance Office to supply satellite imagery over 10 years.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 10, 2022Maxar’s satellite business looks to gain foothold in defense market

The U.S. Army plans to use commercial imagery services in addition to imagery it receives from the National Reconnaissance Office.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeOrg RelationshipAug 10, 2022U.S. Army a key customer of BlackSky’s next-generation imaging satellite

BlackSky, Maxar Technologies, and Planet Labs won 10-year contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office to provide satellite imagery for U.S. intelligence, defense, and federal civil agencies.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 10, 2022U.S. Army a key customer of BlackSky’s next-generation imaging satellite

BlackSky was awarded the Electro Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract with the National Reconnaissance Office valued at up to $1,021,000,000 over the next 10 years.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 10, 2022BlackSky Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results

The NROL-199 payload was designed, built, and is operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in partnership with the Australian Department of Defence.

Mentioned as: the national reconnaissance officeTechnical ProductAug 8, 2022Rocket Lab Launches Second National Security Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office

NROL-199 and NROL-162 were awarded to Rocket Lab by the National Reconnaissance Office under the Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeOrg RelationshipAug 8, 2022Rocket Lab Launches Second National Security Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office

The National Reconnaissance Office worked closely with the New Zealand Space Agency, which licensed the NROL-199 launch, and with Rocket Lab as the launch provider.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2022Rocket Lab launches classified mission for National Reconnaissance Office

The National Reconnaissance Office plans for a mix of small and large satellites launched to different orbits to become the norm.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 4, 2022NRO’s spy satellite fleet to become more diverse

For lower-cost smallsat missions, the National Reconnaissance Office will buy satellite buses from the open market like the ones used by commercial operators.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Narrative GeneralAug 4, 2022NRO’s spy satellite fleet to become more diverse

The National Reconnaissance Office plans to use the capability to launch from almost anywhere in the world to increase operational flexibility, add resilience, and enable reconstitution of capabilities after a mission failure or during a conflict.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 4, 2022NRO’s spy satellite fleet to become more diverse

The National Reconnaissance Office previously launched NROL-151 on 2020-01-31 from New Zealand using a Rocket Lab Electron rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Org RelationshipAug 4, 2022Rocket Lab launches classified mission for National Reconnaissance Office

Launch services for NROL-162 and NROL-199 were acquired through the National Reconnaissance Office’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract.

Mentioned as: National Reconnaissance OfficeTechnical ProductAug 4, 2022Rocket Lab launches classified mission for National Reconnaissance Office
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