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Planet’s $146,000,000 initial NRO commitment nearly doubled Planet’s backlog, which stood at $152,000,000 on 2023-04-30.
Planet received a $146,000,000 initial commitment from the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imagery over five years for SkySat constellation tasking, PlanetScope daily imagery, and access to Planet’s imagery archive.
The National Reconnaissance Office announced its selection of Electro-Optical Commercial Layer vendors on 2023-05-25.
The committee encourages the National Reconnaissance Office to expand its current commercial synthetic aperture radar acquisition program beyond pilot program status.
The committee recommends the National Reconnaissance Office accelerate adoption and integration of U.S. commercial synthetic aperture radar systems and requests a report on NRO plans to acquire commercial SAR capabilities.
The National Reconnaissance Office awarded Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contracts to BlackSky, Maxar Technologies, and Planet on 2022-05-25.
The NRO’s EOCL awards reaffirm the agency’s policy to buy electro-optical imagery only from U.S.-owned, operated, and domiciled companies.
The NRO awarded 10-year EOCL contracts to BlackSky, Maxar Technologies, and Planet.
NRO developed a broad agency announcement in October that offered a framework for future commercial imagery acquisition.
EnhancedView originated with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and responsibility for buying commercial imagery transferred from NGA to the NRO in 2017.
The NRO plans to award future contracts for commercial sensing capabilities and has issued study contracts for synthetic aperture radar, radio frequency remote sensing, and hyperspectral imaging.
Prometheus 2 are cubesats developed by the U.K. Ministry of Defence in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office.
Under EOCL, the National Reconnaissance Office can purchase foundation data, traditional imagery, shortwave infrared imagery, nighttime imagery, non-Earth imaging, and direct downlink to U.S. military remote ground terminals.
Maxar’s EOCL contract gives the National Reconnaissance Office access to Maxar’s current WorldView and GeoEye four-satellite constellation and to six new Legion satellites that have not yet been launched.
Planet’s EOCL contract provides the National Reconnaissance Office access to Planet’s high- and medium-resolution satellite imagery and to Planet’s archive of over 2,000 images of every point on Earth dating back to 2009.
The National Reconnaissance Office’s market research for EOCL included study contracts awarded in 2019 to BlackSky, Maxar, and Planet.
The National Reconnaissance Office awarded BlackSky, Maxar Technologies, and Planet Labs 10-year contracts on 2022-05-25 to provide satellite imagery for U.S. intelligence, defense, and federal civil agencies.
The 2019 study contracts gave the National Reconnaissance Office access to the companies’ business plans, finances, and projected capacity of their satellite constellations.
The National Reconnaissance Office is partnering with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence on the first commercial rocket launch from the UK.
New Zealand provides the National Reconnaissance Office with the ability to launch from three continents.