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Under the contract, Capella Space will provide synthetic aperture radar data modeling and simulation for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The National Reconnaissance Office signed study agreements on 2022-01-20 with Airbus U.S., Capella Space, Iceye U.S., PredaSAR, and Umbra.
The NRO has purchased traditional optical satellite imagery from commercial suppliers for years but is new to the commercial synthetic aperture radar market.
Capella Space signed a 2019 agreement with the NRO to study integration of SAR imagery into the agency’s national ground architecture.
In December 2019, Capella Space signed a contract with the National Reconnaissance Office to study integration of Capella Space’s SAR imagery into the NRO’s national ground architecture.
ICEYE US received a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office to participate in the NRO’s evaluation of commercial remote sensing companies operating synthetic aperture radar satellites.
Under the contract with the National Reconnaissance Office, Capella Space will provide SAR data modeling and simulation, end-to-end regional imagery responsiveness demonstrations, theater downlink demonstrations, and sample imagery delivery.
The NRO plans to procure synthetic aperture radar commercial imagery from a growing cadre of vendors in 2022.
The National Reconnaissance Office plans to select domestic companies in 2022 to join Maxar Technologies as its main suppliers of commercial electro-optical imagery under the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer procurement.
The NRO currently pays Maxar $300,000,000 a year for access to Maxar’s high-resolution imagery satellites and image archive.
From July 2012 to October 2020 Frank Calvelli was the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, overseeing satellite and ground system acquisitions, systems engineering, and satellite operations.
Frank Calvelli worked for 30 years at the National Reconnaissance Office.
The National Reconnaissance Office extended the period of performance for its commercial imagery study contract with HyspecIQ to 2022-09-30.
HyspecIQ won a National Reconnaissance Office study contract in 2019.
BlackSky submitted a bid for a National Reconnaissance Office imagery contract that the NRO plans to award in mid-2022 to multiple commercial providers.
The National Reconnaissance Office currently buys most of its commercial satellite imagery from Maxar.
The NDAA directs the Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office to procure launch services through the NSSL program whenever possible rather than using commercial contracts to buy services directly from providers.
For contracts to launch National Reconnaissance Office payloads, the NDAA requires that pricing terms be submitted to the intelligence committees.
The report warns that token investments and the slow pace of commercial acquisition by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office create incentives for U.S. companies to withdraw from the national security track.
Planet Federal expanded its contract with the National Reconnaissance Office to provide the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community continued access to Planet’s daily, unclassified satellite data.