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The contract extension includes integration efforts to make Planet’s deep archive, dating back to 2009, and daily satellite data available to National Reconnaissance Office users through the Commercial GEOINT Integration (CGI) architecture.
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office awarded HawkEye 360 a study contract in 2019.
CASTLE is an unclassified collaboration center operated by the National Reconnaissance Office.
The NRO pays Maxar about $300,000,000 per year for access to Maxar’s high-resolution imagery satellites and image archive.
Maxar CEO Daniel Jablonsky expects the NRO to award EOCL contracts in the first quarter of 2022.
The National Reconnaissance Office released a request for bids for commercial satellite imagery on 2021-11-03.
The National Reconnaissance Office builds and operates the United States’ spy satellites and is the primary acquirer of commercial imagery for the U.S. government.
The National Reconnaissance Office is procuring traditional satellite imagery from commercial suppliers under a procurement called Electro-Optical Commercial Layer.
The National Reconnaissance Office published its first solicitation for commercial space radar imagery on 2021-10-12.
The National Reconnaissance Office’s diversified architecture provides increased flexibility, greater responsiveness, increased capacity, and improved resiliency.
The Broad Agency Announcement focused on commercial imagery and data builds on the National Reconnaissance Office Commercial Systems Program Office’s earlier study efforts and creates additional opportunities to expand the NRO’s commitment to new and emerging commercial capabilities.
The National Reconnaissance Office intends to continue developing direct downlink capabilities so they become a routine capability for the military services to utilize.
The National Reconnaissance Office delivers approximately 50,000 commercial images per week acquired through operational contracts with BlackSky, Maxar Technologies, and Planet.
The National Reconnaissance Office is committed to preserving the broad shareability and broad use cases that commercial imagery serves.
The National Reconnaissance Office is working with Capella Space and Hawkeye 360 under study contracts to help establish links between commercial satellites and government networks.
The NRO will work with other government agencies, including the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, to conduct formal quality evaluations of commercial datasets.
The National Reconnaissance Office is preparing to survey commercial capabilities to provide various geospatial datasets as part of a long-term campaign to establish a new program of record.
The National Reconnaissance Office planned to award new commercial imagery contracts early next year from 2021-10-07.
The National Reconnaissance Office planned to release the BAA in about a month from 2021-10-07.
On 2021-10-07 the National Reconnaissance Office announced it will start buying space radar imagery from commercial providers.