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Descartes Labs

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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
www.descarteslabs.com
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Dr. Shawana Johnson, Chief Science Officer and Global Commercial Geospatial Subject Matter Expert at Descartes Labs Government, will present "Global 0.005 kg Chinese Domination: Reducing the Communication Network ‘Attack Surface’ Universally" in the Innovative Tradecraft Competition from 9:45–10:30 a.m. on 2022-04-26.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsNarrative GeneralApr 11, 2022At GEOINT 2022, Descartes Labs Government Will Present Tradecraft Competition + Two Workshops

As Head of Government, Janie Robinson is tasked with continuing to build the Descartes Labs business serving the U.S. government.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsTechnical ProductSep 22, 2021Descartes Labs Names New Head Of Government Business

Descartes Labs is expanding into new roles serving the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2021Descartes Labs Names New Head Of Government Business

Descartes Labs works with businesses that have supply chains with liability associated with tropical deforestation to help monitor, attribute, and reduce their impact on greenhouse gas levels.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsTechnical ProductApr 28, 2021Space and the new ESG business climate

Matthew Tirman is head of Satellogic North America and recently joined Satellogic after leading the government business at Descartes Labs.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2021Satellogic expanding U.S. footprint with eye on national security market

Descartes Labs received a Direct to Phase II AFWERX contract in July 2020 to create a single source of truth for the Air Force by fusing together multi-sensor data.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsNarrative GeneralOct 28, 2020Descartes Labs wins contract to enhance US Air Force operations

Descartes Labs won a $2,200,000 direct award contract through the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Technology Advanced Research (STAR) program.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsNarrative FinancialOct 28, 2020Descartes Labs wins contract to enhance US Air Force operations

The contract awarded to Descartes Labs has a 12-month performance period and was funded under the Small Business Innovation Research program.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsOrg RelationshipJul 8, 2020Descartes Labs wins U.S. Air Force contract for geospatial data analytics

Descartes Labs was awarded a $1,500,000 contract on 2020-07-08 to help the U.S. Air Force draw intelligence from imagery and other data collected by satellites and autonomous aerial vehicles.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsOrg RelationshipJul 8, 2020Descartes Labs wins U.S. Air Force contract for geospatial data analytics

Descartes Labs’ tools create a single source of intelligence truth and are intended to provide the Air Force with actionable insights to improve decision-making.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsOrg RelationshipJul 8, 2020Descartes Labs wins U.S. Air Force contract for geospatial data analytics

Descartes Labs was spun off from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2014 and is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsNarrative GeneralJan 22, 2020Descartes Labs unveils data refinery, modeling platform

Descartes Labs unveiled a cloud-based platform for commercial customers on 2020-01-22.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsOrg RelationshipJan 22, 2020Descartes Labs unveils data refinery, modeling platform

The Descartes Labs Platform offers analysts within companies tools to draw relevant information from geospatial datasets.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsTechnical ProductJan 22, 2020Descartes Labs unveils data refinery, modeling platform

Descartes Labs raised $20,000,000 in a Series B-2 bridge financing round announced on 2019-10-11.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsOrg RelationshipOct 11, 2019Descartes Labs raises $20 million to create Earth’s digital twin

Descartes Labs will pull in data from a diverse group of satellites to create an Earth digital twin and offer customers instant access to analysis-ready images of the entire world via a searchable, on-demand interface.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsNarrative PlanOct 11, 2019Descartes Labs raises $20 million to create Earth’s digital twin

Descartes Labs has raised nearly $60,000,000 in total funding.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsTechnical ProductOct 11, 2019Descartes Labs raises $20 million to create Earth’s digital twin

Under the DARPA contract, teams working with DARPA will have access to the Descartes Labs Platform.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2018Descartes Labs joins DARPA geospatial initiative

The contract between DARPA and Descartes Labs includes a $4,200,000 option for a second phase.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsNarrative FinancialSep 12, 2018Descartes Labs joins DARPA geospatial initiative

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Descartes Labs a $2,900,000 contract to integrate Descartes Labs’ geospatial analytics platform into DARPA’s geospatial cloud.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2018Descartes Labs joins DARPA geospatial initiative

Descartes Labs will ingest as many as 75 additional datasets from DARPA partners into its platform to support the Geospatial Cloud Analytics program.

Mentioned as: Descartes LabsTechnical ProductSep 12, 2018Descartes Labs joins DARPA geospatial initiative
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