March 29, 2024

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America’s space-based spy agency awards six contracts to hyperspectral imagery providers

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded five-year study contracts to six space companies that provide hyperspectral satellite imagery — BlackSky, Orbital Sidekick, Pixxel, Planet, Xplore and HyperSat — as the agency seeks to expand its remote sensing capabilities. The NRO, the arm of the Department of Defense that conducts space-based spying and surveillance, […]

America’s space-based spy agency awards six contracts to hyperspectral imagery providers by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Spy agency pumps billions into orbital imagery companies BlackSky, Maxar and Planet

A massive contract from the National Reconnaissance Organization will put billions in the pockets of new and established Earth observation companies BlackSky and Planet, and the more generalist Maxar. The “Electro-Optical Commercial Layer” contracts will be paid out over the next five to 10 years. As you might imagine, incredibly sharp pictures from space, as […]