Insight on the mississippi river drought pt. 2: predicting and averting commodity movement disruptions
From the consumer to the c-suite, supply chain bottlenecks have become an increasingly common concern. Data science sheds light on dark corners, such as blind spots an environmental challenges, but falls short without relevant data and flexible data capture...
Insight on the mississippi river drought pt. 1: what’s the impact on industry?
The Mississippi River dropped to the lowest depth ever recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 2022.1 In addition to the environmental impacts, persistent drought conditions affect commodity flow and commerce in ways that are difficult to predict in terms of magnitude and...
Three GEOINT trends spotted at Esri Federal GIS 2023
Geospatial intelligence is critical for US government teams. Discover the top 3 trends from Esri Federal GIS 2023.
BlackSky at WSBW: “pioneering innovation is in our DNA”
For almost five years now, BlackSky’s leaders have closed out each summer by attending Euroconsult’s annual World Satellite Business Week. In addition to the unparalleled executive networking and panel discussions, we have a chance to get a solid temperature...
Top 3 takeaways from the Small Satellite Conference 2022
This year’s installment of the Small Satellite Conference, a.k.a. SmallSat, was yet another excellent opportunity for the space industry to get together at the University of Utah in Logan. BlackSky was excited to bring the team including COO Nick Merski, who spoke on...
BlackSky and Airbus: strengthening our dynamic monitoring capabilities with SAR imagery
As BlackSky continues to grow, we continue to welcome new partnerships to further the capabilities of our real-time geospatial intelligence solutions. We recently signed a reseller partnership with Airbus, which gives BlackSky customers access to 23 different tasking...
4 key takeaways from the 2022 Esri User Conference
The Esri User Conference is always an exciting time for the GIS community, but this year’s installment in San Diego was especially exciting for BlackSky. Thousands of people from all over the world attended the world’s largest GIS conference, eager to learn the latest...
Calling all GIS professionals: BlackSky tasking for ArcGIS online
Explained by Karl Terrey The BlackSky team is ready to make a splash at The Esri User Conference this year – not only in San Diego, but in our introduction of BlackSky Tasking for ArcGIS Online and the expanded partnership between BlackSky and Esri. Here to dive into...
BlackSky accelerates towards Amazon RE:MARS: Q&A with BlackSky CIO Patrick O’Neil
We have had a busy month, recently winning a contract with the NRO. And now we’re off to Las Vegas for Amazon reMARS, where our Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) Patrick O’Neil will be giving a talk about why BlackSky’s real-time dynamic monitoring capability is changing...
BlackSky platform. Validated.
Our team was just awarded a contract worth up to $1B with the National Reconnaissance Office. We just sat down with CEO Brian E. O’Toole to understand what’s the big deal. Brian, tell us about the award. As you can imagine, this is a historic and monumental day at...