BlackSky is expanding into space domain awareness (SDA) with a new contract to support an unnamed customer to deliver non-Earth imaging (NEI). Instead of providing satellite imagery of Earth, BlackSky will collect imagery of on-orbit spacecraft for the customer.
Does China now have a permanent military base in Cambodia?
Two grey shapes, visible from satellites for most of this year at Cambodia’s Ream naval base, seem to confirm growing fears in Washington: that China is expanding its military footprint, beyond the three disputed islands in the South China Sea which it has already seized and fortified.
BlackSky wins 5-year $290M NGA contract for global economic and military monitoring
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has been awarded a five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), worth up to $290 million. The contract, known as Luno A, focuses on monitoring global economic and environmental activity and military capabilities using advanced satellite imagery and AI-based change detection analytics.
BlackSky secures $6m contract expansion for geospatial intelligence
BlackSky Technology, a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence, announced on 1 October that it had secured a $6m contract expansion with an undisclosed international defence sector customer.
BlackSky to equip its future satellites with military-compatible laser terminals
Geospatial intelligence company BlackSky plans to make its future Gen-3 satellites compatible with military networks, aiming to expand its footprint in the defense sector.
BlackSky wins secret Navy laser contract
The US Navy will pay EO company BlackSky ($BKSY) to study how the company’s next-generation satellites can leverage optical communications terminals (OCTs), the company said yesterday.
Blacksky wins contract to gather imagery of space objects
BlackSky Technology announced “a seven-figure” contract Sept. 19 from Australian startup HEO to provide imagery of space objects for defense, intelligence and commercial use.
Satellite images show the difficult mission to save a stricken oil tanker in the Red Sea
Satellite imagery obtained by Business Insider captures the difficult mission to rescue an oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea nearly a month after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels first attacked the vessel.
NGA taps 10 firms for $290 million satellite data analytics contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency selected a mix of Earth observation satellite imagery providers and data analytics specialists to compete for orders under the Luno A program.
NGA announces award as part of Luno A commercial data contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced the selection of 10 vendors to acquire unclassified commercial GEOINT-derived computer vision and analytic service capabilities.