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.

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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.

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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.

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