NGA Re-Ups Maxar Imagery Contract

NGA Re-Ups Maxar Imagery Contract
NGA Re-Ups Maxar Imagery Contract

NGA’s Global EGD program is a good example of how the 2017 bifurcation of authority over commercial remote sensing acquisition between the NGA and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) — a transition that remains somewhat troubled –is supposed to work.

WorldView-3: Super Satellite’s Most Crucial Tech Stays On The Ground

WorldView-3: Super Satellite’s Most Crucial Tech Stays On The Ground
WorldView-3: Super Satellite’s Most Crucial Tech Stays On The Ground

  [UPDATED: WorldView-3 launched successfully Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at 11:30 am Pacific time, 2:30 pm Eastern] When DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite soars skyward tomorrow – weather permitting – most attention will naturally be on the parts that go up. But the bus-sized imagery collection satellite is just the high-tech tip of an…

DNI Recommends Higher Resolution Imagery To White House

DNI Recommends Higher Resolution Imagery To White House
DNI Recommends Higher Resolution Imagery To White House

TAMPA: The head of the Intelligence Community, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, told the world’s biggest intelligence conference that he has recommended to the White House that it approve significantly higher resolutions for the nation’s one remaining commercial spy satellite company. Currently, the United States limits the sale of commercial imagery to half a meter. The…