Legislators call on military to utilize commercial space services
Members of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee are urging the U.S. Space Force and intelligence community to adopt more ...
Tag: National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
National Reconnaissance Office continues overseas launches
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will launch classified payloads from foreign soil with planned launches in the U.K. with Virgin ...
BlackSky, Maxar and Planet awarded billions in NRO contracts
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which provides space-based intelligence and surveillance to the U.S. government, has awarded commercial imagery contracts ...
Maxar Technologies Inc.’s Earth intelligence arm grows 12% in 2021
Earth intelligence and space infrastructure solutions provider Maxar Technologies Inc (NYSE:MAXR) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 results Feb 22. For ...
Peter Thiel’s $20M investment validates hyperspectral potential
U.S.-based hyperspectral information services company HySpecIQ announced Sept. 16 the closing of series B funding from venture capitalist Peter Thiel. ...
Committee claims state satellite purchases too focused on industry
A bipartisan committee of the US House of Representatives has criticised the government’s policy for purchasing intelligence satellites, arguing that ...
