C4ISRNET reporters interviewed a pair of Maxar Technologies leaders on the sidelines of the GEOINT Symposium in St. Louis.
The company is one of three firms on contract with the National Reconnaissance Office to provide commercial satellite imagery over the next 10 years.
The Defense Intelligence Agency has had its own global integrations officer since 2021.
“I’ve said this in other venues, and I’m going to say it here today, that I know some have advocated for taking a knee for six months,” he said. “No."
NGA is developing four Joint Regional Edge Nodes based in different locations around the world.
More Stories “I’ve said this in other venues, and I’m going to say it here today, that I know some have advocated for taking a knee for six months,” he said. “No." NGA is developing four Joint Regional Edge Nodes based in different locations around the world. No jobs are expected to be cut, and contracts should flow as normal, according to three U.S. Army program executive officers. The U.S. government and private sector in recent months have begun more publicly weighing the possibilities and perils of artificial intelligence. The Space Force plans to award a production contract in mid-2024 and the company is on track to launch the first satellite in 2028. SI Analytics, headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea, previously competed in U.S. Defense Innovation Unit challenges. Warsaw is in the middle of a comprehensive and costly upgrade of all its military capabilities. The U.S. and U.K. are leading contributors to NATO joint ISR, with “everybody else” tailing, an official said at the GEOINT Symposium. The NGA is working with several government agencies to develop a Lunar Reference Frame that would undergird a future GPS-like capability for the moon. The project was created in 2017 to take data, imagery and full-motion video from uncrewed systems, process it and use it to detect targets of interest. The U.S. Army missed its fiscal 2022 recruiting goal by thousands of new soldiers, leaving it shorthanded. The contracts — awarded to Maxar, BlackSky and Planet — are part of NRO's response to a growing demand for commercial satellite imagery. During industry meetings this week, program managers will hear from companies about capabilities they're developing to address tactical ISR capability needs. A submarine seen in a satellite photo of a Chinese shipyard shows what could be a new class or subtype of a nuclear-powered attack sub with a new stealthy propulsion system and launch tubes for cruise missiles. Load More