BlackSky Wins Electro-Optical Commercial Layer Extension Contract with the National Reconnaissance Office for Gen-2 Services and Feature Enhancements
14 Janeiro 2025 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
NRO early commitment secures services until
mid-2026 and includes valuable imagery search and task management
upgrades
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won an Electro-Optical
Commercial Layer one-year extension contract with the National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for subscription-based high-frequency,
low-latency Gen-2 imagery services ahead of schedule. As part of
the contract extension, BlackSky will add enhanced ground
architecture features to improve image searchability and utility
and provide more timely notice of intended collection status.
“Our customer’s early commitment represents continued confidence
in BlackSky as a trusted mission partner as the NRO makes
additional strides in leveraging commercial space technology to
strengthen national security with a seamless path toward
integrating our future Gen-3 capabilities,” said Brian E. O’Toole,
BlackSky CEO.
Currently in its third year, this extends BlackSky’s performance
into the fourth year of the 10-year EOCL contract and secures
services until mid-2026.
“BlackSky is committed to providing the most advanced
space-based intelligence capabilities to end-users as we extend
services for anchor U.S. government customers and our growing
customer base worldwide,” added O’Toole.
BlackSky achieves industry-leading speed through constellation
design and a dedication to end-to-end AI-driven system automation.
With rapid, hourly revisit rates, BlackSky delivers time-diverse
imagery and analytics up to 15 times per day, dawn-to-dusk,
providing decision-quality data directly to those who need it
most—from senior leaders to warfighter in the field.
About BlackSky
BlackSky is a real-time, space-based intelligence company that
delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, analytics, and
high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic
locations, economic assets, and events in the world. BlackSky owns
and operates one of the industry’s most advanced, purpose-built
commercial, real-time intelligence systems that combines the power
of the BlackSky Spectra® tasking and analytics software platform
and our proprietary low earth orbit satellite constellation.
With BlackSky, customers can see, understand and anticipate
changes for a decisive strategic advantage at the tactical edge,
and act not just fast, but first. BlackSky is trusted by some of
the most demanding U.S. and international government agencies,
commercial businesses, and organizations around the world. BlackSky
is headquartered in Herndon, VA, and is publicly traded on the New
York Stock Exchange as BKSY. To learn more, visit www.blacksky.com
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