![]() ![]() This is the company’s second agreement with the NRO, following a 2019 commercial RF survey study contract.Īlex Fox, chief growth officer at HawkEye 360, said the company under the new agreement will “model and simulate current and future RF-sensing capabilities, engage in live end-to-end demonstrations, conduct accuracy and quality assessments, and demonstrate overhead delivery of RF data to government fixed, transportable, and mobile ground stations around the world.” HawkEye 360 is the first commercial company to use satellites to create radio frequency (RF) data analytics. PredaSAR and Umbra Lab, which also won contracts for space radar data, develop synthetic aperture radar satellites that can also passively scan for RF activity.Īurora Insight deploys sensors on buildings, in vehicles, on aircraft and on satellites to identify wireless network deployments. F ive commercial radar imagery providers were selected in January. The RF data vendors were selected under a broad NRO program rolled out in October called Strategic Commercial Enhancements. “Since the early days of the Ukraine crisis, NRO’s commercial data providers have been collecting electro-optical and radar imagery as well as commercial RF data over the region,” said Pete Muend, director of the NRO’s Commercial Systems Program Office. The NRO said commercial remote sensing data, by virtue of being unclassified, is a valuable source of intelligence that can be shared with U.S. “ These studies will help NRO better understand the capabilities of commercial RF providers and how they can solve new intelligence challenges.” “We’ve seen increasing demand for this data source from across the user community,” said Chris Scolese, director of the NRO. 28.Īurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global and Umbra Lab signed agreements giving the NRO access to their systems and business plans so the agency can decide what commercial data it might purchase for operational use.Ĭompanies in this emerging sector of the remote sensing industry use low-orbiting satellites to track ships, vehicles or any devices that emit radio frequency signals. ![]() WASHINGTON - The National Reconnaissance Office awarded study contracts to six commercial providers of space-based radio frequency (RF) data, the agency announced Sept. ![]()
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