Uyen Dinh, a former Department of Homeland Security official, has joined geospatial intelligence company BlackSky to serve as vice president for government relations and strategy. Dinh will contribute over 20 years of experience in national security, cybersecurity and geospatial intelligence to BlackSky's government engagements, the company said Tuesday.

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Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky subsidiary has completed preliminary design review activities for its proposed next-generation satellite for a U.S. Army program focused on tactical geospatial intelligence.

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Two Earth observation satellites operated by Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky subsidiary began to capture images within 58 hours of launch via a SpaceX rideshare mission.

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Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky subsidiary has received a contract to support the U.S. Air Force's efforts to monitor COVID-19 activity at military bases through the company’s proprietary geospatial intelligence technologies.

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Intelsat has invested in Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky subsidiary as part of a transaction aimed at integrating Earth observation services and global satellite communications infrastructure.

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Spaceflight Industries‘ BlackSky division has partnered with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a cloud-based geospatial intelligence broker platform for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a previously awarded $16.4 million contract. The GEOINT Broker Development Platform will utilize an agile development approach that works to enable users to continuously provide input to build the technology, Spaceflight announced Thursday. […] More

Spaceflight Industries‘ BlackSky division has received a two-year, $16.4 million contract to build a cloud-based geospatial intelligence broker platform for the Air Force Research Laboratory. BlackSky will develop the platform to help government users collect and analyze GEOINT data from multiple data sources worldwide, Spaceflight said Tuesday. “Easy access and streamlined delivery of timely and relevant […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to name Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, as a 2023 Wash100 Award recipient.  The Wash100 is a list compiled annually by Executive Mosaic of the most influential and impactful executives working in the government contracting sector. Wash100 Award winners represent the best and brightest minds in GovCon, and they gain […] More

Sue Gordon, a nearly four-decade intelligence community veteran and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named an independent director at SecurityScorecard. She joins SecurityScorecard’s board of directors as the company aims to help public and private sector customers manage cyber risk, the New York-based cybersecurity tech provider said Thursday. Gordon is known for helping […] More

Jon Love, vice president of strategic growth at Maxar Technologies, has joined other industry leaders in highlighting the growing use of 3D mapping and multi-sensor datasets in defense and intelligence applications, Via Satellite reported Thursday. Speaking at World Satellite Business Week, Love said Maxar observes a demand in 3D mapping technologies from the military to […] More

Seventeen companies and the National Security Space Association have forged an alliance to fundraise for humanitarian aid and relief efforts to help people in Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion. The Space Industry for Ukraine consortium said Tuesday it has raised almost $1 million to date and aims to deploy medical and food supplies, mobile refugee clinics […] More

Rocket Lab plans to retrieve a rocket booster mid-air using a helicopter during a mission scheduled to take place in the first half of 2022. The company said Tuesday it will deploy a helicopter to attempt to catch a falling booster in support of its goal to market Electron as a reusable small rocket. “A […] More