Payam Banazadeh, founder and CEO of Capella Space, has said the U.S. government needs to strike a balance between addressing national security concerns and ensuring private sector competitiveness in the global market, TechCrunch reported Monday.

Capella Space has agreed to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency access to imagery from the company's synthetic aperture radar satellites under a cooperative research and development agreement.

The Department of Defense has selected Capella Space to provide the U.S. Navy with synthetic aperture radar data under a new contract.

Capella Space and Rocket Lab entered into an agreement to launch a synthetic aperture radar satellite that will work to optimize the monitoring of key regions across the globe.

Capella Space has updated the design of its Sequoia radar satellite ahead of plans to establish an operational constellation over the next two years, Forbes magazine reported Friday.

Capella Space, an Earth observation information firm, has secured a contract to help the National Reconnaissance Office study the use of synthetic aperture radar.

Capella Space and the Air Force Research Laboratory will test the ability of the company’s constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites to facilitate imagery collection and data downloads under a $750K contract, Breaking Defense reported Monday.

Capella Space has secured a contract of undisclosed sum to integrate synthetic aperture radar data into virtual reality software used by the U.S. Air Force.

Capella Space has partnered with SpaceNet to help grow the nonprofit organization’s geospatial open source research initiative via the adoption of synthetic aperture radar data.

Capella Space has appointed three new vice presidents to lead the company’s product engineering, go-to-market and business strategy and U.S. government services. Scott Soenen, a 15-year veteran in geospatial intelligence, joined the aerospace company as VP of product engineering, Capella said Thursday.
 

Capella University has collaborated with Pearson to issue digital badges that utilizes the latter company’s Acclaim platform for students under the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security master’s program. Badges issued through Acclaim will record professional skills its students have gained through coursework and certificate programs and be available for delivery to potential …

VCE Chairman Michael Capellas spoke to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation earlier today outlining cloud computing opportunities and challenges within U.S. federal government, domestic public and commercial sectors, and international markets.  Capellas’ speech explored key barriers to cloud adoption and incorporated findings of the TechAmerica Commission on …

SAIC (NYSE: SAI) has selected Capella University, an accredited online university targeting working adults, to design an education program for its employees, according to the university. The program will be created for SAIC employees who enroll in Capella University’s master’s degree program focusing on Information Assurance and Security. “Cybersecurity is …

Inmarsat and Singapore-based communications firm Addvalue Innovation have introduced a service to facilitate data transfer between low-Earth orbit small satellites and ground stations. The partnership commissioned the Inter-satellite Data Relay System service Nov. 12 on Sequoia, a Capella Space synthetic aperture radar microsatellite, and launched the IDRS offering after completion of a live data connectivity demonstration, Inmarsat said Monday.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a potential five-year, $78 million cost-plus fixed fee task order to provide support services for mobility platform integration for the Expeditionary Department at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), the company announced Tuesday. The task order has one base year plus four option years.