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  • Exelis' Craig Oswald: DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Satellite to Have 16 Spectral Bands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis’ Craig Oswald: DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Satellite to Have 16 Spectral Bands

    Craig Oswald, commercial imaging manager of geospatial systems at Exelis, has detailed his company’s work to develop a telescope, sensor and shortwave infrared system for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite . Oswald wrote in a blog post published Thursday that WorldView-3 “will have double the number of spectral bands” and provide a 31-centimeter image resolution. Exelis also developed the […] More

  • Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Sets 30-Centimeter Satellite Launch Date to 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Sets 30-Centimeter Satellite Launch Date to 2016

    DigitalGlobe has renamed its GeoEye-2 satellite to “WorldView-4,” a 30-centimeter satellite the company plans to launch into space in mid-2016. Jeffrey Tarr, president and CEO of DigitalGlobe, said Thursday the company set that launch date for WorldView-4 following the Commerce Department’s approval for the sale of imagery with up to 25 centimeters in resolution. DigitalGlobe intends for the new […] More

  • Penny Pritzker, DigitalGlobe Discuss Aerospace Workforce Strength; Robert Strain Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Penny Pritzker, DigitalGlobe Discuss Aerospace Workforce Strength; Robert Strain Comments

    DigitalGlobe and Ball Aerospace executives have discussed with Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker the issues of an aerospace workforce and commercial satellite imagery regulations during a roundtable in Denver, Colorado. DigitalGlobe CEO Jeffrey Tarr and Ball Aerospace CEO Robert Strain also updated Sec. Pritzker on how the WorldView-3 satellite could work to meet various demands, […] More