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DigitalGlobe has secured a one-year contract renewal from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to continue to provide U.S. government agencies on-demand access to the company’s satellite imagery through the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery program. The company delivers imagery at multiple classification levels via a web browser or a mobile device to warfighters, the intelligence community and …

Volunteers from Lockheed Martin’s space systems business have developed an online portal that works to provide post-disaster information from the ground with the use of DigitalGlobe satellite imagery, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes that the HelpNowMap.com website is currently in beta version and uses open source software code. The service works …

DigitalGlobe has entered into a tentative agreement to provide an unidentified international defense and intelligence agency with direct access to a commercial Earth observation satellite with the receipt of a letter of intent. The company said Wednesday the agreement will cover access to high-resolution Earth imagery from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 satellite …

DigitalGlobe and two organizations in Saudi Arabia have formed a joint venture to build small satellites intended to regularly capture images of different areas around the world, Reuters reported Sunday. DigitalGlobe CEO Jeffrey Tarr said the company would integrate its satellites, ground infrastructure and processing technology into the project in order to …

DigitalGlobe CEO Jeffrey Tarr told potential investors at a recent event that the company continues to eye a competitive edge in the growing satellite imaging market, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Peter de Selding writes that Tarr highlighted the demand for high-resolution imagery and geolocation capability as well as DigitalGlobe’s potential partnership with …

DigitalGlobe has partnered with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in utilizing earth observation technologies in support of U.N. social, economic and scientific development programs for developing countries. The memorandum of understanding covers the development of a web-based platform to enable access to catalogs of satellite images and data and analytical …

DigitalGlobe has invested an undisclosed amount of money to increase the useful lives of the company’s two older Earth observation satellites. The goal is to extend the WorldView-1 service life by 2.5 years until the fourth quarter of 2020 and the WorldView-2 lifespan by 2 years through 2022, DigitalGlobe said …

A DigitalGlobe commercial Earth-observing satellite was sent into space Wednesday aboard an Atlas V rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. WorldView-3 is built to capture images at a multispectral resolution of 0.31 meters and has multiple shortwave infrared bands that will work to spot objects in the presence …

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. …

Roxanne Decyk, member of Alliant Techsystems’ board of directors, has joined the DigitalGlobe board. Decyk currently serves as board member of offshore driller ENSCO PLC and oil and gas management services provider Petrofac Ltd, DigitalGlobe said Tuesday. “Roxanne’s deep experience in corporate strategy, human resources, government relations, and the oil and …

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 …

DigitalGlobe is planning to enter the estimated $40 billion geospatial big data market in an effort to expand its business, the Denver Post reported Thursday. Kristen Leigh Painter writes DigitalGlobe executives told investors Wednesday at a Denver conference that the company plans to grow beyond being a satellite imagery provider. …

DigitalGlobe has signed a 15-year lease agreement for a new headquarters complex in Westminster, Colo. and plans to move Colorado-based employees into the new site in the summer of 2015. The company selected Broomfield as the site of its future headquarters in September under a non-binding letter of intent and opted for …

DigitalGlobe wants to elevate its earth observation satellite to a higher orbit location as the company is seeing increased demand in the commercial imagery market, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes the Longmont, Colo.-based company plans to raise GeoEye-1’s orbit in order to expand the satellite’s field of …

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s board of directors appointed five new members at its June 19 meeting. The USGIF board now has 35 directors with the addition of Dewey Houck, Keith Littlefield, Gabriela Maldonado, Jennifer Stansall and Jeffrey Tarr, the USGIF said Monday. Stu Shea, USGIF board chairman and SAIC …