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Raytheon Technologies has adopted a new digital engineering technique to help Maxar Technologies build sensor-integrated imaging satellites scheduled to launch next year.

Maxar Technologies has reported more than 200 subscribers for its cloud-based geospatial service that provides access to high-resolution satellite imagery for monitoring and mapping activities.

Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said the company uses commercial technology advancements to help the U.S. government manage national security operations and address various threats from near peer competitors, the ongoing global health crisis and extreme weather events.

Maxar Technologies has received a six-month, $350K contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to explore the possibility of integrating weather observation sensors with the company's new class of Earth imaging satellites, SpaceNews reported Friday.

Maxar Technologies plans to integrate its WorldView Legion observation satellites with Raytheon Technologies’ imaging sensors this summer ahead of a first launch slated for 2021, SpaceNews reported Friday.

Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, wrote in a blog entry posted Monday how cloud platforms help NASA and space technology companies explore space, protect life on Earth and support other missions.

Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies and a four-time Wash100 award winner, wrote in an article published on MilsatMagazine how the U.S. government leverages commercial imagery, hardware and services.

Chris Shank, vice president for civil and national security space at Maxar Technologies, said the company is preparing for the future of space exploration and Earth observation imagery to assist government customers with their missions.

Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar Technologies, said he is optimistic that the company will return to growth and “excited about the trend lines” he is seeing in its satellite business driven by an increase in government work in the U.S. and overseas, SpaceNews reported Sunday.

The National Reconnaissance Office plans to begin in 2020 a new procurement process to buy commercial satellite imagery from several companies, SpaceNews reported Thursday.

Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar Technologies, told SpaceNews in an interview published Wednesday the company’s move to adopt a unified operating model as part of a reorganization effort seeks to achieve cost savings and accelerate service delivery.

Tony Frazier, president of Radiant Solutions and a three-time Wash100 recipient, has said the company partnered with U.S. defense and intelligence companies in the past six months to share its geospatial analytics experience in support of their national security missions. The Maxar Technologies subsidiary collaborated with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency over the Janus Geography program …

Maxar Technologies and its four businesses have participated at the four-day SmallSat Symposium that kicked off Monday in Mountain View, California, to present their new satellite platforms and discuss how they use new tools to build technology platforms designed to address space challenges. Dario Zamarian, group president of Maxar’s SSL …

When working with U.S. government agencies on defining next-generation space technologies, industry leaders across the board are all hands on-deck. SSL Government Systems, for instance, is helping the U.S. Air Force test the security of hosting payloads on commercial satellites; researching power and propulsion for NASA’s Deep Space gateway; developing …

DigitalGlobe has chosen Raytheon as the payload provider for a constellation of next-generation satellites designed to capture Earth imagery. Raytheon said Tuesday it will supply combined electronics, detectors and telescopes to Palo Alto, California-based satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral, which serves as the space vehicle integrator of DigitalGlobe’s future WorldView Legion …