Jeffrey Specht, most recently executive director of the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, has joined Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) as senior director for government security. He brings to Oracle 27 years of experience as a civil servant and will oversee the company’s efforts in delivering support and building partnerships with DOD, the U.S. intellig...
The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded contracts to Airbus’ U.S. arm, Capella Space, ICEYE, Umbra and PredaSAR to develop commercial radar systems. NRO said Thursday it issued a broad agency announcement framework for strategic commercial enhancements in October 2021 with commercial radar as the first focus area. The agency’s Strategic C...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Frank Calvelli, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), to be assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition. Calvelli has 34 years of intelligence community experience that includes service at the National Reconnaissance Office, the White House said Wednesday. He worked as NRO&...
The National Reconnaissance Office has released a request for proposals for commercial satellite imagery services to support Earth observation requirements at federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies. NRO said Wednesday its Electro-Optical Commercial Layer procurement effort is open to domestic businesses and the agency expects to issue m...
The National Reconnaissance Office has adopted a non-traditional contracting framework to identify potential sources of commercial satellite technologies designed to collect imagery and data that can support the agency’s mission. Commercial radar platforms will be the initial focus area of its Broad Agency Announcement Framework for Strategic ...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Space Intelligence Forum on Tuesday to bring together renowned leaders from across industry and the federal landscape to discuss the advancement of space-based capabilities and intelligence. Brig. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, director of Intelligence for the U.S. Space Command, served as the keynote speaker during the ...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will continue to provide satellite imagery to the National Reconnaissance Office after the agency exercised the second $300 million option under a service level agreement with the company. This option is part of the EnhancedView Follow-On contract with three potential extension years that could extend work through Aug...
President Joe Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Michael Guetlein to serve as the first commander of Space Systems Command, which is set to officially stand up this summer and be in charge of acquiring space systems intended to boost joint force lethality. Guetlein, who has served as deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office since...
Planet Labs‘ federal business arm will continue providing defense and intelligence agencies with access to Earth surface imagery collected by its constellation of Dove and SkySat satellites. The extended partnership between the National Reconnaissance Office and Planet Federal is under a renewed contract that also provides for SkySat video cap...
Scott Goldstein, a U.S. Air Force Reserve major general serving as mobilization assistant to the Air Force undersecretary, has joined defense technology startup Anduril Industries as head of advanced projects, Inside Defense reported Monday. Anduril said in a statement Goldstein’s engineering expertise and military, homeland security and intellige...
