The NRO, which usually keeps its work secret, officially acknowledged the program in April, a month before the first batch of satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

NRO awards contracts to Xplore and five other hyperspectral imaging companies by Alan Boyle on March 22, 2023 at 8:22 pm March 22, 2023 at 8:22 pm Share 44 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

Airbus U.S., Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space and Turion Space won study contracts that allow the NRO to assess their products by Sandra Erwin December 5, 2023 December 5, 2023.

The Atlas 5, powered by a Russian-built RD-180 first stage engine and five GEM-63 strap-on solid-fuel boosters, roared to life and climbed away from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

SpaceX’s Role in the NRO’s Proliferated Architecture. The NROL-69 mission is part of the NRO’s strategy to develop a “proliferated architecture” for its satellite network.

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and NASA have agreed to cooperate on the development of a lunar spacecraft intended as the first shot in a series of robotic probes paving the way for ...

NRO strikes multibillion-dollar deals with BlackSky, Maxar and Planet for spy satellite imagery by Alan Boyle on May 25, 2022 at 3:03 pm May 25, 2022 at 3:38 pm Share 31 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

Additionally, NRO is working with Space Command to develop a more resilient, proliferated satellite architecture. “We all know that Russia and China are becoming very aggressive with space weapons.

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 ...

Credit: NRO WASHINGTON — President Biden nominated Frank Calvelli to be assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition, the White House announced Dec. 15.

Executive Mosaic spoke with Dr. Aaron Weiner, director of the advanced systems and technology directorate at the National Reconnaissance Office, to better understand how the NRO is looking at the ...