Growing demand from defense agencies and commercial shipping sectors is driving investment in maritime domain awareness technologies

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SAN FRANCISCO – British startup SatVu released imagery from HotSat-2, a thermal satellite built to keep tabs on energy infrastructure. HotSat-2, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., is the second satellite in SatVu’s commercial high-resolution thermal-imaging constellation. The first, HotSat-1, failed six months after launch. HotSat-2 images released May 7 show refining of domestic crude […]

DENVER – The job of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is to “deliver disruptive capabilities to our warfighters faster than emerging threats,” NGA Director Lt. Gen. Michele Bredenkamp said May 6 in 2026 GEOINT Symposium keynote. Achieving that goal will require the new office to “take a lot of risk in acquisition,” […]

Agency seeks data scientists, AI specialists and quantum physicists amid surge in space-based intelligence collection

As direct-to-smartphone services blur the line between space and terrestrial connectivity, hybrid constellations are bringing communications and imagery closer together in orbit.

In a 2022 address to the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, Chris Scolese, sounded a warning. Record numbers of satellites were being launched, he said, and competitors including China and Russia were developing tools, on the ground and in orbit, that put American space infrastructure at risk. But […]

EarthDaily Analytics and UAE-backed Altair highlight shift toward ‘constellations as a service’

Each year, the GEOINT Symposium brings together the people who make geospatial intelligence possible — the analysts, engineers, mission commanders, innovators and policy leaders who collectively ensure that decision-makers have the understanding of our world they need when they need it. This year in Aurora, Colorado, more than 4,000 of them will gather at what […]

Rising pressure to secure strategic waters is driving demand for more persistent monitoring of subsea activity, creating opportunities for satellite-connected autonomous vessels that can watch areas beyond the reach of space-based sensors.

On Feb. 28, the first day of U.S. military strikes on Iran, a Chinese AI startup posted an image on social media site X of a ship burning at Iran’s Konarak Naval Base. The image bore a striking resemblance to a WorldView-1 image released earlier that day by Vantor’s News Bureau, but the MizarVision image […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Planet is developing a new version of its Tanager spacecraft with enhanced capability to detect and monitor methane and trace-gas emissions. In contrast to the hyperspectral Tanager-1, launched in 2024, the new satellite will “solely target shortwave infrared (SWIR) light” and provide “five times the areas coverage,” Planet said in an April […]

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Analysts are relying on tools that fuse satellite imagery, ship data and open-source reporting into real-time insight

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Program will test large segmented optical system for future surveillance satellites

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Satellite imagery-to-report timelines would be reduced from hours to minutes

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The award was made under NGA’s Luno program.

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