BlackSky awarded over $24 million contract by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Under this order, BlackSky will apply its AI-enabled monitoring technology to detect changes in activity patterns across global military and economic facilities. The work includes surveillance of vehicle, aircraft, vessel, railcar and ground equipment activity at key locations such as ports, airfields, railways, and military installations.

“Securing this Luno A task order continues BlackSky’s long record of success delivering our industry leading commercial real-time, AI-enabled dynamic monitoring capabilities at machine speed and scale in service to U.S. national security,” said Brian O’Toole, CEO of BlackSky. The company’s system combines real-time satellite imagery with artificial intelligence to monitor global developments rapidly and efficiently.

BlackSky currently monitors over 30 million square kilometres of Earth’s surface for the NGA. In October, the company was selected for a five-year, up to $290 million Luno-A multi-award contract to track global economic, environmental, and military activity using rapid-revisit satellite imagery and advanced analytics.

“With unmatched speed and economics, BlackSky continues to improve upon our first-of-its-kind space-based intelligence system with the coming addition of our very high-resolution Gen-3 satellites to our high frequency, low latency constellation that will provide even more rapid, detailed and precise insights to support the critical needs of our customers,” added O’Toole. These upcoming satellite enhancements are expected to boost the company’s ability to deliver timely and accurate intelligence.

The Luno A programme supports the development of new data services and tools that harness artificial intelligence to process large volumes of information. BlackSky’s scalable technology enables frequent, data-rich queries and enhances predictive analysis, offering a cost-effective alternative to traditional monitoring methods.