The agreement, announced February 12 from Herndon, Virginia, also supports the customer’s defense modernization efforts by accelerating sovereign space capabilities through an end-to-end mission solution that includes Gen-3 Earth observation satellites, ground station capabilities and flight operations support.
“BlackSky’s customers are selecting Assured because of the unmatched confidence and certainty they experience with the highest-priority access to tasking capacity and reliable real-time delivery over their key areas of operation,” said Brian E. O’Toole, BlackSky CEO.
“BlackSky’s dynamic monitoring services have become an essential and routine part of our customers’ daily workflow, providing unprecedented visibility into critical maritime zones, border areas and infrastructure at mission speed. This contract signifies BlackSky’s continued commitment to support the customer’s requirements for persistent, dynamic space-based intelligence in an era where threats emerge and evolve in real time,” he said.
The Assured subscription provides early intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities until the customer’s own satellite systems enter operation, after which Gen-3 electro-optical satellites will operate in parallel with BlackSky’s constellation to deliver mission-relevant insights directly into the customer’s workflow at industry-leading speeds.
BlackSky said it is leveraging its vertically integrated technology stack spanning satellite manufacturing, software and AI solutions to meet global demand for guaranteed access to data through On-Demand and Assured subscriptions and full sovereign mission solutions, with Gen-3’s enhanced image clarity expanding AI-enabled detection, identification and classification across a broad range of vehicles, aircraft, vessels and other tactically relevant objects.
