The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence establish clear roles and responsibilities for the acquisition of commercial satellite imagery
MorePete Muend, director of the National Reconnaissance Office’s commercial systems program office, said the NRO is reviewing proposals under the Commercial Strategic Enhancement broad agency announcement and plans to issue awards to
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Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said the agency is looking to acquire more commercial products from the private sector following the awarding of a
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The National Reconnaissance Office’s first national security payload was launched to orbit onboard a Rocket Lab spacecraft as part of the agency’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket program. Rocket Lab’s Electron
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Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisitions and integration, said one of the approaches he plans to borrow from the National Reconnaissance Office and apply to military space
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President Biden has nominated U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Donna Shipton, deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, to serve as military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Air Force for
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A $1.5 trillion omnibus spending measure that President Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday includes a bill that provides authorities for emerging technologies and other priorities and authorizes funding for agencies
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Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has approved nine advisory committees to resume operations after considering recommendations of a zero-based review of all advisory
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A National Reconnaissance Office national security payload has reached space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket during the agency’s first launch in 2022 and eighth in 24 months. The NROL-87 mission
MoreLt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, formerly the National Reconnaissance Office's deputy director, has assumed leadership of Space Systems Command, which will gather and develop space technologies that support the Pentagon's National Defense Strategy.
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