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Capella Space Signs NGA Agreement

June 29, 2020 by editorial

The first, tech demo SAR satellite was launched by Capella Space in December of 2018.
Image is courtesy of the company.

Capella Space has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

The CRADA gives Capella access to NGA researchers for deeper insight into problems and, in return, NGA gains access to Capella Space’s SAR data and analytics services and signifies NGA’s first research partnership with an American commercial smallsat SAR data company, in an effort to expand its research capabilities.

The CRADA with Capella Space is part of the NGA’s broader Commercial GEOINT Strategy, first released October 2015 and later updated in September 2018. The NGA Commercial GEOINT Strategy provides a vision and plan for continually increasing collaboration with commercial GEOINT companies in order to meet rising customer demands for more timely and persistent imagery, analytics, and contextual information.

Capella will play a critical role in satisfying NGA’s mission to expand its production and publication of unclassified operations and intelligence.

The CRADA further strengthens Capella Space’s already-trusted relationship with United States government agencies. This past May, Capella Space signed a contract with the Department of Defense to provide on-demand, high-resolution SAR data and analytics for the U.S. Navy.

“This is an exciting partnership that has the potential to yield new intelligence opportunities. Capella’s high temporal resolution SAR imagery will give intelligence professionals key insight and strategic advantage,” said Jarrett Adrian, NGA’s Principal Investigator for this CRADA.

Payam Banazadeh

“We’re appreciative to NGA for its interest in our data and technology,” said Payam Banazadeh, CEO and founder of Capella Space. “We look forward to better understanding users’ problems and demands through this partnership and being able to jointly develop cutting edge solutions for our U.S. government customers. With our satellite launch on the near horizon, this is an optimal time to initiate a collaborative, data-sharing relationship.”

Recent Capella Space news…

Rocket Lab to Launch Capella Space’s First SAR Satellite

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