{"id":817532,"date":"2025-02-25T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T13:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T13:33:09","slug":"blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><i>Award extends R &amp; D efforts through on-orbit operations as company prepares customer funded Gen-3 satellite for launch<\/i><\/p>\n<p>HERNDON, Va.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nBlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fir.blacksky.com%2F&amp;esheet=54213833&amp;newsitemid=20250225963225&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=BKSY&amp;index=1&amp;md5=43521c08bb2ad8049e668e72d7847452\">BKSY<\/a>) won a multimillion-dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT (TACGEO) launch integration contract that expands on early U.S. government-funded R &amp; D efforts to build out advanced space-based tactical ISR capabilities. Under the contract BlackSky will prepare and manage a Gen-3 satellite launch, on behalf of the customer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBlackSky is on a mission to push the transformative advantage of space-based, real-time intelligence to the farthest corners of the battlefield,\u201d said Brian O\u2019Toole, BlackSky CEO. \u201cWhen combined with our BlackSky Spectra<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> platform, our Gen-3 constellation will deliver a next level of performance with low-latency AI-enabled analytics while a mission is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nAs part of the contract BlackSky will support end-to-end, pre-flight to on-orbit activities including hardware and systems integration, launch site and mission management, and commissioning services.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe TACGEO program was designed to support the Department of Defense\u2019s needs for responsive, space-based tactical ISR. The program has validated Gen-3&#8217;s technological readiness and tactical utility for distributing timely insights to warfighters in various training and exercise settings.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe evolution of BlackSky\u2019s constellation continues to optimize for additional capacity and flexibility. The introduction of low-latency intersatellite communications will give customers more flexibility for high-priority, last-minute tasking missions while highly agile onboard attitude control systems will enable maximum operational efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\nBlackSky\u2019s constellation delivers timely insights that are not achievable using traditional mapping approaches. In addition to the automatic detection, identification and classification of a wider library of vehicles, aircraft, vessels and other objects of tactical interest, the Gen-3 constellation will introduce a new capability for BlackSky customers: the ability to image through smoke and haze with Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) bands.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe improved resolution and enhanced spectral diversity of the Gen-3 satellites will extend BlackSky\u2019s ability to provide real-time insights to its customers in a broad set of conditions, including nighttime, low light, and challenging weather.<\/p>\n<p><b>About BlackSky<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nBlackSky is a real-time, space-based intelligence company that delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world. BlackSky owns and operates one of the industry\u2019s most advanced, purpose-built commercial, real-time intelligence systems that combines the power of the BlackSky Spectra\u00ae tasking and analytics software platform and our proprietary low earth orbit satellite constellation.<\/p>\n<p>\nWith BlackSky, customers can see, understand and anticipate changes for a decisive strategic advantage at the tactical edge, and act not just fast, but first. BlackSky is trusted by some of the most demanding U.S. and international government agencies, commercial businesses, and organizations around the world. BlackSky is headquartered in Herndon, VA, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as BKSY. 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Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed in BlackSky\u2019s disclosure materials filed from time to time with the SEC which are available at the SEC\u2019s website at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2F&amp;esheet=54213833&amp;newsitemid=20250225963225&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov&amp;index=4&amp;md5=a7cde8fcd8dc10c1636d394ddc903afe\">http:\/\/www.sec.gov<\/a> or on BlackSky\u2019s Investor Relations website at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fir.blacksky.com%2F&amp;esheet=54213833&amp;newsitemid=20250225963225&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fir.blacksky.com&amp;index=5&amp;md5=5d128386e2b5c576c9db7a6f8cd458ff\">https:\/\/ir.blacksky.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20250225963225r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250225963225\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250225963225\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Investor Contact<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>Aly Bonilla<br \/>\n<br \/>VP, Investor Relations<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:abonilla@blacksky.com\">abonilla@blacksky.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>Pauly Cabellon<br \/>\n<br \/>Sr. Director, External Communications<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:bksypr@blacksky.com\">bksypr@blacksky.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> Virginia United States North America<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Other Defense Internet Contracts Hardware Technology Defense Other Manufacturing Security Satellite Engineering Government Technology Other Technology Manufacturing<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20250225963225\/en\/1346672\/3\/blacksky_logo_2021_blackyellow_web.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract Award extends R &amp; D efforts through on-orbit operations as company prepares customer funded Gen-3 satellite for launch HERNDON, Va.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a multimillion-dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT (TACGEO) launch integration contract that expands on early U.S. government-funded R &amp; D efforts to build out advanced space-based tactical ISR capabilities. Under the contract BlackSky will prepare and manage a Gen-3 satellite launch, on behalf of the customer. \u201cBlackSky is on a mission to push the transformative advantage of space-based, real-time intelligence to the farthest corners of the battlefield,\u201d said Brian O\u2019Toole, BlackSky CEO. \u201cWhen combined with our BlackSky Spectra\u00ae platform, our Gen-3 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-817532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract Award extends R &amp; D efforts through on-orbit operations as company prepares customer funded Gen-3 satellite for launch HERNDON, Va.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; BlackSky Technology Inc. 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Under the contract BlackSky will prepare and manage a Gen-3 satellite launch, on behalf of the customer. \u201cBlackSky is on a mission to push the transformative advantage of space-based, real-time intelligence to the farthest corners of the battlefield,\u201d said Brian O\u2019Toole, BlackSky CEO. \u201cWhen combined with our BlackSky Spectra\u00ae platform, our Gen-3 &hellip; Continue reading &quot;BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-25T13:33:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20250225963225r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"headline\":\"BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-25T13:33:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":834,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20250225963225r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/blacksky-wins-multimillion-dollar-defense-innovation-unit-gen-3-tactical-geoint-expansion-contract\\\/\",\"name\":\"BlackSky Wins Multimillion-Dollar Defense Innovation Unit Gen-3 Tactical GEOINT Expansion Contract - 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