{"id":34350,"date":"2023-05-23T14:19:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/23\/nato-hunger-for-info-driving-deals-for-commercial-satellite-imagery\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:46:03","slug":"nato-hunger-for-info-driving-deals-for-commercial-satellite-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2023\/05\/23\/nato-hunger-for-info-driving-deals-for-commercial-satellite-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO hunger for info driving deals for commercial satellite imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ST. LOUIS \u2014 The unending appetite for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance within NATO is driving deals with commercial satellite imagery providers, according to one official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satellite imagery is a resource of growing importance, with governments and private citizens relying on it to keep tabs on their respective surroundings. Overhead photos were used to expose Russia\u2019s materiel buildup<\/a> ahead of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and, more recently, have shown the scale of destruction in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The imagery arrangements at NATO plug a hole where there is insufficient collection from the \u201cnormal airborne assets that we\u2019ve known and loved,\u201d Paul Bowman, who leads the ISR cell for NATO\u2019s Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation Systems, said May 22 at the GEOINT Symposium in St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. and U.K. are leading contributors to NATO joint ISR, with <\/i>\u201ceverybody else\u201d tailing, Bowman said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t