{"id":37587,"date":"2019-12-04T22:06:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/04\/a-new-kind-of-satellite-imagery-for-the-intelligence-community\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:27:09","slug":"a-new-kind-of-satellite-imagery-for-the-intelligence-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2019\/12\/04\/a-new-kind-of-satellite-imagery-for-the-intelligence-community\/","title":{"rendered":"A new kind of satellite imagery for the intelligence community?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Reconnaissance Office expects to issue additional study contracts for commercial satellite imagery in the coming weeks, the agency\u2019s director said Dec. 3, and at least one of those contracts will be for a new type of imagery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe this week, maybe next week, we\u2019ll probably be announcing some additional partnerships that we\u2019re going to be working with in the commercial realm. Commercial is going to play an important role in the future architectures,\u201d Christopher Scolese, the NRO director, said in a media availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\t