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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded three Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contracts (MACs) for Commercial Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (COMSAR) Imagery, Data Products, and Direct Downlink Services. Contracts were awarded to MDA Geospatial Services, Inc, EADS North America, and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. As many of our readers know, USGIF has played an instrumental role in promoting COMSAR challenges and opportunities with its workshop in June. In addition, be sure to check out our exclusive podcast about COMSAR with Todd Jamison, Chief Scientist and CEO of Observera here.

Regarding the NGA contract announcement, each contract includes a five-year ordering period with a guaranteed minimum of $10,000 and a maximum ceiling of $85,000,000. The effective date of the contracts is December 29, 2009. NGA, as the Department of Defense’s (DoD) sole procurer of commercial remote sensing (CRS) data, routinely procures commercial imagery from both domestic and foreign sources. NGA and its mission partners utilize commercial SAR data for intelligence, military and homeland security applications. The contracts improve NGA’s ability to provide intelligence in low light and bad weather conditions. Read the full press release here.

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