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Pete Muend, director of the NRO Commercial Systems Program Office, told the USGIF GEOINT 2022 conference that RF tracking for Ukraine has been "great benefit," and spy agency wants to expand the capability.

The company, one of five to receive an award, will explore how commercial radar capabilities can help the mission of the spy satellite agency

Later in the contracting process, NRO potentially will "have the wherewithal to purchase ad hoc imagery, data products and the like," said Pete Muend, director of the spy agency's Commercial Systems Program Office.

BAE Systems Australia has signed a contract to support the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F-35A Lightning II operations.

NRO use of shutter control on commercial electro-optical imagery would be "very rare," and "limited in both area and time," said Peter Muend, head of the spy agency's commercial office.

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has issued a tender for a capability life cycle manager (CLCM) of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) three Hobart-class destroyers.

HMAS Brisbane is one of the Hobart-class destroyers in the fleet. Photo: Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey A call for tenders has been issued for a capability

The ability to directly access remote sensing satellite data for targeting has long been a Holy Grail for the Army.

US firms won "gold" in only three of the nine categories — the same number as China — in the NGA's "Commercial Imaging Olympics."

"LiDAR is a really neat technology, and we've got to take advantage of it," NRO Director Chris Scolese said.