Maxar Wins NGA Contract, Partners with Satellogic for AI/ML-Generated Object Detections

Maxar Intelligence has been awarded a contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for commercial analytic services using AI/ML-generated object detections. The mission involves identifying various classes of aircraft, ships, ground vehicles, and railcars, and analyzing trends and anomalies. Maxar has partnered with Satellogic (SATL) on this award, which represents the operationalization of commercial technologies for persistent site monitoring at a global scale.

Maxar Intelligence, a leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, has been awarded a significant contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for commercial analytic services using AI/ML-generated object detections. The mission, part of the Luno A program, involves identifying various classes of aircraft, ships, ground vehicles, and railcars, and analyzing trends and anomalies [1].

The contract, which emphasizes the operationalization of commercial technologies for persistent site monitoring at a global scale, sees Maxar partnering with Satellogic Inc. (SATL) [2]. This collaboration leverages the combined imaging capacity of both companies' constellations to deliver high-resolution imagery and advanced analytics for critical multi-sensor applications.

Maxar's award-winning solution, Sentry™, integrates automated multi-constellation tasking orchestration, real-time data fusion, and AI-driven analytics to monitor hundreds of sites worldwide [3]. The Sentry suite includes Site Sentry and Maritime Sentry, designed for specific mission sets such as monitoring shipyards, airports, and vessel activity at sea.

The contract underscores the importance of automation in achieving rapid, accurate results, with a focused delivery timeline that ensures outputs within hours of data acquisition. Susanne Hake, SVP and General Manager of Maxar’s U.S. Government business, emphasized the project as a testament to the power of commercial innovation driving national security solutions.

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[1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/maxar-awarded-contract-nga-deliver-103000194.html
[2] https://www.gurufocus.com/news/2949872/maxar-awarded-contract-by-nga-to-deliver-aipowered-object-detection-services-satl-stock-news
[3] https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250625291245/en/Maxar-Launches-Sentry-a-Breakthrough-Persistent-Monitoring-Suite-that-Delivers-Predictive-Intelligence-at-Global-Scale