The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s latest delivery order awards for the agency’s Luno A and Luno B contracts, as part of NGA’s focus on unlocking the capacity and innovation of the commercial geospatial industry.
The selected vendors are:
- Luno A:
- BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Inc. was awarded the Facility and Object Monitoring 2 delivery order for $24.4 million, to provide products, data and/or services to detect objects (e.g., aircraft, ships, ground equipment and railcars) as well as object change at specific areas of interest.
- Luno B:
- NV5 Geospatial, Inc. was awarded the Almanac delivery order for $4.5 million, to provide information on human geography conditions worldwide, including human geography baseline data.
- Ursa Space Systems, Inc. was awarded the TrueSight delivery order for $21 million, to provide detection, identification, analysis and alerts describing change and/or movement of objects using commercial sources and automated models for domain awareness.
The Luno A and Luno B indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, with a combined $490 million ceiling, are used to acquire unclassified commercial analytic service capabilities for mission users across the GEOINT community. The IDIQs are structured with an agile acquisition strategy to quickly respond to customer needs. Each contract applies GEOINT artificial intelligence to provide decision advantage to warfighters, policy makers and mission partners. As part of these five-year IDIQs, previously selected vendors compete on a full and open basis for delivery orders.
To date, NGA has awarded six delivery orders under the Luno IDIQs. Delivery orders previously awarded under Luno A are:
- Facility and Object Monitoring, awarded to Maxar Intelligence, Inc. for $3.5 million
- Feature ID, awarded to Electromagnetic Systems, Inc. for $3.6 million
- Global Awareness Tracker, awarded to Ursa Space Systems, Inc. for $13.8 million
We see the mission impact of commercial GEOINT every day,” said Devin Brande, director of NGA Commercial Operations. “The Luno contracts are a key part of NGA’s strategy to leverage this vital source for our mission partners, providing key insights and actionable, shareable intelligence.”
