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The company received an initial $2 million to accelerate the design of an advanced large aperture optical payload for Earth observation and space domain awareness platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis award validates and leverages our investments in leap ahead space technologies that feature next generation space architectures as part of our long-term constellation roadmap,\u201d said Brian O\u2019Toole, BlackSky CEO. \u201cWith U.S. government collaboration, we can accelerate these critical technologies as part of multi-year advanced technology development program. In order to demonstrate the scale and impact of these new technologies we\u2019ll be focused on quickly fielding advanced systems that combine future-generation payloads with an evolution of our proven Gen-3 space architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This AFRL contract serves to develop additional commercial space-based intelligence capabilities and mission applications distinct from those addressed by current Gen-2 and Gen-3 monitoring systems and the company\u2019s future AROS broad area search system. The contract is expected to advance innovations for optical imaging and overall platform-level utility and support more novel applications in high-cadence Earth monitoring and observing objects in low Earth, geostationary and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>cis-lunar orbits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will leverage the unique, highly scalable core technology of Gen-3 into every incremental advancement along our roadmap looking at the AROS broad area search system as the next step into the more expansive very large-aperture optical imagery capabilities covered by this contract. These advancements will enable very high-resolution imaging and collection performance combined with low latency space-based communications,\u201d said O\u2019Toole.<\/p>\n<p>The satellites developed under this contract are expected to operate as both a data storage and processing hub and be compatible with on-orbit data centers in space, a ubiquitous AI-enabled communications environment. Satellites developed under this effort are also expected to integrate with current and future launch vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Source: BlackSky<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know with breaking news from across the IC and IC contracting landscape by\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/subscribe\"><em>becoming a paid subscriber to IC News<\/em><\/a><em>. 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