The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Planet Labs a $22 million option on a contract begun last year to provide unclassified artificial intelligence-enabled data analytics for U.S. Combatant Commands.
The original contract under NGA’s Luno B program was for $13 million.
The Advanced Analytics for Maritime Operations and Reconnaissance contract covers the “automated detection of strategic and tactical maritime events, including ship-to-ship transfers and ‘dark’ fleet activity,” Planet said on Thursday.
Planet also received a separate award from NGA, in partnership with the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit, to provide its Global Monitoring Service (GMS) for “near-daily change detection and situational services,” the company said. The GMS leverages Planet’s SuperDove electro-optical imagine satellite constellation and AI-based data analytics.
The value of the second NGA award was not disclosed.
The GMS will provide automated analytics as fast as hours after collection, Planet said.
“These solutions bridge the ‘last mile’ between raw data and actionable intelligence, democratizing access so that field operators can leverage complex geospatial insights without requiring advanced GIS (geographic information system) expertise,” Jon Powers, Planet’s vice president of Global Defense and Intelligence, said in a statement.
NGA’s Luno program leverages unclassified imagery and analytics to meet the needs of warfighters, decision makers, and foreign partners.
