NGA US$24 Million Contract for Space Imaging and DigitalGlobe

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded a US$24-million satellite imagery contract extension to Space Imaging. This ClearView contract option enables the NGA to acquire additional commercial imagery from Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite for another year. In January 2003 Space Imaging was awarded the largest ClearView contract of the three major U.S. commercial high-resolution satellite companies. The first three years of the contract period had a minimum value to Space Imaging of US$120 million.

DigitalGlobe (CO, UDA) has also been awarded a US$24 million satellite imagery capacity contract modification by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This ClearView contract enables the NGA to acquire additional commercial imagery from DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite. In January 2003 DigitalGlobe was awarded a US$72 million contract to deliver high-resolution satellite imagery to the NGA over a three-year period, as part of a ClearView contract not to exceed US$500 million. In September 2003 DigitalGlobe was awarded an additional US$9.8 million modification to the ClearView contract. In July 2005 DigitalGlobe was awarded an additional US$6.1 million supplemental modification to the ClearView contract.