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NGA Considering Different Contract Strategies To Acquire Non-Domestic Satellite Imagery

Monday, July 29th, 2013

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NGA Considering Different Contract Strategies To Acquire Non-Domestic Satellite Imagery

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is considering different contract strategies to acquire and disseminate commercial satellite imagery from non-domestic commercial data providers, according to an announcement posted at Federal Business Opportunities. Known as Future International Sensors Program Strategies (FISPS), NGA is specifically requesting information from industry to assist in the formulation of contract strategies that may be significantly different from the types of contracts it has used to acquire imagery from domestic and international vendors in the past. NGA says…

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