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Space

NRO Says It Buys 50,000 Commercial Images Weekly and Tally Likely to Grow

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

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NRO Says It Buys 50,000 Commercial Images Weekly and Tally Likely to Grow

Pete Muend, director of the NRO's Commercial Systems Program Office, spekas at GEOINT 2019 (NRO Photo)

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Nov. 3 that it has released a Request for Proposals (RfP) for the agency's Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL), as the agency looks to boost its involvement with commercial companies. “Right now, we procure approximately 50,000 commercial images each and every week, and certainly we see a lot more of that in the future,” Pete Muend, NRO’s Commercial Systems Program director, told reporters in a pre-RfP release question and answer teleconference on Nov. 2.…

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Congress

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Congress

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