Solutions for U.S. Intelligence

Maxar continues its trusted partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office to enable U.S. government users to make confident and informed decisions using reliable high-resolution commercial satellite imagery for ongoing mission-critical support. 

The National System for Geospatial Intelligence Open Mapping Enclave (NOME) platform enables a community of vetted U.S. government users to create and update geospatial features in a crowdsourced “living map.” NOME was initially developed to support NGA’s foundation mapping mission, but the platform emerged as a powerful tool to perform unclassified mission support remotely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

In partnership with NGA, Maxar develops and operates a mission-critical analytic system relied on by thousands of U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and IC users. This system leverages geospatial tools to manage and exploit hundreds of data feeds, reducing analysis time from hours to minutes.

Maxar imagery provides insight not only for DOD and IC customers but also to major news outlets seeking ground truth in dangerous or hard-to-reach locations. For example, in April 2021, The Wall Street Journal used Maxar’s high-resolution satellite imagery to inform its reporting on Russia’s expanding buildup of combat aircraft and other military equipment along the Ukraine border.

With a deep understanding of U.S. intelligence community (IC) missions, Maxar has been a trusted partner for more than 20 years. We provide comprehensive end-to-end solutions supporting decision-makers and end users, empowering the IC to better monitor, understand and respond to global changes, deter threats and ensure global security.

Maxar delivers expedited high-resolution satellite imagery and derived data for accurate foundation mapping and advanced analytics that can answer complex questions at scale—anywhere in the world.