BlackSky Wins EMDYN Subscription Contract to Deliver On-Demand Gen-2 Space-Based Imagery Services to International Government Customers
BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) has secured a multi-year contract with geospatial intelligence fusion company EMDYN to provide space-based imagery services to international customers. The agreement enables international defense ministries to implement API-enabled automated tip-and-cue tasking and fusion of intelligence sources through BlackSky Spectra®.
The partnership combines BlackSky's satellite imagery with EMDYN Platform to deliver real-time insights and reduce end-to-end latency in the tasking-to-dissemination process. BlackSky's constellation provides hourly revisit rates and can deliver time-diverse imagery and analytics up to 15 times per day, from dawn to dusk, through its AI-driven system automation.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) ha ottenuto un contratto pluriennale con la società di fusione di intelligenza geospaziale EMDYN per fornire servizi di immagini spaziali a clienti internazionali. L'accordo consente ai ministeri della difesa internazionali di implementare un sistema di tasking automatizzato abilitato a API e la fusione di fonti di intelligenza tramite BlackSky Spectra®.
La partnership combina le immagini satellitari di BlackSky con la piattaforma EMDYN per fornire approfondimenti in tempo reale e ridurre la latenza end-to-end nel processo di tasking e diffusione. La costellazione di BlackSky offre tassi di revisione oraria e può fornire immagini e analisi temporaneamente diverse fino a 15 volte al giorno, dall'alba al tramonto, attraverso un sistema di automazione guidato dall'IA.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) ha obtenido un contrato de varios años con la compañía de fusión de inteligencia geoespacial EMDYN para proporcionar servicios de imágenes espaciales a clientes internacionales. El acuerdo permite a los ministerios de defensa internacionales implementar un sistema automatizado de asignación de tareas habilitado para API y la fusión de fuentes de inteligencia a través de BlackSky Spectra®.
La asociación combina las imágenes satelitales de BlackSky con la plataforma EMDYN para ofrecer información en tiempo real y reducir la latencia de extremo a extremo en el proceso de asignación y difusión. La constelación de BlackSky ofrece tasas de revisión horarias y puede entregar imágenes y análisis de manera diversificada hasta 15 veces al día, desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer, a través de un sistema de automatización impulsado por IA.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY)는 국제 고객에게 우주 기반 이미지 서비스를 제공하기 위해 지리 정보 융합 회사인 EMDYN과 다년 계약을 체결했습니다. 이 계약은 국제 방위부가 API 지원 자동 티핑 및 큐 작업과 정보 출처의 융합을 구현할 수 있게 합니다 BlackSky Spectra®를 통해.
이번 파트너십은 BlackSky의 위성 이미지를 EMDYN 플랫폼과 결합하여 실시간 통찰력을 제공하고 작업에서 배포까지의 프로세스에서 종단 간 지연을 줄입니다. BlackSky의 별자리는 시간당 재방문 비율을 제공하며, AI 기반 시스템 자동화를 통해 일출부터 일몰까지 하루 최대 15회의 시간 다양성을 갖춘 이미지와 분석을 제공할 수 있습니다.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) a obtenu un contrat pluriannuel avec la société de fusion d'intelligence géospatiale EMDYN pour fournir des services d'imagerie spatiale à des clients internationaux. Cet accord permet aux ministères de la défense internationaux de mettre en œuvre un système de gestion des tâches automatisé activé par API et la fusion des sources de renseignement via BlackSky Spectra®.
Ce partenariat combine l'imagerie par satellite de BlackSky avec la plateforme EMDYN pour fournir des informations en temps réel et réduire la latence de bout en bout dans le processus de gestion des tâches à la diffusion. La constellation de BlackSky offre des taux de revisite horaires et peut fournir des images et des analyses diversifiées jusqu'à 15 fois par jour, de l'aube au crépuscule, grâce à son système d'automatisation piloté par l'IA.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) hat einen mehrjährigen Vertrag mit der geospatialen Intelligenz-Fusionsfirma EMDYN zur Bereitstellung von weltraumgestützten Bilddiensten für internationale Kunden abgeschlossen. Die Vereinbarung ermöglicht es internationalen Verteidigungsministerien, API-gestützte automatisierte Aufgabenvergabe und die Fusion von Informationsquellen über BlackSky Spectra® umzusetzen.
Die Partnerschaft kombiniert die Satellitenbilder von BlackSky mit der EMDYN-Plattform, um Echtzeiteinblicke zu liefern und die End-to-End-Latenz im Prozess der Aufgabenvergabe bis zur Verbreitung zu reduzieren. Die Konstellation von BlackSky bietet stündliche Wiederholraten und kann zeitlich vielfältige Bilder und Analysen bis zu 15 Mal am Tag, von der Dämmerung bis zum Dunkelwerden, durch ihre KI-gesteuerte Systemautomatisierung liefern.
- Secured multi-year contract for international defense customers
- Integration enables real-time tactical operations support
- Platform capable of delivering imagery up to 15 times daily
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Insights
This strategic contract marks a pivotal expansion of BlackSky's international defense market presence, leveraging their advanced Gen-2 satellite constellation capabilities. The integration creates a powerful automated intelligence fusion system that significantly reduces the critical time gap between data collection and actionable insights - a important advantage in modern defense operations.
The technical architecture's standout feature is its API-enabled automated tip-and-cue tasking capability, which represents a significant operational advantage. This automation eliminates traditional manual processes that typically create delays in intelligence gathering and analysis. When combined with BlackSky's ability to provide up to 15 daily observations, this creates an unprecedented near-real-time intelligence capability that sets new standards for tactical ISR operations.
The partnership with EMDYN, a specialized geospatial intelligence fusion company, opens doors to previously untapped international defense markets. This represents a strategic move to capture market share in the rapidly growing defense intelligence sector, where demand for integrated, real-time surveillance capabilities is surging due to global security challenges.
BlackSky's constellation design, optimized for dawn-to-dusk coverage, provides a compelling competitive advantage in the space-based imagery market. The emphasis on end-to-end AI-driven automation positions BlackSky favorably against competitors who may still rely on more traditional, manual processes for imagery analysis and distribution.
Agreement enables ability to set up automated tip-and-cue tasking and the fusing of signals and other intelligence sources through BlackSky Spectra® to support tactical ISR operations
“BlackSky and EMDYN’s combined services will bring space and terrestrial data together for on-demand insights at scale, while a mission is ongoing,” said Brian E. O’Toole, BlackSky CEO. “These unique AI-driven services will reduce end-to-end latency across the entire tasking-to-dissemination process.”
“EMDYN Platform was fully developed in-house to meet the growing intelligence challenges in an increasingly unstable world,” said Tim Van Renterghem, EMDYN founder and CEO. “Integrating BlackSky satellite imagery into EMDYN Platform adds a powerful real-time dimension that empowers analysts to derive accurate, actionable intelligence much faster.”
BlackSky achieves industry-leading speed through constellation design and a dedication to end-to-end AI-driven system automation. With rapid, hourly revisit rates, the BlackSky Spectra® tasking and analytics platform delivers time-diverse imagery and analytics up to 15 times per day, dawn-to-dusk, providing decision-quality data directly to those who need it most—from senior leaders to those in the field.
About BlackSky
BlackSky is a real-time, space-based intelligence company that delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world. BlackSky owns and operates one of the industry’s most advanced, purpose-built commercial, real-time intelligence system that combines the power of the BlackSky Spectra® tasking and analytics software platform and our proprietary low earth orbit satellite constellation.
With BlackSky, customers can see, understand and anticipate changes for a decisive strategic advantage at the tactical edge, and act not just fast, but first. BlackSky is trusted by some of the most demanding
About EMDYN
EMDYN helps organizations to better understand the threats they face by turning data into actionable intelligence, safeguarding vital assets and supporting critical decision making. We major in location intelligence and geospatial intelligence fusion through EMDYN Platform, integrating multi-source data in a single application to provide unparalleled insights into situations, events or patterns of movement. We empower analysts to drive faster and smarter critical decision making, finding vital connections that might otherwise be lost.
EMDYN Platform is a modern, future-proof solution that is especially relevant to anyone working in intelligence and security services who requires up to date information to plan current operations and predict future possibilities. Delivering reliability and speed, EMDYN Platform is built from the ground up to be future-proof, bringing together a wide variety of data sources, commercial and customer specific, plus allowing sensor data integration. EMDYN offers modern, proven technology to help clients stay ahead of the curve, working towards a safer, more secure world. To learn more, visit www.emdyn.com.
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This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to BlackSky. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this document, including but not limited to: (i) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, (ii) achieve anticipated revisit rates and maintain current launch schedules, and (iii) our ability to predict and respond to customer trends. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and is based on information available as of the date of this communication, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. If any of these risks materialize or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that we do not presently know, or that we currently believe are immaterial, that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect our expectations, plans, or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause their assessments to change. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed in reports filed with the SEC, including within the section titled “Risk Factors” on BlackSky’s registration statement on Form S-1, and available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
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