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WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program.
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- WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program.
- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, advances to Phase II of the DARPA DRIFT Program
The DRIFT program leverages data from multiple Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites flown in formation, paving the way for the development of groundbreaking processing algorithms.
- Phase II entails a comprehensive multi-month collection campaign, during which Umbra's SAR satellites will generate bistatic and multistatic datasets for further analysis by DARPA and its partner contractors in the DRIFT program.
- At the culmination of Phase II, Umbra will conduct an on-orbit demonstration showcasing the multistatic capabilities it has developed.
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, proudly announces the forthcoming release of imagery from its tandem pair of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.
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- WASHINGTON, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, proudly announces the forthcoming release of imagery from its tandem pair of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.
- Umbra is set to provide customers with bistatic SAR data later in 2024.
- Umbra, a SAR satellite provider, is set to provide customers with bistatic data in 2024.
- Umbra's high-performance SAR satellites deliver the highest quality SAR data at unprecedented volumes and area density, enabling the US.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, announced today that it has made over $4 million of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data available to the public via its Open Data Program , which launched on March 15, 2023.
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- SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, announced today that it has made over $4 million of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data available to the public via its Open Data Program , which launched on March 15, 2023.
- In less than a year, Umbra has already shared over 3,000 images with the public, surpassing the combined open data offerings of its two closest competitors by more than tenfold.
- Umbra's Open Data Program has imaged over 1000+ locations, ranging from emergency response, ports, to picturesque places.
- The Open Data Program also frequently monitors 20+ global locations, leveraging SAR's unique capabilities for change monitoring.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The NRO has selected Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, for the Stage II option of its Commercial RF Capabilities contract under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) effort.
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- SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The NRO has selected Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company, for the Stage II option of its Commercial RF Capabilities contract under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) effort.
- The Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) leads the Strategic Commercial Enhancements effort which was established for the NRO to evaluate, leverage, and integrate new and emerging commercial ISR capabilities and phenomenologies.
- Umbra has two SCE contracts with the NRO and was previously selected for the Stage II option of its SCE Commercial Radar Capabilities contract in late 2022.
- The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) selects Umbra for Stage II of its Commercial RF Capabilities contract.
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Communications satellite WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.
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- WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.
- The CSDA Program will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under a five-year, multiple-award, Indefinite delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract in support of the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Earth Sciences Division (ESD).
- Umbra has been selected by NASA as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.
- "Umbra is extremely excited to partner with NASA on this program," said Omar Wheatley, Director of Strategic Programs.
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Friday, September 15, 2023
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Television PARIS, Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, and UP42, a leading geospatial developer platform and marketplace, made their partnership public in a joint video released at the World Satellite Business Week conference.
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- PARIS, Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, and UP42, a leading geospatial developer platform and marketplace, made their partnership public in a joint video released at the World Satellite Business Week conference .
- Umbra now offers its industry-leading highest resolution SAR data through the UP42 marketplace.
- By capturing images at night, through cloud cover, smoke, and rain, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites have the unique ability to monitor change.
- Access through UP42 will benefit critical applications such as monitoring floating oil lid inventory, deforestation, mines, container ports, and changes in land use, among others.
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
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Surveying This partnership will allow customers to purchase Umbra's industry-leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data directly through EUSI.
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- This partnership will allow customers to purchase Umbra's industry-leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data directly through EUSI.
- Customers can now purchase Umbra's industry-leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data directly through EUSI.
- This collaboration offers a significant benefit to remote sensing data users across Europe and North Africa, as they can now acquire the world's highest resolution space-based optical and SAR imagery – 30-cm and 25-cm resolutions respectively – from a single local source.
- Under the partnership agreement, EUSI will gain the ability to oversee global tasking and delivery of SAR imagery for its customers using Umbra's advanced satellite constellation and tasking platform.
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Renewable energy SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25 million focused on Space-Based Moving Target Indication (MTI) to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Umbra will leverage its market leading wide-bandwidth, affordable space systems, uniquely operating in paired flight, to develop and demonstrate Maritime and Ground MTI (MMTI and GMTI) capabilities. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small business and eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution. The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded and as of August 9, 2023, Umbra accelerated its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America.
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- SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25 million focused on Space-Based Moving Target Indication (MTI) to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).
- Umbra will leverage its market leading wide-bandwidth, affordable space systems, uniquely operating in paired flight, to develop and demonstrate Maritime and Ground MTI (MMTI and GMTI) capabilities.
- Umbra is committed to partnering with AFWERX, the broader DAF, as well as other DoD and IC stakeholders.
- We intend to bring the best Umbra has to offer, including affordable spacecraft and ground infrastructure, and market leading SAR technology."
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Television SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced that it has successfully produced a 16-cm resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image; the highest-resolution commercial satellite image ever released. The company also announced that it's now able to provide customers with the highest-quality data its satellites are capable of capturing — in all formats and resolutions, including complex data better than 25 cm, for the first time.
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- SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced that it has successfully produced a 16-cm resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image; the highest-resolution commercial satellite image ever released.
- Umbra also regularly captures and publicly shares high-resolution SAR data from diverse locations around the world via its Open Data Program (ODP) .
- Last week, Umbra crossed over $1 million of free SAR data released into the ODP.
- Umbra has released more open data than all other SAR providers combined.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced today that it has made over $1 million of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data available to the public via its Open Data Program, which launched on March 15, 2023. In the span of only four months, Umbra has already released more open data than all other SAR providers combined. The company also announced today that it's expanding their Open Data Program from 10 regularly monitored sites to 24.
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- In the span of only four months, Umbra has already released more open data than all other SAR providers combined.
- The company also announced today that it's expanding their Open Data Program from 10 regularly monitored sites to 24.
- Within the Open Data Program, users can work with spotlight mode data products ranging from Umbra's industry-leading unrivaled 25cm to 1m resolution.
- "I'm excited to enable free access to the highest-resolution commercial SAR data."
