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Article: A Clearview of NIMA's commercial imagery use: NIMA's Clearview contract heralds a fundamental shift in how that agency supports and does business with U.S. commercial remote sensing firms. (Capitol Outlook).
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- Geospatial Solutions
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Some six months after CIA Director George Tenet ordered the U.S. intelligence community to begin serious purchases of commercial space imagery products, NIMA (www.nima.mil) made a $192-million installment payment on that intent. Twin contracts to Space Imaging (www.spaceimaging.com) and Digital Globe (www.digitalglobe.com) announced January 17 were unprecedented in size and scope for the purchases of commercial imagery. But this embrace still faces the day-to-day test of implementation, and ultimately, how government will blend these standard commercial sources with National Technical Means. Will this embrace be the beginning of a crucial marriage with industry--or a ...
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Article: NRO, NIMA Fund Increased Buys of Commercial ...
C4I News;
September 21, 2000 ;
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... ... the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) have secured funding to stick to a new commercial imagery initiative plan of buying more imagery data ... the commercial imagery initiative, NRO and NIMA committed to buying about $40 million in ...
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