| ▲ | filleduchaos 3 hours ago | |
Do you seriously think they were referring to commercial image providers when they mentioned nation-states being able to buy images/tracking? | ||
| ▲ | Someone 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Yes. https://www.satellitetoday.com/imagery-and-sensing/2025/05/1...: “BlackSky CEO Brian O’Toole echoed “strong momentum” from international government customers, saying these governments want to move faster with commercial capabilities. […] Motoyuki Arai, CEO of Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Synspective said that he sees “huge demand” from the Japan Ministry of Defense […] Speaking to commercial imagery’s role in Ukraine, Capella Space CEO Frank Backes said Ukraine showed the value of Earth Observation (EO) data from a military tactical perspective and not just an intelligence perspective — driven by speed of access.” | ||