BlackSky Awarded Multi-Year Sole-Source $99 Million US Government IDIQ Contract for Advanced, Next Generation Capabilities

BLACKSKY - BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a multi-year, sole-source $99 million U.S. government IDIQ contract for advanced, next generation capabilities. The company received an initial $2 million to accelerate the design of an advanced large aperture optical payload for Earth observation and space domain awareness platforms.

“This award validates and leverages our investments in leap ahead space technologies that feature next generation space architectures as part of our long-term constellation roadmap,” said Brian O’Toole, BlackSky CEO. “With U.S. government collaboration, we can accelerate these critical technologies as part of multi-year advanced technology development program. In order to demonstrate the scale and impact of these new technologies we’ll be focused on quickly fielding advanced systems that combine future-generation payloads with an evolution of our proven Gen-3 space architecture.”

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Note:  BlackSky's Gen-3 satellites are designed and manufactured in Tukwila.

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