DigitalGlobe wins $38 million contract

LONGMONT – DigitalGlobe Inc. in Longmont received a one-year federal contract worth $37.9 million from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) will provide the agency with high-resolution photographs of earth taken from a constellation of satellites.

With the contract, DigitalGlobe will advance the production capabilities of the company’s Rapid Delivery of Online Geospatial Intelligence program, first pioneered jointly by DigitalGlobe and the agency in 2009. The agency has since used it to develop imagery and map-based intelligence for U.S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation around the world.

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The improved program will include three elements: a nearly cloud-free wide-area mapping layer; continuous delivery of daily images via the Internet within 24 hours of collection; and quick-turnaround images of agency-designated high-priority geographic locations.

“We’re delighted to have this opportunity to deliver more value to the NGA as a result of our continued focus on innovation and execution,´ said Jeffrey R. Tarr, president and chief executive of DigitalGlobe. “This program will better enable NGA to serve its many constituents including our troops, first responders, relief workers and others across many government agencies with near real time commercial imagery delivered over the Web.”