BlackSky completes CDR with major international defense customer

BlackSky (BKSY) Technology recently completed a critical design review CDR with a major international defense customer successfully confirming that the company’s next-generation architecture, powered by its Gen-3 constellation, will deliver industry-leading secure, AI-derived real-time intelligence within minutes. “Completing the CDR is a monumental achievement validating BlackSky’s space-based tactical ISR services meet our customer’s long-term mission needs,” said Brian O’Toole, BlackSky CEO. “BlackSky’s Spectra tasking and analytics data-fusion platform architecture is being optimized in parallel to the development of the company’s advanced Gen-3 constellation to deliver very high-resolution imagery and AI-powered analytics at unprecedented speed.”…”BlackSky’s next-generation services will feature fully automated multi-sensor tip-and-cue capabilities that give customers the ability to securely task and receive very-high resolution imagery and precision AI-derived analytics that support minute-by-minute situational awareness during time-sensitive mission operations,” said O’Toole.