In January 2013, the major two U.S. commercial remote sensing satellite firms, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye, completed their merger, retaining the DigitalGlobe name.

On August 6, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded $7.3 billion in contracts to two U.S. commercial remote sensing firms in support of the EnhancedView program.

On September 14, 2004, NGA followed up on the success of its ClearView program with the NextView initiative, which now ensures the government access to commercial satellite imagery at 0.5 meter resolution. As a part of the NextView agreements, NGA…

On March 29, 2003, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announced its ClearView initiative, awarding a multi-year contract and entering into agreements with three U.S. commercial data providers — DigitalGlobe, Space Imaging, and OrbImage — to provide the government with satellite…