ICEYE US says it won NRO radar imagery contract under RCA program
ICEYE US said Aug. 5, 2026, that it won a contract under the National Reconnaissance Office’s Radar Commercial Augmentation program to supply commercial radar imagery and related products to U.S. government users.
ICEYE US said Aug. 5, 2026, that it was awarded a contract under the National Reconnaissance Office’s Radar Commercial Augmentation program to provide commercial synthetic aperture radar imagery and related products for U.S. government users.
The company said RCA is the NRO’s dedicated program for buying commercial radar imagery for the U.S. government. It said the selection reflects growing use of commercial remote sensing alongside national systems.
In its release, ICEYE US said the contract covers commercial SAR imagery tasking, archive imagery, imagery-derived products and development efforts. The intended users include the U.S. Intelligence Community, the Department of War and authorized government users.
The company said the award builds on a prior multi-year study contract with the NRO. ICEYE US also said its SAR data is unclassified and can be shared across defense, intelligence, civil, allied and coalition partner communities under existing sharing agreements.
ICEYE US described itself as a southern California-based remote sensing company that engineers, qualifies and operates radar imaging satellites. The release said its satellites can deliver imagery in hours, cover areas up to 120,000 km² and capture images at resolutions as fine as 25 cm.
Ann Stevens, chief executive officer of ICEYE US, said commercial remote sensing is increasingly used to help the Intelligence Community meet hard collection challenges. She said the RCA award reflects trust in the company’s technology and team.
ICEYE US did not say in the release when the work will begin or provide contract value details. The NRO’s Commercial Systems Program Office was identified as the office that awarded the contract.
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