Maxar Extends
Agreements with Three International Defense and
Intelligence Customers, Securing Second WorldView
Legion Commitment
December 22, 2021
Maxar Technologies announced
contract extensions with three long-standing
international defense and intelligence customers.
The three agreements total more
than $100 million and extend these customers’
ability to directly task and download 30 cm-class
satellite imagery to their ground stations from
Maxar’s current constellation under Maxar’s Direct
Access Program. This program enables defense,
intelligence and commercial customers to access the
world’s most advanced Earth imaging satellites, with
encrypted downlinks, committed availability and data
distribution rights that fit mission needs.
One of the contracts provides a
commitment to purchase direct access to Maxar’s
next-generation WorldView Legion satellites, the
first of which are expected to launch between May
15-June 13, 2022. This is the company’s second
commitment for WorldView Legion capacity.
“Maxar’s international defense
and intelligence customers continue to rely on the
unrivaled quality of our imagery to meet critical
national security requirements,” said Tony Frazier,
Maxar EVP of Global Field Operations. “Our long-term
partnerships and deep understanding of these
customers’ missions informed how we designed the
WorldView Legion satellites, and we are very
encouraged by the demand we’re seeing. Increased
collection capacity benefits not only monitoring
applications, but it will also accelerate our
ability to map the globe in 3D, understand precise
change and deliver AI-powered insights on
mission-relevant timelines.”