Umbra

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Umbra is a US SAR operator with 12+ satellites launched (Umbra-12 in January 2026) at 16cm resolution, the highest commercially available, built at low single-digit-millions cost (the cheapest per performance in the field), plus a satellite-sales line building SAR sats for customers. It holds an NRO triple-anchor: an operational Radar Commercial Augmentation contract (August 2026, one of only three survivors of the five-company CRC evaluation), SCE Stage III, and an RF-products award. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m from NRO and commercial streams.

Latest signals

• 29 Sept 2026Umbra appoints Ashley Durmer as Chief Operating OfficerVia Satellite
• 12 Sept 2026NOAA awarded a commercial satellite data contract to 14 companies.SpaceNews
• 25 Aug 2026NRO is expanding commercial synthetic-aperture radar partnerships for space-based intelligence collection.Umbra
• 5 Aug 2026Umbra won a sole-source National Reconnaissance Office contract for commercial radar augmentation.Umbra
• 5 Aug 2026Umbra expanded its U.S. engineering and spacecraft manufacturing footprint.Umbra

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Facts, with sources

• 12 Sept 2026NOAA awarded a commercial satellite data contract to 14 companiesContract · SpaceNews
• 25 Aug 2026NRO is expanding commercial synthetic-aperture radar partnerships for space-based intelligence collectionPartnership · Umbra
• 25 Aug 2026NRO expands commercial SAR partnerships for operational intelligence collectionPartnership · Umbra
• 5 Aug 2026Umbra expanded partnership with NRO to provide trusted access to American-built commercial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for U.S. national securityPartnership · Umbra

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Scores, Space (of 10)

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

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