# Umbra wins a sole-source NRO contract for commercial radar imagery

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Date: 5 Aug 2026
About: [Umbra](https://technooptimist.io/companies/umbra.md) · [Umbra SAR constellation](https://technooptimist.io/spaceflight/umbra-sar-constellation.md)
Original source: https://umbra.space/blog/umbra-nro-radar-contract/

The National Reconnaissance Office's Commercial Systems Program Office awarded Umbra a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract for radar commercial augmentation: assured, global tasking across Umbra's fleet with fast, low-latency delivery to government users. It follows four years of NRO work in which Umbra delivered more than 100,000 images.

## Key facts

- One-year base period plus two one-year options.
- Contract value not disclosed.
- Umbra recently opened a 20,000 sq ft engineering site in Reston, Virginia.

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