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SANTA BARBARA, CA – DARPA has selected Umbra to join the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) Program. The program uses commercially developed satellites to support government goals with a focus on formation flying and

SANTA BARBARA, CA – The NRO has selected Umbra for the second Focus Area—Commercial Radio Frequency (RF) Capabilities—under the agency’s Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Strategic Commercial Enhancements effort. Focused on commercial imagery and other

SANTA BARBARA, CA – The NRO has selected Umbra for the first Focus Area—Commercial Radar—under the agency’s new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Strategic Commercial Enhancements effort. Focused on commercial imagery and data, this initiative

Umbra has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains

Umbra launched their first commercial radar satellite with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capabilities. Umbra’s satellite has a unique imaging payload which can see though clouds, smoke and total darkness with industry leading resolution down to

As we enter the final phase before our inaugural commercial launch, we’ve been testing our radar system regularly with aerial flights around our headquarters in Santa Barbara, California. The engineering team swears it’s not just

This data was captured during an effort to test the efficacy of our radar payload and subsystems. It is meant to emulate the quality of data we anticipate being able to capture once on orbit, but is not intended to be interpreted as a 1:1 replica. There are several ways in which the methods used to generate this data differ from our space-based system

Umbra Appoints Joe Morrison as VP of Commercial Product to Transform the Satellite Imagery Business Model Joe Morrison recently joined Umbra’s product team, and in recognition of his leadership has been promoted to Vice President

Santa Barbara, CA – Umbra, a geospatial intelligence data provider, was granted a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite with 1,200 MHz of bandwidth. This bandwidth

SANTA BARBARA, CA – Umbra, Inc., a 5.5-year-old Santa Barbara-based intelligence and technology company, announced that it has raised $32 million in equity financing. The financing was led by the family office venture fund of

The satellite intelligence company will now become “Umbra” Umbra’s rebranding marks the beginning of the company’s preparation of its first commercial satellite launches throughout 2021. The company said the simplified name reflects the evolution of

After nearly four years of secretive research and development, Umbra, headquartered in downtown Santa Barbara, is getting ready to launch its first group of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) microsatellites. Umbra developed the world’s only microsatellites

Umbra Expands its Team with Former Deputy Director of Raytheon Umbra Lab, Inc. (Umbra) announced the addition of Marcus Chevitarese as Vice President of Engineering. Chevitarese was most recently a Senior Engineering Manager and Deputy

Don’t Get Caught Up in the Noise Umbra Lab, Inc. has quietly been developing the world’s leading next-generation synthetic aperture radar (SAR) microsatellite. We recently validated our core technology, tripled the size of our team,