Press Releases
Official updates on mission advancements, strategic partnerships, and operational progress.
Umbra selected by AFWERX for $1.25M SBIR phase II contract
Santa Barbara, Calif. – August 22, 2023 – Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25 million
Umbra releases highest resolution commercial satellite image
Umbra given regulatory certainty to unleash its full capability
Umbra releases over $1 Million of free SAR data
Umbra Releases Over $1 Million of Free SAR Data via its Open Data Program
Astræa and Umbra form new partnership to transform risk mitigation with SAR data
Charlottesville, 30 May 2023: Astraea, Inc., the platform for spatiotemporal data and analytics, has significantly advanced their risk mitigation solutions by announcing a new partnership with Umbra.
DARPA selects Umbra for their DRIFT program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Defense’s research and development organization, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has selected Umbra as one of its partners for their Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program.
Umbra And Ursa Space empower global market with advanced SAR analytics through strategic partnership
Umbra brings high-resolution data with wide range of processing levels to Ursa’s virtual constellation
Umbra achieves first light in under 48 hours
Umbra, an industry leader in advanced space radar technology, announced today that its sixth satellite, Umbra-06, has achieved first light in less than 48 hours after launch.
Maxar secures dedicated access to Umbra’s SAR constellation
Maxar Secures Dedicated Access to Umbra’s SAR Constellation, Creating the Geospatial Industry’s Most Advanced Multisource Intelligence Solution
NRO selects Umbra for commercial RF capabilities study
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