[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has received a one-year, $37.9 million value-added services contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the NGA’s new Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (EGD) program, DigitalGlobe announced Oct. 5.

   The contract will see DigitalGlobe provide value-added support to NGA to meet the agency’s advanced imagery requirements and provide final product deliverables.

   The EGD program aims to expand the NGA’s EnhancedView contract to include services, such as a nearly cloud-free wide-area mapping layer, continuous delivery of daily images via the Web within 24 hours of collection and quick-turnaround images of NGA-designated high-priority geographic locations.

   “This award advances the production capabilities of our Rapid Delivery of Online Geospatial Intelligence (RDOG) — a capability first pioneered jointly by DigitalGlobe and NGA in 2009. Initial production and deliveries under the agreement are expected to accelerate beginning in the fourth quarter 2011, with revenue to be recognized in accordance with deliveries,” DigitalGlobe said in a company statement.