Pixxel Awarded NRO Strategic Commercial Enhancements Contract for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Capabilities
El Segundo, CA, USA, 05 May 2026: Pixxel, a leader in cutting-edge hyperspectral earth-imaging technology, has been awarded has been awarded a contract by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) for advanced commercial remote sensing capabilities.
The award supports the government's effort to evaluate, leverage, and integrate emerging commercial hyperspectral data sources into the agency's expanding remote sensing architecture. Leveraging its on-orbit Firefly constellation, Pixxel will demonstrate that hyperspectral imagery (HSI) capabilities can provide the kind of spectral insight that enables analysts to characterize materials, conditions, and activity that conventional imaging cannot reveal.
Execution will be handled by Pixxel Federal team, led by Allyson Jenkins. "Pixxel is excited for the opportunity to work with the NRO to advance the adoption of space-based hyperspectral data and demonstrate the unique value this phenomenology brings to the intelligence community," said Allyson Jenkins, VP, Public Sector, Pixxel. "Our Federal team is ready to deliver on this important mission and to support the NRO's vision for a more diverse, multi-phenomenology commercial remote sensing architecture."
"Pixxel is thrilled to support the National Reconnaissance Office in integrating commercial hyperspectral data into its framework. We're grateful for the opportunity and look forward to demonstrating our current and future capabilities in service of the United States mission requirements," said Ryan McKinney, Chief Revenue Officer, Pixxel.
With its Firefly constellation now operational, Pixxel is positioned to deliver hyperspectral data and analytics at the speed, scale, and precision demanded by the intelligence and national security communities, reflecting the growing role of commercial hyperspectral imagery as a foundational layer in the U.S. government's next-generation remote sensing architecture.
