Umbra is a Silicon Valley outsider — they prefer it that way
Summary
The antenna, which is designed to fold up for launch, is capable of using a full 1,200 MHz of bandwidth and generating a field of vision that extends up to 1,200 kilometers on either side. Satellite imagery companies that do choose to offer analytics choose to fight battles on two fronts against other SAR satellite operators and established analytics behemoths, like Palantir and Google and must raise even more capital to build out these capabilities.The pair was up against a number of very hard technical challenges as it was: They were told that a folding antenna was impossible for the form factor they were designing. The company makes a point not to sell to China, Russia or other countries that have adversarial relationships to the United States.Core to Umbras approach to the market is its transparent pricing policy, which applies to both government and commercial customers, and an extremely permissive open licensing agreement. But doing a deal with the clear number one winner in optical satellite imagery accelerates our growth exponentially, [by] orders of magnitude, said Dominocielo.The government appreciates the transparency even more than the commercial sector customers, he added. Over the past few years, Umbra has landed contracts from major government agencies, including the Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office.