This image compares optical red, green, blue imagery (left) with synthetic aperture radar imagery (right) to demonstrate how data from various sensors on the Descartes Labs platform can be used to detect illegal fishing.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Descartes Labs, a $2.9 million contract to bring its geospatial analytics platform into DARPA’s geospatial cloud, the Santa Fe, New Mexico, startup announced Sept. 12.

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