Reuters reported the secret contract of “SpaceX” with the American intelligence agencies

Reuters news agency, quoting five informed sources, says that Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has signed a classified contract with an American intelligence agency and is working on building a network of hundreds of spy satellites based on it.

According to Reuters, this action shows the deepening of relations between SpaceX and the American National Security Agencies.

It is said that the amount of the contract was 1.8 billion dollars and was signed in 2021. It is also a party to the contract of “National Reconnaissance Office” of America, which is one of the 5 most important intelligence organizations of this country.

Earlier in February, The Wall Street Journal revealed a secret $1.8 billion contract between SpaceX and an unnamed US intelligence agency, but a Reuters report reveals for the first time that SpaceX’s contract with ” The National Reconnaissance Office of the United States is closed and in line with the construction of a spy system with hundreds of satellites capable of imaging the earth.

Sources also say that the contract reflects the growing confidence of intelligence agencies in a company whose owner has clashed with the Biden administration and sparked controversy.

Musk previously said on X social network that he will not vote for Biden in the upcoming presidential election and that he wants someone with “common sense” to be the president of the United States.