ICEYE, Rheinmetall Land €1.7B German Defense Contract
The joint venture owned by Finnish EO firm ICEYE and German arms maker Rheinmetall has turned on its money-printing machine.
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Stories about the Earth Observation industry’s eyes on our planet.
SatVu Plans to Target Data Center Market with HotSat-2
Even without a satellite in orbit, SatVu is giving investors a behind-the-scenes look at hot spots they’re going to be tracking in the future.
Kuva Space, WWF-Indonesia Team Up to Test Hyperspectral Blue Carbon Mapping
The collaboration positions Indonesia—home to roughly one-fifth of the world’s mangroves—as a high-stakes proving ground for replacing labor intensive field surveys with satellite monitoring.
Wherobots Launches New AI Tool for EO Data
The volume of EO images has grown exponentially the past decade, but cleaning up, deciphering, and extracting value from these datasets remains manual, expensive, and time-consuming, according to Wherobots officials.
Canada Awards MDA Space $45M CAD to Secure Domestic EO
Robust domestic capability across the space domain is a key development priority for Canada. Yesterday, the Canadian government made another commitment toward that goal.
BlackSky Beams Gen-3 Images Home at Record Speed
Less than 24 hours after launch, BlackSky’s ($BKSY) latest Gen-3 imaging sat had deployed, captured very high-resolution images from orbit, and sent those images home for delivery into a customer’s hands.
Enabled Intelligence Bags $708M NGA Contract
The technology could be used to monitor conflict zones to detect changes in enemy infrastructure or capabilities, identify threats, and surface those insights quickly enough to make an impact.
Muon Space Will Tap into Starlink’s Laser Network
Muon Space will integrate Starlink’s mini-laser terminals into future iterations of Muon’s Halo satellite platform as soon as 2027.
Planet Wins $12.8M NGA Contract for Maritime Intelligence from Space
On Friday, the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), which supports both DoD and the intelligence community with imagery collected in orbit, awarded Planet Labs a $12.8M contract through the Luno B program.
Exclusive: Albedo Drops its Commercial Imagery Business
Albedo will abandon its imaging business to focus entirely on building VLEO satellite buses for other payload operators.
Maxar Companies Rebrand to Lanteris, Vantor
More than two years after Maxar split into two separate companies, both entities have rebranded to alleviate confusion in the industry and ensure their names reflect their individual missions.
Maxar, Ecopia AI Team on Vector Mapping
Maxar Intelligence is joining forces with Ecopia AI, an AI-powered mapping company, to build more accurate vector maps that are already being used by government customers around the world.