Imagery and Sensing

Another Earth, an Earth Observation (EO) data company, is expanding into Brazil, one of the largest markets in Latin America. The company believes Brazil’s combination of climate pressures, rapid growth […]

Airbus has put together a consortium of German companies to develop a sovereign intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solution. The team announced Wednesday during the Berlin Air Show includes Rohde […]

Iceye’s valuation has jumped to 10 billion euro ($12 billion) after a new funding round on Tuesday, led by General Atlantic.  Iceye raised 450 million euro ($520 million) in a […]

BlackSky Technology on Tuesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) awarded the company a contract modification to speed development of its AROS multi-spectral, broad area Earth observation satellites that will […]

KSAT will lead a European satellite mission called Poseidon focused on tracking pollution, under an award announced Monday. The project intends to use optical and radar-based satellite technology to improve […]

The date is April 10. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation to strikes by the U.S. and Israel, triggering a regional war. An infamous very large crude […]

BlackSky Technology has received a large contract renewal focused on non-Earth imagery services — in which its satellites capture imagery of other objects in orbit. BlackSky said this award comes […]

Planet is building an agentic AI geospatial query, where users could ask a question like “Where are new construction sites appearing in Florida?” and get an answer.  The agent is […]

Amadeus IT Group, a travel technology provider that supports airlines and airports, will integrate Spire Global’s aviation intelligence and data into its cloud platform used in airport operations.  Under a […]

Iceye is targeting the international banking sector with a key new launch. It is bringing to market natural catastrophe monitoring solutions designed for the global banking sector. The offering will […]

Planet Labs Germany has won a significant new contract with a major government in Europe. The Greek government has signed a 2-year, 7-figure agreement with Planet that will include numerous […]

AI is entering a different phase in Earth Observation. What began as experimentation on curated datasets is now moving into operational use, where models are expected to keep working across […]

AURORA, Colo. — To ensure the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is postured to meet rapidly evolving threat and warfighters’ needs, is resilient and exploits emerging technologies, the agency’s new director […]

Commercial satellite operator and spatial intelligence provider Vantor on Thursday introduced two new classes of electro-optical imaging satellites that packaged together offer its customers high-resolution imagery and frequent revisit rates around the […]

Italy and Argentina are to continue their collaboration in the space data arena. e-GEOS, a joint venture between the Italian Space Agency and Telespazio, has signed a multi-year co-operation deal with […]

Planet recently performed AI-driven object detection directly onboard a Pelican-4 satellite, using the satellite’s onboard Nvidia Jetson Orin module.  Planet shared details on Tuesday of the recent tech milestone. On […]

On a dark, clouded night, a Russian ballistic missile submarine departs a naval base in the Arctic. A small vessel navigates the Mediterranean Sea at 15 miles per hour. A […]

Satellogic detailed plans for its next-generation ‘Merlin’ satellites, designed to provide one-meter resolution. The company said that Merlin will be differentiated by its ability to provide daily mapping of the […]

German tech startup Airmo has raised €5 million (~$5.8 million) in its seed round of funding, the company announced on Thursday. Airmo markets a proprietary sensor for detecting methane leaks […]

BlackSky has won a seven-figure renewal deal with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). It has secured this award under the company’s NGA Luno A Facility Monitoring Delivery Order. According […]

HawkEye 360 has raised a further $23 million to its Series E funding round, with participation from new investors Ghisallo, Principia Growth, and Sixty Degree Capital. Existing investor Strategic Development […]

BlackSky’s 2025 financial performance was a mixed bag, with an increase in fourth quarter revenue and a 32% increase in backlog, despite an increase in the company’s net loss and […]

Germany and Luxembourg-based sensing company Airmo will partner with satellite manufacturer EnduroSat to put its methane emissions monitoring technology into orbit, with the first satellite of a projected 12-satellite constellation […]

Japanese satellite imagery providers Axelspace and Synspective finalized agreements with SKY Perfect JSAT, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi Electric to provide optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery respectively to the Japan […]

Loft Orbital is partnering with SmartSat Cooperative Research Center to demonstrate an AI-powered wildfire detection software on its satellites, the hosted payload operator announced on Wednesday. The mission is meant […]

BlackSky Technology announced a deal with an unnamed international customer for a dedicated Gen-3 satellite, along with BlackSky’s imagery and analytics services. The deal announced Tuesday will give BlackSky’s international […]

Planet Labs’ German subsidiary is partnering with a new arm of insurance firm AXA to integrate its Earth Observation data into an AI-powered risk management system to monitor and predict […]

Software startup The Compression Company announced a $3.4 million pre-seed round of financing, led by veteran venture capital firm Long Journey, on Thursday. The Compression Company is focused on AI-driven […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Tuesday said it has awarded contracts to HEO, SatVu and Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) to provide commercial satellite-based remote sensing capabilities, marking the first of three tranches of awards […]

Sidus Space is teaming up with Simera Sense to develop next‑generation hyperspectral imaging solutions incorporating onboard data processing and analytics. The aim is to enable commercially deployable, intelligence‑driven Earth Observation […]