Sanremo, Italy. Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation Image © Italian Space Agency. Processed and distributed by e-GEOS.

Umbra and Italian company e-GEOS have signed a multi-year strategic agreement to jointly develop geospatial intelligence solutions with the COSMO-SkyMed satellites and Umbra’s constellation. 

Both entities operate synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellations. e-GEOS is the exclusive licensee of data for commercial users for the COSMO-SkyMed SAR satellites, a program from the Italian Space Agency and Italian Ministry of Defense. Umbra operates a commercial SAR constellation. 

The companies will focus on intelligence products that service use cases like infrastructure monitoring, environmental and disaster response and maritime domain awareness. e-GEOS plans to apply its proprietary AI solutions to Umbra’s SAR data to build new analytics products. 

e-GEOS, which is a joint venture between the Italian Space Agency and Telespazio, will focus on Europe and South America, and Umbra will focus on North America, Asia and other international markets. The companies previously signed a reseller agreement in 2024 which gave e-GEOS non-exclusive global distribution rights to Umbra’s SAR imagery. 

“Our joint constellation, delivered through e-GEOS’ platform and augmented by their analytics products, will stand completely alone in the market. Both companies understand the needs of defense and intelligence missions, and we’ve both built our companies and our technology from the very beginning for the quality and reliability that those missions require,” Joe Morrison, vice president and general manager of Remote Sensing at Umbra said in a statement.