Amazon Leo has made inroads into the construction industry with a new agreement with Hitachi Construction Machinery, now part of its service preview for enterprises.
Under an agreement announced Wednesday, Hitachi Construction Machinery will deploy portable Amazon Leo antennas at construction sites in the U.K. and Germany starting this year. It plans to use Amazon Leo connectivity for machine health reports, downloading service manuals in the field, real-time maintenance alerts and uploading inspection reports.
There’s an Amazon Web Services (AWS) tie-in as well, because Hitachi Construction Machinery runs its global service network that collects machine operation and maintenance data on AWS. The Amazon Leo connectivity will allow the machines to access the AWS cloud.
The companies said that this connectivity will also allow Hitachi Construction Machinery to explore AI-driven predictive maintenance.
“Our mission is to maximize customers’ machine uptime while minimizing total cost of ownership for our customers. Signing this agreement with Amazon Leo represents a major step toward verifying our vision of connecting all construction sites through communication—regardless of location. With reliable satellite connectivity, we can deliver high-quality ConSite services at every job site in the world and, in the future, enable real-time AI analysis of operation data to further benefit our customers.”
Amazon Leo is preparing for an initial service rollout this year. The constellation has 367 satellites after its most recent launch by Arianespace last week.
