Helsinki, Finland — 12 November 2024 — Aechelon Technology, Inc. and ICEYE have announced a partnership to bring cutting-edge synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology with real-time sensor fusion and machine learning (ML) exploitation capabilities to the market. The collaboration will deliver enhanced 3D electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) situational awareness solutions, providing unparalleled insights for national defense, emergency response, and allied operations.

This innovative partnership integrates ICEYE’s advanced SAR satellite constellation with Aechelon Technology’s expertise in real-time, GPU-driven, multi-spectral 3D processing. The joint solution will empower decision-makers with intuitive, high-resolution, 24/7 SAR imagery, unaffected by night, weather or smoke, ensuring quick and effective responses to global events.

As the world’s leading provider of SAR satellite technology, ICEYE owns and operates the world’s largest synthetic aperture imaging radar constellation, offering near real-time earth observation capabilities. This partnership enhances ICEYE’s mission to deliver reliable, actionable information to global defense and response agencies.

Aechelon Technology’s advanced digital twin processing capabilities will fuse multiple ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) data sources, providing users with an in-context, realistic 3D representation of ICEYE’s SAR data powered by ICEYE’s live ISR exploitation. This high-fidelity visual representation will assist leaders in making informed, rapid decisions with a natural understanding of real-time events.

In support of the collaboration, Aechelon will deploy Image/Sensor Generators at mobile ground testing stations in Finland for field evaluations with allied nations and in the United States for ICEYE’s US-exclusive solutions.

“Meeting the ICEYE team in Finland and seeing their commitment to innovation firsthand was a career highlight,” said Javier Castellar, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Aechelon Technology. “Their relentless pursuit of technological advancement shows that the future is now. Together, our companies will provide the US and allied nations with precise, on-demand situational awareness, overcoming the limitations of weather, smoke, and night conditions. This solution not only enhances national security but also provides unique capabilities for first responders in times of natural or man-made crises, ensuring help reaches those in need when it matters most.”

“ICEYE is excited to partner with Aechelon Technology and combine the capability of the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation with Aechelon’s world-leading global database and simulation capabilities to provide customers with unparalleled situational awareness and decision-making capabilities. Aechelon Technology and ICEYE both have a culture of driving innovation and serving the most demanding customers in the US and allied national security sectors so we think we are very well positioned to work together,” says ICEYE’s Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Pekka Laurila.

Through this partnership, ICEYE and Aechelon Technology are committed to delivering transformative real-time capabilities, offering defense and response agencies a decisive edge in rapidly changing environments.

About ICEYE

ICEYE delivers unparalleled persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth faster and more accurately than ever before.

Owning the world’s largest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, ICEYE provides objective, near real-time insights, giving customers unmatched access to actionable data, day or night, even in challenging environmental conditions.

ICEYE operates internationally with offices in Finland, Poland, Spain, the UK, and the US. We have more than 700 employees, inspired by the shared vision of improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

About Aechelon Technology

Aechelon Technology is a leader in real-time computer graphics applications for training, simulation, and entertainment markets. The company provides COTS-based, high-resolution, multi-channel, geo-specific image generators, OTW, and correlated worldwide sensor databases and integration services. The company’s image generators are fielded, proven, and delivered with full logistics support and documentation. Aechelon Technology is ISO 9001:2015 certified, and is located on the Internet at www.aechelon.com and headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.