Defence-adjacent (civil dual-use)
Research and development route through the defence science programme
A science-and-technology programme on all-domain situational awareness.
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Civil resilienceInfrastructure that reports before it fails.
Condition and ground-movement monitoring for the networks a country runs on, operational-technology assurance for the sites that observe them, deployable kits for restoration, and northern and remote observing for civil authorities.
Plan a deploymentUse casesOpen the explainerReference design, drawn to scale · drag to turn
In the field
Guided 3D tourMountain valley site
A private 5G tower, an automatic weather station, a compact radar and a seismic vault on real alpine terrain, joined to an edge data centre that admits, times and publishes every observation.Guided 3D tourWildfire forest
Camera masts on the ridges, a weather station in the stand and a private cell: the red ground is what the ridge camera can see.Guided 3D tourTransmission corridor
Lattice towers carry a line across open country; conductor sensors report temperature and sag, and the substation edge brings them into the grid operator’s systems.Guided 3D tourArctic station
A self-powered station on the ice: a microgrid, a low-orbit satellite terminal, a weather station, a GNSS monument and an edge node that holds data through the polar night.02Stories
How it works, in place.
Interactive stories with figures drawn to scale and every claim referenced.
All stories Place: Forest and wildfire Seeing smoke soonerA fire is cheapest to fight in its first hour. Ridge-top cameras, weather in the stand and satellite hot spots each see it at different times and scales;…Place: Mountains and avalanche terrain Snowpack, slope and signalAvalanche forecasting reasons about the likelihood and size of avalanches on given terrain. The observations behind it come from a few stations in hard…System: Resilient operations When the links failObserving systems matter most on the days infrastructure fails. Designing for that day means local autonomy, stored power, store-and-forward delivery and…03Specialized fields
Civil resilience, field by field.
Civil resilience depends on fields that rarely meet: the security of unstaffed critical sites, the time every network runs on, backup power that must start when the grid fails, and observing in the North where the ground itself is changing. Each field below has its own rules, stack, radio, power and crew work, from the first order to the running operation.
Specialized fieldCritical site security
Perimeter, intrusion and operational-technology monitoring for substations, pumping stations and other unstaffed critical sites, so operators see a threat to the site and its control systems at once.The full field →Specialized fieldTiming integrity
Time references with holdover and monitoring for grids, telecom and finance, so a country’s critical systems keep accurate time when satellite signals are jammed, spoofed or lost.The full field →Specialized fieldBackup power at critical sites
Generators, fuel, batteries and transfer switches at hospitals, water plants and telecom hubs, monitored and tested so backup power starts when the grid fails.The full field →Specialized fieldNorthern and Arctic observing
Weather, permafrost, ground movement and river and lake ice stations for northern civil authorities, built for polar night, deep cold and satellite-only backhaul.The full field →04The problem
What this industry has to measure.
Lawful dual-use civil sensing only: northern infrastructure, maritime awareness and critical-infrastructure resilience. No weapons, no positioning as a defence contractor.
01Asset condition and ground movement
02Security of the observing sites themselves
03Timing integrity
04Communications for restoration
05Remote and northern coverage
The line we hold
Lawful civil and dual-use work only, inside the published red lines. No weapons, targeting or offensive systems.
05Outcomes and proof
What you get, and how you can check it.
Every system we deliver comes with the evidence a buyer, an auditor or a regulator asks for.
What you can measure
- Asset condition and ground movement
- Security of the observing sites themselves
- Timing integrity
- Communications for restoration
- Remote and northern coverage
Proof buyers ask for
- Controlled-goods registration
- Security screening and ownership status
- Where they apply
- Are registry-gated claims and are not stated on this site
- Measurement accuracy against reference
- Time error budgets
- Uptime
- Alert lead time
The line we hold
Lawful civil and dual-use work only, inside the published red lines. No weapons, targeting or offensive systems.
06Use cases
Where it is deployed.
Worked use cases and deployment scenarios. Open one for the kit, the data products and the standards.
Use case · very high complexityNorthern civil observatory
Weather, geodetic and space-weather instruments with communications and power at a remote northern site, built for civil use that infrastructure programmes may share.- Who
- Natural-resource and environment departments, northern communities.
- Data
- Weather and space-weather observations; Search-and-rescue support data
Civil observatories supporting northern infrastructure
Weather and ionospheric observatories, communications and power at remote sites that surveillance programmes may share.The full use case →Defence-adjacent (civil dual-use)Critical-infrastructure resilience sensing
Utility and pipeline monitoring under grid-security rules.The full use case →07Solution bundles
Start with one unit. Grow to a network.
The same systems at every scale, on the open protocol, so nothing you buy is replaced as you grow.
- 01
Base unit
One station or node, specified for this industry: instruments, power, enclosure and backhaul.
Build a station → - 02
Site
A surveyed, commissioned site with its timing, its links and the evidence file a buyer can audit.
Plan a site → - 03
Fleet
Many sites run as one service: one plan, one update path, one evidence trail, one service level.
Managed offers → - 04
Network
Fleets that federate with partner grids through the open protocol, owner by owner.
The open protocol →
08Solutions
What we deliver.
Each offer is designed, deployed and run on the open protocol by Nexus Observatory Inc.
managed service
Managed Site
One accountable operator for a site end to end: power, connectivity, instruments, compute, maintenance and evidence.
How we deliver it →rental, managed service
Deployable connectivity and sensing kits
A cell on wheels with satellite backhaul, mesh telemetry and environment nodes for incident bases and events.
How we deliver it →managed service, data licence
Structural and ground-movement monitoring
GNSS, InSAR, tilt, strain and fibre sensing on bridges, dams, slopes, tailings and pipelines, with alert thresholds set by the owner.
How we deliver it →managed service, data licence
Power-grid edge and right-of-way monitoring
Line temperature and sag, vegetation encroachment from EO and LiDAR, substation sensors and fire-weather at the right-of-way.
How we deliver it →hardware + software, managed service
Timing and positioning integrity
PTP grandmasters with GNSS holdover, interference detection and timing monitoring for networks and instruments.
How we deliver it →managed service, professional services
Operational-technology assurance for observing sites
Identity, attestation, segmentation and monitoring for instruments and edge nodes, with evidence for audits.
How we deliver it →09Service platforms
The platforms behind it.
The service platforms that build the systems this industry runs on.
Service platformSensors & instruments
Measurements that carry their own proof.Service platformEarth observation & GeoAI
The ground, measured and modelled.Service platformData & licensing
Grid data, licensed for your use.Service platformEdge compute & AI
Inference beside the instrument.Service platformProtocol & Grid
Your grid, on the open protocol.Service platformSoftware
One runtime. Every node. Every state.Service platformSecurity and trust
Every node proves what it is.Service platformField services
Survey to decommission, one accountable crew.Service platformOperations centre
Every node watched. Every incident closed.Service platformConnectivity
Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.Service platformHardware & power
Built for the site, not the lab.Service platformPositioning, navigation and timing
Where and when, with the error bound.10Standards and compliance
Drawn against the standards your auditors use.
Standards the systems are drawn against
- WMO-No. 8
- IGS RINEX
- INTERMAGNET
Regulation and authority
- The line we holdLawful civil and dual-use work only, inside the published red lines. No weapons, targeting or offensive systems.
- Spectrum and sitingLicences, permits and siting are part of the plan, country by country. Country notes →
- Privacy and dataYour data stays yours, under the licence you choose. Privacy notice →
- SecurityHardware-rooted identity and signed updates on every device. Security →
11Questions buyers ask
Before you scope it.
Who sells, and who owns the data?
Nexus Observatory Inc. is the seller of record. The data your systems collect stays yours, under the licence you choose.
Do we have to buy hardware?
No. We deliver as a managed service, a data licence or a system you own.
Can we start small?
Yes. Start with one station or one site, then grow to a fleet and a network on the same open protocol, without replacing what you bought.
Which standards do the systems meet?
Each system is drawn against the open protocol and the standards it is composed from, listed on this page.
Who issues warnings and official decisions?
Lawful civil and dual-use work only, inside the published red lines. No weapons, targeting or offensive systems.
What happens after go-live?
We run the systems to a written service level, with monitoring, repair and an evidence trail, or train your team to run them.
Ready when you are.
Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it.
Plan a deploymentStation BuilderTalk to sales12Open and community
Open by default. Built with the people who use it.
Open data, open methods and the open protocol, with the people who use them.
Open projects this community builds on
- SmartICE
- SIKU
- Open Arctic weather data
Take part
13Public and civic
Neighbouring industries.
IndustryPublic safety
Warning time, gained at the sensor.IndustryGovernment
National observing infrastructure, delivered as one programme.IndustryCities
The city, measured block by block.IndustryCommunities
Connectivity and observation the community owns.IndustryHumanitarian
Observation where the need is greatest and the grid is thinnest.Bring us the site.
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