Frontier · Remote sensing and Earth observation · Radar, lidar and microwave sensors
GNSS reflectometry
Reflected navigation signals for ocean wind, soil moisture and flood extent from low-cost receivers.
WMO OSCAR/Space
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Structural and ground-movement monitoring for bridges, dams, tunnels and slopes, drone survey and 3D twins for construction, satellite interferometry over whole networks, and deployable kits for the site before the permanent network exists. Needs: displacement and deformation, vibration and strain, ground movement over wide areas, as-built geometry and site connectivity during construction.
At the frontier
Sensors that report changes per pixel at microsecond rates with very low power. We integrate it. We take it to a real infrastructure site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. Every reading and every change leaves a record that can be checked later.
At the frontier
Atomic sensors with higher sensitivity and less drift for geophysics and navigation backup. We integrate it. We take it to a real infrastructure site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. It runs on the open Observatory Protocol, so other providers can join.
At the frontier
Acoustic, temperature and strain sensing along existing fibre for seismic, slope and pipeline monitoring. We design, integrate and deploy it. We take it to a real infrastructure site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. The same design repeats from the first site to the last.
At the frontier
Correcting low-cost sensors against reference sites with models whose drift is monitored. We design, integrate and operate it. We take it to a real infrastructure site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. Crews, software and records stay the same as the network grows.
At the frontier
Unattended water sampling for biodiversity and pathogen detection. We integrate it. We take it to a real infrastructure site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. Crews, software and records stay the same as the network grows.
At the frontier
Field-scale soil moisture and snow water from neutron counts. We design, integrate and deploy it. We take it to a real infrastructure site under a written pilot plan before it becomes a release. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure.
Trust
A node joins only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Keys stay in secure hardware, software arrives signed, and every reading carries a signature, so its origin can be checked by anyone downstream without asking us.
Time and place
Readings are stamped against a disciplined clock, from satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, together with the station position and its siting record. When time or position is degraded, the record says so instead of hiding it, and every analyst downstream sees the same warning.
Updates
Software and configuration reach the fleet in rings: a canary site first, then a few, then all, each ring gated on health and data completeness. A failed gate stops the wave and returns each node to its last good release, without a site visit.
Operations
The operations console shows every node with its state, its plan and its evidence. Alerts arrive with their data and a runbook; acknowledging one opens a work order, and an incident closes only when the cause is recorded and the fix verified.
What you get
GNSS, InSAR, tilt, strain and fibre sensing on bridges, dams, slopes, tailings and pipelines, with alert thresholds set by the owner. Delivered as managed service and data licence, for infrastructure, mining and pipeline operators, transport agencies. Scale: Asset portfolios. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure on your own dashboard.
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Tell us the sites, the measurements and the people who will use them. We reply with a design and a scope for infrastructure. An engineer replies with a survey proposal and a scope, and the plan grows from one site to the network you need, at your pace.
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Ranked by how closely each serves what this industry needs to observe. Each item names the specification or standard it is drawn against.
Frontier · Remote sensing and Earth observation · Radar, lidar and microwave sensors
Reflected navigation signals for ocean wind, soil moisture and flood extent from low-cost receivers.
WMO OSCAR/Space
Frontier · Remote sensing and Earth observation · Tasking, ground segment and access
Laser downlink terminals that relieve radio spectrum limits, with weather-diverse site networks.
CCSDS 141.0-B (optical communications physical layer)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Earth observation payload classes
In-orbit screening, compression and detection that downlink results instead of raw data and shorten time to alert.
CCSDS 122.0-B (image data compression) · CCSDS 123.0-B
Frontier · Spectrum, timing and PNT · Spectrum monitoring and interference management
Many inexpensive receivers at sites forming a continuous spectrum picture.
Rec. ITU-R SM.1880 · ITU Handbook on Spectrum Monitoring
Frontier · Spectrum, timing and PNT · Spectrum monitoring and interference management
Models that recognise signal types and anomalies in monitoring data.
ITU Handbook on Spectrum Monitoring
Frontier · IoT, LPWAN and mesh · Satellite IoT and non-terrestrial networks
Regenerative satellites that hold uplinked data until a ground station is in view.
3GPP Rel-19 IoT-NTN store-and-forward work item
Frontier · IoT, LPWAN and mesh · Satellite IoT and non-terrestrial networks
5G NR links from satellites to standard devices, including RedCap over NTN in Rel-19.
3GPP TS 38.300 (Rel-17 NR NTN) · 3GPP TR 38.821 (NR NTN solutions)
Frontier · IoT, LPWAN and mesh · Satellite IoT and non-terrestrial networks
LPWAN modulations received by satellites for remote sensors with very small payloads.
LoRaWAN Regional Parameters RP002 (LR-FHSS)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Communications payloads, NTN and direct-to-device
Payloads that demodulate, route or run base-station functions in orbit, cutting gateway dependence and latency.
3GPP Rel-19 NR NTN enhancements (regenerative payload) · 3GPP TS 38.300
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Communications payloads, NTN and direct-to-device
Satellites serving unmodified phones in terrestrial mobile spectrum to extend coverage at the edge of networks.
FCC Supplemental Coverage from Space framework (2024) · ITU WRC-27 agenda item 1.13 (Resolution 253 (WRC-23))
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Communications payloads, NTN and direct-to-device
Satellites that collect data when out of gateway view and deliver later, suited to sparse sensor networks.
3GPP Rel-19 IoT NTN store-and-forward
Frontier · GIS, maps and GeoAI · 3D, BIM and digital twins
Twins updated continuously from sensors, cameras and EO, with provenance on every change.
OGC SensorThings API 1.1 · OGC API – Connected Systems
Frontier · GIS, maps and GeoAI · 3D, BIM and digital twins
Overlaying the twin on the real site for crews through located and oriented devices.
OGC GeoPose 1.0
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links
Laser crosslinks giving multi-gigabit, low-interference routing in space without spectrum licensing.
SDA Optical Communications Terminal Standard · CCSDS 141.0-B (optical communications physical layer)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links
Laser downlinks to optical ground stations for very high data volumes, managed with site diversity against cloud.
CCSDS 141.0-B (optical physical layer) · CCSDS 142.0-B (optical coding and synchronisation)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links
Relays in higher orbit that give near-continuous contact to LEO spacecraft and cut data latency.
CCSDS 141.0-B · CCSDS 401.0-B (RF and modulation systems)
Frontier · Satellite and space systems · Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links
Satellite links distributing quantum keys between distant ground sites as a research path for key exchange.
ITU-T Y.3800 (QKD network overview) · ETSI ISG QKD specifications
Frontier · Ground segment · Earth station spectrum coordination and interference
Studies and tools for satellite services sharing mobile bands, including direct-to-device.
ITU WRC-27 agenda item 1.13 (Resolution 253 (WRC-23))
Frontier · In situ sensors and instruments · RF, acoustics, cameras and radar
Sensors that report changes per pixel at microsecond rates with very low power.
EMVA 1288 (reference for characterisation)
Frontier · AI systems · Foundation models for Earth observation and geospatial
Vector representations of places and scenes that make large archives searchable by example.
OGC GeoAI Domain Working Group
Frontier · AI systems · Foundation models for Earth observation and geospatial
Generative methods that sharpen or fill imagery, labelled as model output with stated uncertainty.
ISO 19157-1
Frontier · AI systems · Foundation models for Earth observation and geospatial
Learned models that emulate numerical weather prediction at much lower compute cost.
WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System (WIPPS)
Frontier · Core and transport networks · Fibre and optical transport
Using telecom fibre as a sensor for vibration, temperature and strain along its route.
IEC 61757 (fibre optic sensors)
Frontier · Remote sensing and Earth observation · Optical, spectral and thermal sensors
Retrieval of the faint fluorescence of photosynthesis as a direct signal of plant stress.
CEOS WGCV Land Product Validation subgroup
Survey, design, deployment and operation for infrastructure. The form names who receives your details.
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