--- title: "Areas: Frontier labs | Nexus Observatory" description: "Areas of the Frontier labs platform: Pilots, Benchmarks, AI-RAN and 6G and Space and NTN. Research pilots that put new instruments…" url: https://observatory.global/labs/areas/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Frontier labs](https://observatory.global/labs/) / **Areas** # Frontier labs, area by area. Each area of the platform has its own page: the systems in it, the standards it is drawn against, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Technologies](https://observatory.global/labs/technologies/) Areas · **6** Technologies · **253** Industries · **3** **01** Areas ## Frontier labs, area by area. Choose an area for its systems, standards, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [01 PilotsNew technology, a real site, a written plan.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/labs/pilots/) [02 BenchmarksOpen data, one method, comparable results.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/labs/benchmarks/) [03 AI-RAN and 6GSensing and communication on shared compute.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/labs/ai-ran-and-6g/) [04 Space and NTNDirect-to-device and new payloads, tested.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/labs/space-and-ntn/) [05 Physical AIDrones and robots, inside published red lines.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/labs/physical-ai/) [06 Into the productFrom a result to a qualified release.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/labs/into-the-product/) **02** Open and enterprise ## Open by default. Enterprise by contract. The open layer lives on the main site, free to use and build on. Enterprise services are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc. Open, on the main site - Benchmark methods - Pilot reports, published either way Enterprise, on this site - Research pilots - Prototype engineering **03** On this site ## Where to go next. [Frontier labs TechnologiesThe layered map of what we build with.Open →](https://observatory.global/labs/technologies/) [Frontier labs ArchitectureLayers, functions and evidence.Open →](https://observatory.global/labs/architecture/) [Frontier labs IndustriesThe industry sites built on this platform.Open →](https://observatory.global/labs/industries/) [Frontier labs ResourcesExplainer, stories, specification and forms.Open →](https://observatory.global/labs/resources/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Contact](https://observatory.global/labs/contact/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Frontier labs** . 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