The ability to accurately characterize either fixed objects or moving targets is a critical need for security, defence and intelligence purposes. Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems are revolutionizing this domain, and advancements in Inverse SAR (ISAR) techniques offer unprecedented improvements in moving target identification and analysis. Current EO systems can provide very high-resolution (VHR) …
The combined use of traditional satellite SAR and Inverse SAR (ISAR) techniques applied to SAR data has been investigated to assess their impact on feature extraction processes and improvements in data fusion results. Unlike SAR, which uses the radar platform’s motion to generate a synthetic aperture for imaging, ISAR relies on the motion of the …
Trafficability of open terrain remains a key issue in national security applications, both in operational and strategic defence planning context. Whereas in a strategic context, the planning entities may rely on irregularly updated soil maps produced on a national level and lower resolution, in operational (tactical) context, for planning defensive routes or predicting opponent’s offence, …
Development and testing of novel Deep Learning based methods for detection and classification of priority features of interest (tents, vehicles, rotary wing aircraft etc).
EO-FIN is one of the ESA best practice series of projects with a focus on the financial management sector. The main aim of the EO-FIN project is to understand the Financial Management sector’s requirements for geospatial information and what the current (including near future), capabilities of EO are to support the Financial Management sector’s needs …
Bolivia became the world’s top importer of mercury since 2019, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), which tracks global trade flows. The reason for that sits behind the booming small-scale artisanal gold mining industry, associated with the global gold price rise in recent years. The use of mercury in gold mining has severe …
The project sets out to use EO and geologic information to detect and monitor artisanal & small-scale mining (ASM) activities in tropical areas. ASM is an important economic factor in developing countries but poses serious environmental, health, and criminal threats to local communities. The associated deforestation is also a considerable factor in regional and global climate …
Starting from the end of 2019, the virus spread all over the world began a pandemic that has led governments to enforce restrictions aimed at ensuring social distancing and, thus, decreasing Covid-19 spread. Italy has been the first country in Europe to be heavily impacted by this pandemic and to impose such restrictions. These restrictions …
The “New Space” sector remodels the space industry. The multiplication of disruptive innovation methods has increased the possibilities offered in various fields: observation, telecommunication, bugging, navigation assistance, etc. Thus, video acquisition from space offers exciting perspectives of uses. The number of use cases could be numerous if the promises in terms of resolution, acquisition time or …
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) is defined by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as the effective understanding of anything associated with the maritime domain that could affect the security, safety, economy, or environment. In the context of MDA activities, the complete understanding of the current maritime picture, as well as a deep knowledge of the maritime …
