New strategic sites monitoring solution developed by Airbus and Earthcube

PARIS - Airbus has joined forces with Earthcube, a French company specializing in the analysis of geospatial data using Artificial Intelligence (AI), to develop and market "Defense Site Monitoring", an online solution for strategic site monitoring dedicated to defense actors, combining advanced satellite imagery and AI.

The new "Defense Site Monitoring" solution combines Earthcube's expertise in the automatic identification of objects with high-resolution images from Airbus‘ 50cm Pléiades satellites and from 2021, using even higher-resolution 30cm imagery from its Pleiades Neo constellation. The algorithms used are already capable of automatically detecting, identifying and classifying aircraft and ships, both civil and military.

Image Analysts can access Defense Site Monitoring via a fully secure area on the Airbus OneAtlas digital platform. They can monitor their areas of interest and receive automated alerts and trend analysis reports.