Reducing the risk of bird strikes using satellite images and Ascend’s Normalised Difference Water index software (NDWI)
BROWSE PROJECTS
Based on user needs and industry skills, the evolution of customized solutions and the establishment of innovative services is accomplished through project activities. Focusing on various thematic areas, relevant information on the project activities is provided below.
EM-Grow
Status date: 06 March 2026
The project demonstrates an herbicide-free robotic weed control service using GNSS and RTK for precision navigation. An autonomous fleet identifies and removes weeds, supporting organic farming, improving yield, and increasing livestock safety. The service is delivered through a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) model operated by trained contractors.
GEOFENCE
Status date: 06 March 2026
GEOFENCE aims at achieving high-integrity, high-availability while maximizing land area utilization by intelligently fusing data from the core sensor suite, specifically addressing GNSS vulnerabilities in typical agricultural settings.
HeatScan
Status date: 05 March 2026
Using satellite thermal data and AI to detect urban heat hotspots and identify overheated buildings to support energy efficiency and climate adaptation strategies.
Pemberton Biodiversity monitoring tool
Status date: 05 March 2026
The Pemberton Biodiversity Portal leverages a time series of UAV, aerial, and satellite data, alongside derived data which is ground-truthed and then compiled into a federated biodiversity metrics dataset to provide data consumers with accredited automated remote measurement and tracking of biodiversity.
IntMAP
Status date: 02 March 2026
IntMAP delivers satellite-enhanced geo-fencing and AI-based routing intelligence for intermodal logistics hubs. It converts GNSS traces into leg-level journeys across road, rail, barge, and terminals, supporting CO₂ accounting under ISO 14083 and GLEC v3.2. Coverage includes 2 500 + hub geofences across Europe and North America, built on 1 000 + geofences in ports and terminals.
CropSnap
Status date: 26 February 2026
This service blends satellite insights with simple smartphone photos to monitor crops. By uniting Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data with on-field images and weather trends, it delivers fast, accurate, and affordable loss assessments. The result: quicker claims, lower insurance costs, and stronger protection for smallholder farmers in India—scalable to global agriculture.
SEUSS
Status date: 25 February 2026
SEUSS integrates satellite derived weather and ship position data into HR Wallingford’s underwater noise model, improving the assessment of the impact of noise on marine life
OCTAGON
Status date: 25 February 2026
OCTAGON is a suite of intelligent tools and services available in Cloud in the form of SaaS, to facilitate the decision-making process and the management of energy assets, where "intelligent" means: optimal design, dimensioning and management of the energy system, simulation and management of multiple scenarios/sites (“behind” and “beyond” the meter) and easy to use for all players in the energy system, decision makers and users.
BirdWatch
Status date: 25 February 2026
BirdWatch is an early-warning system that uses satellite data and in-shed sensors to predict disease, environmental and welfare risks across poultry farms, helping integrators and farmers act earlier and reduce losses.
Dark Vision
Status date: 23 February 2026
Using innovative space-based nighttime imagery, Dark Vision will provide an understanding of how artificial light at night (ALAN) impacts our planet ranging from the effects on human health, ecology, the environment, biodiversity and the global economy.
EO MA Track
Status date: 20 February 2026
EO-MA Track is a web-based monitoring service that delivers independent, satellite-derived evidence to strengthen ESG verification. It transforms Earth Observation data into structured, assurance-ready indicators (i.e., maps, KPIs, and trends) that support risk-based assessment of asset-level sustainability claims. Designed for verification bodies, it adds a transparent, traceable spatial layer to ESG disclosures.
Tunnll
Status date: 18 February 2026
Tunnll provides an innovative, efficient, and user-friendly local transit solution for small towns. Tunnll is a next-generation public bus service that achieves higher efficiency with advanced technologies.
AutoTrust
Status date: 13 February 2026
A cloud-based solution for the transport and logistics industry that provides 5G/4G and Satellite Communication integrated connectivity enabling continuous vehicle telemetry monitoring with data assurance and analytics.
SEM
Status date: 13 February 2026
SEM develops BathyScope, a satellite-AI SaaS service for bathymetry and sedimentation monitoring, specifically designed for rivers and inland reservoirs. The platform combines remote sensing with physics-informed models to deliver mapped depth, sediment accumulation, uncertainty layers, and time-series analytics, supporting hydropower operators, water authorities, and NGOs with faster, lower-cost evidence for maintenance planning and reporting.
Scope 3
Status date: 12 February 2026
Measuring and controlling GHG scope 3 emissions is crucial for the chemical industry goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Reliable monitoring mechanisms built from precise, trusted data, allow to calculate their precise product carbon footprints, and conduct truthful life cycle assessments. Scope 3 services fully cover the evolving needs from the industry with a user-friendly monitoring and simulation platform specialized on multi-modal transport emissions.
Lunar-TARS
Status date: 11 February 2026
Lunar-TARS is a modular, autonomous robotic arm built for extreme environments. Its versatile design supports a wide range of missions, from lunar infrastructure assembly to regolith collection, driving the growth of a sustainable lunar economy.
RTIS
Status date: 10 February 2026
DataCosmos is Open Cosmos’ proprietary platform for storing and analysing satellite imagery.
RTIS is a near-real-time information system. By leveraging DataCosmos to detect and monitor oil spills and water turbidity in the middle east with rapid delivery time, RTIS will enable the rapid response to critical situations.
SATV2X
Status date: 04 February 2026
Today there are many roads, especially in rural areas, where cellular network coverage is inadequate to sustain reliable Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The SATV2X pilot aims to address this issue by integrating satellite and 5G terrestrial networks. This integration provides ubiquitous V2X (vehicle-to-everything) radio coverage, enhancing road safety use cases through a C-ITS Platform.
SnowPower
Status date: 03 February 2026
Water resources in snow, defined by the snow water equivalent (SWE), are of key importance to supply renewable energy production through hydropower. Information of the spatial distribution and temporal evolution in SWE are essential to forecast and manage reservoir water levels and electricity production. SnowPower provides this information based on recent advances in snow remote sensing techniques.
WILDFIRE ALARM
Status date: 02 February 2026
Wildfire Alarm delivers real-time alerts from ground-based optical detectors in both remote and populated areas. By combining multiple communications technologies, it achieves affordable, low-power operation with strong signal penetration through dense forests and highly reliable, instant transmission. This approach provides an accessible, cost-effective early warning system to protect lives, property, and infrastructure from wildfires.
Project Eclipse
Status date: 29 January 2026
Following a successful feasibility study for a multipurpose shared electric fleet solution for NHS Hospitals, Project Eclipse covered the development and pilot of a new and highly innovative transport technology for Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The project was set out to reduce transport related challenges for employees and patients by providing a sustainable, optimised, fully electric fleet solution that improves access, reduces cost and helps the NHS meet ambitious Net Zero targets.