Airbus Defence and Space, TerraNIS, and ARTAL Technologies signed a partnership agreement to boost the use of satellite imagery services by private and public international players, Airbus said on Jan. 13.
TerraNIS is a geo-information services company that works in agriculture, environment, and land management. It also provides consulting, support, and expertise for users of satellite Earth observation technologies.
ARTAL Technologies is an IT consulting and services company, specializing in software development. It has experience in software infrastructure of the aeronautics, space, and defense industries.
The partnership is aimed at intensifying the utilization of geo-information services through strong processing channels and an expanded customer portfolio. The companies are targeting customers ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and local authorities to national institutions.
“We are very happy with this collaboration, which will enable a large number of private and public players to access the best of our space technology, thanks to tailor-made services developed to precisely address their needs,” Bernhard Brenner, Head of Geo-Intelligence at Airbus Defence and Space, said in a statement.
Marc Tondriaux, CEO of TerraNIS, added, “Thanks to the ‘Eugenius’ (European Group of Enterprises for a Network of Information Using Space) initiative that we have just launched and are coordinating, we will be setting up a network of European SMEs that, each in their own region, will be providing these cutting-edge services, using the same technical platform and sharing a common catalogue of products and services.”
TerraNIS has previously worked with Airbus by offering worldwide operation and distribution of the Pixagri and œnoview precision agriculture and wine-growing services developed by Airbus Defence and Space, in partnership with ICV (Institut Coopératif du Vin) for wine-growers.
“Thanks to this technical expertise, we provide industrialisation and lifetime maintenance for the production tools developed by Airbus Defence and Space and TerraNIS for the benefit of their customers,” Pierre Duverneuil, CEO of ARTAL Technologies, said.
ARTAL Technologies has about one hundred staff, with offices in France and Canada.