ERA and HawkEye 360 to cooperate on space-based intelligence

Pardubice-based Czech company ERA is teaming up with US firm HawkEye 360 to gather intelligence from space, it said on Tuesday. HawkEye 360 uses satellites to detect radio signals from ships, aircraft and other devices, while ERA will help process the data and turn it into information for defence and security.

The satellites can identify where a signal is coming from and track changes in activity. This can help detect the movement of specific objects without having to be physically close to them.

The cooperation aims to speed up the process of turning satellite data into information that can be used for decision-making. ERA develops passive surveillance technologies and its systems are used in more than 70 countries.