ICEYE to provide SAR satellite imagery to NATO Situation Centre

Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite specialist ICEYE announced on 28 March 2025 that it will be providing satellite data to the Situation Centre at NATO Headquarters (SITCEN), enhancing its capacity to deliver better and faster data-driven assessments to NATO decision-makers.

This first partnership established between NATO HQ and ICEYE will broaden the alliance’s access to valuable Earth observation data through the provision of ICEYE’s cutting-edge SAR imagery.

“The commercial space industry’s role in national security and defence has become more important over the last decade,” ICEYE noted in a company press release. “ICEYE works as a trusted partner with multiple governments and organisations, and has already supplied SAR data and satellites to a number of NATO allied and friendly nations. Today’s announcement deepens the collaboration with NATO.”

“ICEYE provides high-accuracy SAR satellite imaging and data to support situational awareness and decision making in defence and security settings,” stated Pekka Laurila, chief strategy officer and co-founder of ICEYE. “We are proud of the opportunity to cooperate and support NATO users and decision-makers with data from the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation, owned and operated by ICEYE.”

The latest ICEYE SAR satellites can provide 25 cm ground resolution, enabling accurate object detection and situational awareness in all weather and light conditions. To date, ICEYE has launched 48 SAR satellites into orbit.