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Vantor and Rheinmetall Partner to Build Sovereign Intelligence Capabilities for Germany
The venture will integrate satellite, airborne and mapping data into a sovereign intelligence platform for European forces, with imagery available as fast as 15 minutes.
German defense firm Rheinmetall and U.S. provider Vantor announced Friday a joint venture to provide 'spatial intelligence' to the German military, establishing a sovereign European capability for processing intelligence data.
Vantor CEO Dan Smoot stated that integrating the 'Tensorglobe' platform into a European-controlled solution allows nations to maintain operational control while delivering intelligence directly to warfighters at mission speed.
The joint capability integrates Synthetic Aperture Radar, electro-optical, and infrared imagery from government and commercial satellites, enabling customers to downlink imagery in near real time, as fast as 15 minutes after collection.
Rheinmetall has signed the third space partnership in recent months, following ventures with Bremen-based OHB and Finnish SAR provider ICEYE to bolster European intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance programs.
Under the framework of SATCOMBw Level 4, Rheinmetall's partnership with OHB will provide the Bundeswehr a secure communications architecture via 100 low-Earth orbit satellites, a project expected to cost $11.5 billion by 2029.
The objective is to deliver the core of an intelligence platform capable of processing and using data collected simultaneously from space, air and soil