Spire Global Chosen to Aid in Maritime Collision Avoidance Research
October 05 2021 - 6:46AM
Business Wire
Longtime Customer LatConnect 60 in Partnership
with Curtin University Awarded Australian Research Council (ARC)
Federal Grant
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a
leading global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space
services announced today that LatConnect 60, an Australian-based
satellite data and insights provider, has extended their
subscription to Spire’s Automatic Identification System (AIS)
vessel tracking data. LatConnect 60 and Curtin University, Western
Australia’s largest university, have recently been awarded a
federal grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to conduct
research on maritime collision avoidance in shipping lanes.
LatConnect 60 and Curtin University’s Intelligent Sensing &
Perception Laboratory, led by Professor Ba-Ngu Vo, are creating
sensor fusion algorithms to help solve this industry-wide issue,
using data from satellite sensors, primarily Spire’s maritime
domain awareness information. Incorporating this intelligence into
maritime traffic monitoring systems is expected to result in more
effective collision and contact avoidance strategies and contribute
to more accurate predictions of traffic patterns for ship owners
and insurers.
LatConnect 60 will use Spire's space-based data as a foundation
on which to layer other data sources like satellite imagery,
drones, and IoT sensors, to get near real time appraisal of
movements in specific areas of interest. Regular and timely AIS
data like Spire’s is a critical piece of this solution to support
the accuracy and reliability of collision, contact, and traffic
prediction algorithms, decreasing the risk of collisions in narrow
shipping lanes, and in turn lowering insurance premiums for
operators that adopt the solution.
“LatConnect 60 is a valuable and long standing Spire customer.
We’re thrilled to expand our relationship with them to help power
the important research at Curtin University,” said Mark Dembitz,
APAC Sales Director of Maritime Solutions. “Partnerships between
government, academia, and industry can tackle tough challenges.
With this initiative, we will work to lower the risk of maritime
collisions to make Australia, and the world, a safer place.”
“Spire’s advanced AIS data has provided significant value to us
and we’re thrilled to build on our partnership to enhance our
capabilities,” said LatConnect 60 CEO, Venkat Pillay.
“Incorporating Spire’s proprietary data into our research work with
Curtin University will allow unprecedented insight into the
real-time location of vessels, helping avoid collisions and create
a safer and more profitable maritime industry.”
About Spire Global, Inc.
Spire is a leading global provider of space-based data,
analytics, and space services, offering access to unique datasets
and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate vantage point
so that organizations can make decisions with confidence, accuracy,
and speed. Spire uses one of the world’s largest multi-purpose
satellite constellations to source hard to acquire, valuable data
and enriches it with predictive solutions. Spire then provides this
data as a subscription to organizations around the world so they
can improve business operations, decrease their environmental
footprint, deploy resources for growth and competitive advantage,
and mitigate risk. Spire gives commercial and government
organizations the competitive advantage they seek to innovate and
solve some of the world’s toughest problems with insights from
space. Spire has offices in San Francisco, Boulder, Washington DC,
Glasgow, Luxembourg, and Singapore. To learn more, visit
http://www.spire.com.
About LatConnect 60
LatConnect 60 is an Australian company founded in Perth, Western
Australia that provides vital insights for our world. LatConnect 60
is planning to launch its own Low Earth Orbit (LEO) smart satellite
constellation in 2022 which is expected to have a global service
reach.
LatConnect 60 serves government and commercial clients by
providing greater control, exclusivity and flexibility of critical
EO data products and analytics services, in an affordable and
accessible manner. It has developed significant patented IP in this
domain and is working with leading Australian research and
development institutions to deploy its innovative LEO analytics
capabilities both on-orbit and in the field.
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