AI-Powered 'Detect and Classify' SAR Product Introduced
Accelerates the Transformation of Satellite Imagery Into Actionable Intelligence
An AI-powered product that accelerates the transformation of satellite imagery into actionable intelligence has been introduced by ICEYE and SATIM that automatically detects and classifies vessels, vehicles, and aircraft with over 90% accuracy. 'Detect and Classify' provides scalable insights that eliminate the bottleneck of manual analysis and enable faster, more informed decisions for defense and security.
"This is more than just an analytics tool. We're eliminating a bottleneck between satellite imagery pixels and decision-making."
John Cartwright, ICEYE
The Detect & Classify product bundles ICEYE imagery with SATIM's AI-based imagery derivatives, delivering both the SAR image and detections and classifications of objects in the image in a single, high-confidence package. This product delivers a new level of rapid situational awareness across maritime, air, and land domains, providing powerful support to SAR analysts and their missions within the armed forces and intelligence agencies. This product launch follows a successful joint development effort between ICEYE and SATIM, first announced in February 2025.
Brought to market by ICEYE and powered by Satim's unique AI capabilities, Detect and Classify responds to a long-standing challenge with manual SAR data analysis. Traditionally, defense and intelligence organizations have relied on time-consuming manual analyses of imagery by SAR experts to extract valuable intelligence. Detect & Classify empowers SAR imagery users – no longer just SAR experts – to shorten this cycle by automating the delivery of actionable insights about what the imagery captures. ICEYE routinely delivers imagery within hours or in some cases minutes, and the Detect & Classify derivatives are delivered on the same timelines.
Intelligence analysts can now more quickly establish patterns of behavior in larger volumes of imagery; tactical teams can rapidly locate and classify assets for targeting, and maritime forces can more effectively identify and intercept illicit "dark vessels."
"Our goal with Detect & Classify is to empower our customers to make faster, more informed decisions with less effort," said John Cartwright, Senior VP of Data Product at ICEYE. "This is more than just an analytics tool. We're eliminating a bottleneck between satellite imagery pixels and decision-making, giving our users near-instant situational awareness. And it's a transformative step on the path towards 'lights-out,' machine-driven satellite imaging operations. That's a fundamental shift for defense, security, and intelligence operations that use satellite imagery."
"Combining SATIM's extensive object catalog with ICEYE's high-fidelity SAR imagery creates a powerful product that eliminates manual analysis bottlenecks and provides customers with direct access to actionable intelligence, improving situational awareness and accelerating critical decisions," said Jacek Strzelczyk, CEO of SATIM. "We've seen significant uptake of our products with customers around the globe, and this product will expand this benefit to a wider range of customers."