Your drone’s camera can do more than see. With Vantor Raptor, it can help the drone navigate without GPS.
Raptor pairs existing video with accurate 3D terrain data for absolute positioning, autonomous navigation, and a live 3D view for operators—all without specialized camera hardware.
@BreakingDefense explores Raptor in real-world UAS operations: breakingdefense.com/2026/04/…
The @DefenseIntel latest Challenges to Security in Space report makes clear that competition in space is accelerating as China and Russia advance their capabilities.
The report documents China’s expanding presence in space, including reusable space systems, and features Vantor’s WorldView Space imagery of a Chinese spaceplane in orbit in 2024. Our analysts provide additional context on the image in the graphic below.
Commercial space is now a critical part of the national security toolkit. Commercial imagery and analysis give the U.S. and its allies greater visibility into activity in orbit and help decision-makers understand emerging capabilities. Continued investment in these capabilities is essential as the space domain becomes increasingly contested.
Read the full DIA assessment and view the Vantor image on page 53: dia.mil/Portals/110/Images/N…
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TOMORROW: Join SpaceNews and @vantortech on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a conversation on how machine learning is transforming the GEOINT mission across different markets.
Speakers:
John-Isaac "jC" Clark, vice president and head of AI products, Vantor
Mark Munsell, executive director, GeoSTL
Jackie Barbieri, chief executive officer, Whitespace
Moderated by Sandra Erwin, senior staff writer, SpaceNews
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How can energy teams sift through thousands of miles of infrastructure to spot changes that warrant a closer look?
In our webinar with @OGJOnline, Vantor’s Bill Tinney demonstrates how Site Sentry uses AI-powered change detection to automatically flag locations for further analysis. Spatial intelligence can help teams move from broad monitoring to identifying where action may be needed.
Watch the webinar: go.vantor.com/webinar-energy…
Vantor has been named one of @Forbes' America’s Dream Employers 2027! The recognition highlights organizations where college students and employees aspire to work and build their careers.
At Vantor, we’re forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, combining AI, advanced technology and human expertise to help customers solve complex challenges and make better decisions.
👉 See the full list: forbes.com/lists/americas-dr…
🔍 Explore careers: vantor.com/careers/
The Vantor Foundation’s 2026 grants support six nonprofits expanding access to STEM education and building more resilient communities. Through sustained investment and strong partnerships, we’re helping advance both.
Rosie Riveters, @BGCMetroDenver and @ScienceBuddies are helping students experience hands-on STEM, build skills and explore future careers.
@JaneGoodallInst, @AmazonTeamOrg and @geosafety are protecting ecosystems, safeguarding Indigenous communities and helping neighborhoods prepare for disasters and climate impacts. Congratulations to all six recipients.
Read more: vantor.com/blog/vantor-found…
As the U.S. Army accelerates its modernization efforts, operating without reliable GPS or connectivity is becoming a critical consideration.
In a new @WashTimes article, Vantor’s Will Cocos discusses how Tensorglobe, our spatial intelligence platform, helps address this new reality by providing an accurate 3D representation of the physical world that supports navigation and operations in contested environments.
Vantor’s capabilities enable autonomous systems to navigate using on-board technology rather than depending on external positioning signals, helping maintain critical capabilities when traditional systems are unreliable.
Read the full coverage: washingtontimes.com/news/202…
A rare view of concerning activity in orbit.
From Oct. 16–18, a Russian satellite made several close approaches to a U.S. commercial satellite. This image, collected by Vantor’s WorldView Space capability on Oct. 17, shows Russian Cosmos 2612 at an estimated distance of about 1 km from ICEYE-X36.
“This image captures a reality long recognized by our national security leaders—space is becoming increasingly contested. Seeing one spacecraft repeatedly maneuver close to another raises serious concerns about capability and intent.”—Dan Smoot, Vantor CEO.
With WorldView Space, Vantor’s non-Earth imaging capability lets us collect images of other spacecraft in orbit, helping us better understand how they’re operating and spot activity that warrants a closer look.
Read @axios's exclusive coverage: axios.com/2026/10/22/space-w…
Explore WorldView Space: vantor.com/product/worldview…
Activity on a job site can tell you a lot about how a project is progressing: Where and when is equipment appearing? How is it changing over time? Where is work advancing or slowing down?
On-site visits provide a point-in-time view. Persistent monitoring with Vantor provides another perspective, helping teams track activity consistently across multiple projects without being physically present at each one.
By analyzing site signals over time, teams can identify patterns of activity and better understand how a project is progressing, leading to better decision-making.
Our Monitoring Construction Signals from Space eBook shows how these capabilities come together, with real-world examples from projects around the globe.
See what construction signals can reveal: go.vantor.com/monitoring-con…
Mine sites are constantly changing. Tracking those changes across pits, stockpiles and tailings facilities can require frequent surveys, especially when teams need accurate information to support engineering decisions.
@PhotoSat_Info combines their deep-learning workflows with Vantor’s high-resolution satellite imagery to create high-accuracy topographic surveys and measurements of site conditions over time.
The result is a clearer understanding of how operations are evolving, helping mining teams monitor development, assess changes, and plan with greater confidence while reducing the need for frequent site visits.
Explore how PhotoSat and Vantor are generating actionable mining intelligence: photosat.ca/blog/turning-sat…
This fall, Vantor’s Raptor team completed successful flight demonstrations for the Australian Defence Force and joined defense leaders, customers and partners at Land Forces in Australia and the Modern Warfare Conference in Romania.
Three themes stood out in conversations about the future of autonomous operations:
• Resilient navigation when GPS is unavailable or unreliable
• Spatial intelligence that turns observations into actionable insight
• Connected systems that help platforms, sensors and teams coordinate
At Land Forces, Vantor Chief Product Officer Peter Wilczynski explored these ideas in his keynote. Raptor was also one of nine solutions shortlisted from 230 submissions for the Australian Army’s Army Innovation Day 2026. Thanks to everyone who joined the conversations.
Learn more about autonomy that doesn’t rely on GPS: go.vantor.com/autonomy-witho…
A clear view of a data center site is useful. Understanding what changed—and what it means—is where the picture becomes more valuable, avoiding fragmented reporting, delayed updates, and reliance on site visits.
In this demo, see how Site Sentry™, Vantor’s site monitoring solution, automates recurring imagery collections based on the cadence a user needs, creating a consistent awareness of construction progress and activity over time.
From there, use AI-powered analysis to put those observations into context. Across a portfolio, that intelligence can help teams validate project milestones and capital deployment, identify potential slowdowns, and determine when future capacity may be moving toward completion.
Explore the data center monitoring solution: vantor.com/resources/data-ce…
Vantor welcomed @nttdata_inc Executive Vice President Satoru Yanagimachi and team to our Colorado headquarters to discuss opportunities to build on our relationship, along with the potential of our next-generation satellites, Vantor Vantage and Pulse.
The conversation centered on a shared ambition: building a digital twin that keeps pace with reality. Tensorglobe, Vantor’s end-to-end spatial intelligence platform, makes that possible by anchoring sensor data, customer and partner inputs, and mission workflows to trusted ground truth, creating a living operational picture that people and systems can act on with confidence.
Thank you to Satoru Yanagimachi and the NTT DATA team for the thoughtful exchange.
As a Vantor Purpose Partner, the Amazon Conservation Team (@AmazonTeamOrg) and its local partners use spatial intelligence to identify mining activity, track dredges and provide actionable information to relevant authorities and partner institutions.
That work helped document hundreds of illegal mining barges, which informed actions that contributed to the destruction of more than 115 barges—while reducing the need for potentially invasive overflights in sensitive areas.
See how ACT and its partners are turning insight into action to help protect the Amazon: vantor.com/blog/protecting-t…
Fresh off the satellite today! 🪐🛰️
This incredible image of Saturn was taken by WorldView Legion on October 7, 2026 —from nearly 1.5 billion kilometers away.
Even at that distance, WorldView Legion was still able to see the planet and surrounding stars clearly.
A remarkable view of Saturn. And a remarkable demonstration of our imaging capabilities.
Learn more about WorldView Space: vantor.com/product/worldview…
For a decade, Ecopia and @vantortech have turned satellite imagery into high-precision map data across every inhabited continent, from 20M buildings in Australia to 300M+ vectors across India.
Learn about the partnership in more detail at the link in comments. 🌎
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