ETFOptimize | High-performance ETF-based Investment Strategies

Quantitative strategies, Wall Street-caliber research, and insightful market analysis since 1998.


ETFOptimize | HOME
Close Window

Spire Launches New Space-Based Radio Frequency Intelligence Capabilities for Defense and Security

Spire strengthens its Space Reconnaissance portfolio with new data products that deliver enhanced situational awareness and sovereign-ready solutions

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced the expansion of its Space Reconnaissance portfolio with new radio frequency (RF) geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) capabilities. Designed to support both U.S. and international missions, the enhanced offering delivers persistent monitoring, real-time geolocation, and multi-layered situational awareness.

With this expansion, Spire aims to enable government agencies, the security and defense sectors, and integrators worldwide to access advanced RF intelligence tools tailored to a wide range of mission needs such as emergency beacon detection, GNSS interference tracking and more.

Once collected, signal data is processed through Spire’s detection and geolocation engine and delivered via secure, cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring fast and reliable access to RF insights. For customers requiring full control over mission infrastructure and data, the solution also supports sovereign-ready deployments. Spire’s satellites currently collect signals across the VHF, UHF, and L bands.

As part of Spire’s expanded Space Reconnaissance portfolio, customers can now:

  • Detect unauthorized or unregistered radio signals across land, sea, and air
  • Collect and process unencrypted, publicly broadcast voice transmissions from space using AI to transcribe, translate, and summarize even short or noisy signals in near real time
  • Trigger third-party satellite imagery to visually validate signal activity on the ground
  • Identify and track emitters over time for persistent signal monitoring

“Today’s security environment demands faster, smarter insights and that starts with knowing what’s happening on the ground in near real time,” said Iain Goodridge, senior director of radio frequency geolocation products at Spire. “With our enhanced RF detection and geolocation capabilities, we’re equipping partners and agencies globally with the intelligence they need to make confident, informed decisions — even in the most complex and hard-to-reach environments."

Spire continues to invest in expanding its RF capabilities, including the development of next-generation satellite clusters with greater signal collection, onboard processing, and downlink performance. In June 2024, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Spire a $14 million contract to develop and deploy a cluster of satellites designed to detect and track moving objects on Earth with the goal of enhancing situational awareness for U.S. defense operations. Additional detection clusters are scheduled to launch no earlier than late 2025 through 2026 to increase revisit rates and extend coverage across priority regions.

“Radio Frequency Geolocation (RFGL) has become a valuable part of our commercial monitoring capabilities. Spire’s RFGL product gives us consistent, global coverage day, night, and through bad weather, which allows us to track RF emissions from things like radar systems, broadcast towers, and communication infrastructure,” said Luke Fischer, CEO and co-founder of SkyFi. “This helps us understand shifts in activity, changes in asset usage, or identify potential disruptions across markets we care about. Spire has been a solid partner: responsive, fast, and willing to adapt their tools to real-world use.”

Learn more about Spire’s RF Detection and Geolocation solutions.

About Spire Global, Inc.

Spire (NYSE: SPIR) is a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, offering unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth so that organizations can make decisions with confidence in a rapidly changing world. Spire builds, owns, and operates a fully deployed satellite constellation that observes the Earth in real time using radio frequency technology. The data acquired by Spire’s satellites provides global weather intelligence, ship and plane movements, and spoofing and jamming detection to better predict how their patterns impact economies, global security, business operations and the environment. Spire also offers Space as a Service solutions that empower customers to leverage its established infrastructure to put their business in space. Spire has offices across the U.S., Canada, UK, Luxembourg, Germany and Singapore. To learn more, visit spire.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including information regarding our plan to launch additional satellites, management's view of Spire’s future expectations, plans and prospects, including our views regarding future execution within our business, and the opportunity we see in our industry, within the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the results of Spire to be materially different than those expressed or implied in such statements. Certain of these risk factors and others are included in documents Spire files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, Spire’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2024, as well as subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on Spire’s future results. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. Spire cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Finally, Spire expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Contacts

Stock Quote API & Stock News API supplied by www.cloudquote.io
Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes.
By accessing this page, you agree to the following
Privacy Policy and Terms Of Service.


 

IntelligentValue Home
Close Window

DISCLAIMER

All content herein is issued solely for informational purposes and is not to be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor should it be interpreted as a recommendation to buy, hold or sell (short or otherwise) any security.  All opinions, analyses, and information included herein are based on sources believed to be reliable, but no representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, is made including but not limited to any representation or warranty concerning accuracy, completeness, correctness, timeliness or appropriateness. We undertake no obligation to update such opinions, analysis or information. You should independently verify all information contained on this website. Some information is based on analysis of past performance or hypothetical performance results, which have inherent limitations. We make no representation that any particular equity or strategy will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown. Shareholders, employees, writers, contractors, and affiliates associated with ETFOptimize.com may have ownership positions in the securities that are mentioned. If you are not sure if ETFs, algorithmic investing, or a particular investment is right for you, you are urged to consult with a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Neither this website nor anyone associated with producing its content are Registered Investment Advisors, and no attempt is made herein to substitute for personalized, professional investment advice. Neither ETFOptimize.com, Global Alpha Investments, Inc., nor its employees, service providers, associates, or affiliates are responsible for any investment losses you may incur as a result of using the information provided herein. Remember that past investment returns may not be indicative of future returns.

Copyright © 1998-2017 ETFOptimize.com, a publication of Optimized Investments, Inc. All rights reserved.