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…

Autonomous platforms need to keep navigating even when GPS doesn’t. Raptor gives them another way to know where they are. It matches what a platform sees through its existing camera with Vantor’s global 3D terrain to determine its position and stay on course. No specialized navigation hardware required. Just vision, trusted terrain, and software built to keep the mission moving. See how it works: vantor.com/product/mission-s…

👋 Hola, Mexico! 🇲🇽 Natalia Garzon and Janey Bessler took the stage at @Esri MX’s Conferencia de Usuarios 2026 to showcase how Vantor helps customers better understand what’s happening in the physical world. Natalia detailed Vantor’s capabilities, our future constellation and how AI-powered capabilities can help turn spatial data into actionable intelligence. Janey brought that story into a real-world workflow with an in-depth Site Sentry™ demo focused on energy use cases, including well pad monitoring and pipeline right-of-way monitoring. From what Vantor is building next to what customers can use today, both sessions came back to the same idea: better decisions start with a better understanding of ground truth. See how Site Sentry helps energy teams identify meaningful change and focus attention where it matters most: go.vantor.com/energy-monitor…

A flat map can only tell you so much. Buildings have height. Terrain has slope. And the physical relationships between them can change how people and machines understand a place. Vivid Terrain creates an accurate 3D representation of the real world at global scale, giving mission systems, simulations, and autonomous platforms a spatial foundation they can build on. Because understanding where something is only part of the picture. Understanding the world around it brings a different level of context. See the world in 3D: vantor.com/product/vivid/ter…

Maps display where we know things are located, but disasters can swiftly change that. For first responders, the challenge is quickly understanding what changed: which communities are cut off, which roads remain open, and where is help most urgently needed. Japan is preparing to strengthen its national approach to disaster management. A common, current view of conditions on the ground can help connect national agencies, civil governments, and response partners. Vantor has been a trusted partner to Japan for decades, from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to more recent incidents. Vantor is ready to help Japan’s new Disaster Management Agency create a shared ground truth that can complement the systems and workflows responders already use. Read more in today’s blog: vantor.com/blog/japan-disast…

We’re proud to share that Vantor has been recognized as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Tech Workers 2026. The third annual list, produced by @Forbes and @StatistaCharts, recognizes 300 employers based on feedback from more than 50,000 technology professionals across the United States. At Vantor, our people use technology, data and innovation to help solve complex challenges and create meaningful impact. We’re honored to be recognized among employers helping shape the future of work in tech. forbes.com/lists/best-employ…

In 2025, Vantor donated nearly $6.6 million in satellite imagery to support response efforts following 10 significant global events. This included imagery that provided essential insight for rapid damage assessment for a hurricane in Jamaica, wildfires in California, and flooding in Indonesia. Through our Open Data program, we continue to make spatial intelligence available when and where it can have a meaningful impact. Learn more: vantor.com/resources/2025-su… 📸: This image captures the impact of the 2025 floods in Sri Lanka and was made available through Vantor’s Open Data Program.

Pipeline operators monitor thousands of miles of right-of-way, but not every imagery change requires a field response. In Lake Charles, Site Sentry™ identified perpendicular pipeline construction, including 55 excavators, vehicles and staging areas. Object detection models identified 3,815 vehicles and pieces of construction equipment—helping analysts validate change and direct field teams to the locations that require closer inspection. Read the full example: vantor.com/blog/automating-p…

Vantor CEO Dan Smoot joined @FoxBusiness this morning to discuss how the global space race is reshaping national security—and why maintaining U.S. technological leadership matters. “We are watching the space race continue to grow. It is growing incredibly fast.” Dan said. Dan spoke about China’s expanding satellite and on-orbit capabilities, the growing role of commercial geospatial intelligence in modern conflict, and how satellite imagery, AI, and 3D mapping are helping inform modern operations. He also discussed Vantor’s support for Ukraine and the importance of continued innovation in space and technology. Watch the full interview below.