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ICEYE

ICEYE Oy

Espoo, Finland

SpaceC4ISRRadar & SensorsCommunications & SATCOMDual-use
Prime Contractor, System IntegratorSupplies Air Forces
Profile last updated: April 16, 2026

About

ICEYE is a defense prime contractor based in Espoo, Finland working in space, c4isr, radar & sensors +2 more.

ICEYE is a Finnish company that designs, builds and operates synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and ground systems. It sells complete space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems directly to governments and armed forces, including satellites, ground infrastructure, software, analytics and training, with options for national ownership, federated fleets and deployable ISR Cells. The company has supplied systems to several NATO-member and partner armed forces and has a joint venture with Rheinmetall. It also offers commercial SAR data and natural catastrophe insights for government disaster management, insurance, banking and utilities. The company states its systems are built in Europe and are ITAR-free.

Location

Espoo, Finland

Legal name

ICEYE Oy

Focus areas

SAR satellitesspace-based ISRsovereign intelligencesatellite constellationground segmentnatural catastropheEarth observation

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

SpaceC4ISRRadar & SensorsCommunications & SATCOMDefense Software & AI

Supply-chain role

Prime ContractorSystem IntegratorSoftware Developer

What they offer

HardwareSoftwareTraining

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

ICEYE SAR satellites (Gen4)

Synthetic aperture radar satellite

Small SAR satellites with a phased-array antenna offering up to 16 cm resolution across Dwell, Spot, Strip and Scan imaging modes, all-weather and day-and-night, registered as national assets.

ISR Cell

Deployable ground ISR unit

A 20ft containerised ground unit that tasks satellites, downlinks imagery, runs AI-powered target recognition and disseminates intelligence to command, operating independently of central ground infrastructure.

CONNECT

Ground station network

Global network of ground stations providing secure command uplinks and rapid data downlinks for satellite constellations.

ISR Analytics

Exploitation software

Software for managing collection requests and running an exploitation workflow from tasking to dissemination, including automatic target recognition.

End users

Air Forces

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

STANAGITAR-free

Platforms & programmes

MikroSAR

Named customers

Polish Armed ForcesSwedish Armed ForcesRoyal Netherlands Air ForcePortuguese Air ForceFinnish Defence ForcesMinistry of Defence of UkraineGerman Armed ForcesNATORheinmetall

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

Via Satellites 10 Hottest Satellite Companies

Via Satellites2025

FT1000: Europe's Fastest Growing Companies

Financial Times2025

FT1000: Europe's Fastest Growing Companies

Financial Times2024

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