Fugro is a Geo-data specialist that has expanded its expertise from the maritime sector into the space industry, particularly in remote operations and robotics. Through its Australian Space Automation, AI and Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC), Fugro supports space missions by providing infrastructure for software simulation, robotic systems control, and mission planning, including lunar missions under NASA's Artemis program. Fugro partners with organizations like the Australian Space Agency, NASA, ESA and Intuitive Machines, offering services such as satellite positioning, and contributing to the development of lunar terrain vehicles. Their activities support innovation, research, and the growth of the space industry ecosystem.
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Fieldwork for the IJmuiden Ver investigations will run from February to August 2021 and will be performed from Fugro’s DP2 geotechnical vessels.
Fugro has been awarded three geotechnical investigation contracts for IJmuiden Ver in the Dutch part of the North Sea.
The World Bank awarded a geo-data acquisition contract to Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro to assist the Government of Romania in creating national flood hazard and risk maps and flood risk management plans.
Fugro will provide Romania with digital terrain models, digital surface models, and orthoimagery covering an estimated 30,000 km².
The Fugro LADS HD+ system will be deployed to Papua New Guinea for nautical charting projects.
The LADS HD+ development complements Fugro’s lightweight Rapid Airborne Multibeam Mapping System (RAMMS), which can be operated from small aircraft or uncrewed aerial vehicles.
Fugro’s Australian-developed Pyxis cloud-based processing supports more efficient data processing by incorporating AI and machine learning.
Fugro has successfully trialled a prime upgrade to their Fugro Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) airborne lidar bathymetry system.
The improved LADS HD+ technology was developed in Fugro’s laser laboratory in Adelaide, Australia.
Fugro, a Netherlands-based geologic data company that generated €1.65 billion in revenue last year, has a payload launching on a future Loft Orbital satellite as a tech demo mission only.