Kongsberg Geospatial

Kongsberg Geospatial
Industry	Defence and Aerospace, Software
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Area served	Global
Key people	Jordan Freed (President) Tanya Hume (VP Finance and Admin) Paige Cutland (VP Sales & Marketing)
Products	TerraLens (formerly InterMAPhics) Midas IRIS UAS
Number of employees	47
Parent	Kongsberg Gruppen, Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace
Website	https://www.kongsberggeospatial.com
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Kongsberg Geospatial is a Situational Awareness and Geospatial Visualization software company located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1992 as Gallium Visual Systems Inc. and purchased in 2006 by Norwegian Defence firm Kongsberg Gruppen.^[1] It currently operates as a subsidiary of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace^[2] and in 2012, officially changed its name to Kongsberg Gallium Ltd. In 2016, the company changed its name again to Kongsberg Geospatial.^{[citation needed]}

Their current office is located in the Kanata Research Park.^{[citation needed]}

Kongsberg Geospatial primarily sells to the defense market, but has also created software for Air Traffic Management, Air Traffic Control Simulation and Training, and Vessel Traffic Management applications. Its primary customers are government and military, or prime contractors.^{[citation needed]}

Partnership

In 2019, Kongsberg Geospatial and AiRXOS partner for the management to provide automated, unmanned traffic control systems across essential infrastructure.^[3]

In May 2020, Kongsberg Geospatial, Larus Technologies, and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association of Canada (CASARA) to help establish innovative approaches for drone usage in search and rescue operations in rural areas around Canada leveraging geospatial tools, artificial intelligence, and computer vision software.^[4]

References

^ "Kongsberg Gallium Announces Company Name Change to Kongsberg Geospatial".
^ Kongsberg - Buys Gallium Software of Canada
^ "Kongsberg Geospatial and AiRXOS partner on UTM airspace management for critical infrastructure". GPS World. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ "Kongsberg Geospatial, Partners to use AI and UAS to improve search and rescue ops in Canada". AUVSI. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[1] "Kongsberg Gallium Announces Company Name Change to Kongsberg Geospatial".

[2] Kongsberg - Buys Gallium Software of Canada

[3] "Kongsberg Geospatial and AiRXOS partner on UTM airspace management for critical infrastructure". GPS World. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[4] "Kongsberg Geospatial, Partners to use AI and UAS to improve search and rescue ops in Canada". AUVSI. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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