04 Investigation & advisory
GEOINT
When a counterparty tells you a facility exists and is operating, imagery is often the only independent way to check.
Start a pilotSite visits are expensive, easy to stage and impossible at scale. Commercial satellite imagery is none of those things: it is independent, it is historical as well as current, and it does not know it is being observed.
We use satellite and open imagery to verify that a site exists, assess the activity on it, and confirm or contradict what you have been told — for due diligence on physical assets, supply-chain verification, insurance and litigation support.
01 What you receive
Deliverables.
Every engagement produces a written, sourced deliverable — not a dashboard login you will never open.
- Site verification
- Existence, condition and apparent use of a named location.
- Activity assessment
- Construction, logistics and operational indicators over time.
- Change analysis
- Historical comparison across an agreed period.
- Imagery annex
- Annotated imagery supporting each finding, with capture dates.
02 Method
How it runs.
- 01
Locate
The site is identified and confirmed from records and open sources.
- 02
Acquire
Current and historical imagery obtained for the period in question.
- 03
Analyse
Indicators of construction, occupancy, logistics and operational tempo.
- 04
Report
Findings with annotated imagery and explicit limits of interpretation.
04 Common questions
What can imagery actually tell you?
Whether a facility exists and matches its description, whether construction is genuinely progressing, whether there is vehicle and logistics activity consistent with operation, and how that has changed over time. It cannot tell you what happens inside a building, and we do not claim otherwise.
How current is the imagery?
It depends on the location and the tasking budget. Populated areas are revisited frequently; remote sites less so. We state the capture date against every finding.
Is this useful outside due diligence?
Yes — supply-chain verification, insurance and loss adjusting, environmental and planning disputes, and litigation where a physical fact is contested.
Tell us what you would want watched. We will scope a pilot on it, in writing, before anything is agreed.