OKI Selected for JAXA Space Strategy Fund Phase 2 to Develop Next-Generation Infrastructure Monitoring System Combining Satellite and Ground Sensor Data

OKI announced that it has been selected as the lead organization for a technology development project under the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) publicly solicited Space Strategy Fund Phase 2. The project falls under the theme “Satellite Data Utilization System Implementation Acceleration Program: (A) Development and Demonstration of Satellite Data Utilization Systems.” The selected proposal, jointly submitted with LTS, is titled “Development and Global Deployment of a Next-Generation Infrastructure Monitoring System Through Tight Integration of Satellites and Ground Sensors.” The project will integrate satellite data, sensor data, and existing data to help customers detect early signs of abnormalities in infrastructure, enhance inspection operations, speed up maintenance decisions, and reduce future maintenance workload. OKI aims to shift infrastructure management from conventional reactive responses to preventive maintenance. In recent years, natural disasters such as landslides and ground subsidence have become more severe worldwide due to climate change. At the same time, aging infrastructure caused by urbanization and underground development has become a serious social issue. Many such disasters are known to show millimeter-scale ground surface displacement before occurring. However, conventional satellite observation data has limitations in frequency and accuracy, ground sensors cover limited areas, and inspection records are difficult to obtain frequently. Against this backdrop, OKI and LTS will develop an integrated infrastructure monitoring system capable of continuous, high-precision monitoring by combining multiple types of data. OKI will use its ground IoT sensor technologies, including its easy-to-install and highly reliable Zero Energy IoT Series, which has operational experience at around 1,000 sites in Japan and demonstration experience in Turkey and Indonesia, to acquire high-precision ground observation data. LTS will develop AI technologies that integrate wide-area satellite data such as ground deformation, localized data from ground IoT sensors such as tilt, and existing inspection and survey data held by operators. Customers will be able to build monitoring systems that do not rely solely on field patrols and visual inspections, detect abnormal signs earlier, and prioritize maintenance responses. The use of easy-to-install sensors is also expected to reduce on-site construction workload during implementation. OKI will oversee the overall project and lead collaboration with overseas partners, promoting global social implementation and expansion into overseas markets including Turkey and Southeast Asia. The company will continue leveraging its technological capabilities in social infrastructure to create value globally and address social challenges. Project overview: the technology development theme is “Development and Global Deployment of a Next-Generation Infrastructure Monitoring System Through Tight Integration of Satellites and Ground Sensors.” The implementing organizations are Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. as the lead organization and LTS, Inc. as a partner organization. The project period is scheduled from the contract signing date through the end of March 2029.