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On 17 December 2025, the EO Veracity Proof of Concept Verification project held its first public webinar. This event was a great success and was attended by more than 20 stakeholders across the Earth Observation generation chain, from satellite data generators to end users. During the webinar the project was introduced, including the context of why we should verify EO data and the project objectives. A summary of the work done to date was provided before explaining what we will do now and what the project and public outcomes will be.

The finale of the project will be the production of a roadmap for EO organisations interested in protecting the veracity of the EO information chains. This roadmap will outline veracity methodologies that can protect the end-to-end EO chain and how best to implement them.

The key message of the webinar is that the project team don't want to work in isolation, but aim to meet the needs of the EO industry by engaging with EO organisations and getting your feedback. Together we can produce a roadmap that is thorough and practical to implement.

Telespazio UK, a subsidiary of Telespazio (a 67/33% joint venture between Leonardo and Thales) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to lead the European Space Agency (ESA)-funded project – Earth Observation (EO) Veracity Proof of Concept (PoC) Verification.

This project, which kicked off in September 2025 and runs for 18 months, will investigate how EO data can be interfered with, how to counter this interference, and how to guarantee the truthfulness and accuracy of the information provided.