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On the 21st of May Task 3 of the EO Veracity project kicked off. This task aims to fulfil objective 3 of the project: Specify methods to detect potential interferences. This task, which will run until the end of October 2026, will identify and evaluate the available countermeasures to interference in EO supply chains, drawing on the outputs of Task 1 and 2. Following research into security controls, these will be translated into specific countermeasures that will be assessed on their applicability to the EO data chain for different EO products. Then a uniform evaluation methodology will be developed for analysing and assessing countermeasures. The outcomes of this activity will be presented in a future public webinar later in the year.

We would also like to announce that the recording from the second EO Veracity public webinar is now available to watch. Please visit our Resources page (link below) to watch the recording from the June 2026 public webinar.

On 03 June 2026, the EO Veracity Proof of Concept Verification project held its second public webinar. This event was attended by more than 20 stakeholders from across the Earth Observation supply chain, from data generators to end users.

The focus of this second webinar was to showcase the work done by the team investigating methods of interference in EO data chains. This includes EO data chain trust boundaries, threat actors, methods of interference and the potential impacts on end users.

At the end of the webinar there was an interactive Q&A session, designed to understand more about our stakeholders, their concerns regarding data veracity, and what they feel can be done to make EO data more trustworthy.

If you were unable to attend, or would like a recap, you can access the webinar presentation on our Resources page.

Members of the EO Veracity team will be attending the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) EXPANDEO event next week in Brussels. This year's EXPANDEO theme is 'Earth Observation: Powering Europe’s Security and Environmental Resilience'.

EXPANDEO is where the market meets to interact, network, learn about current policies and their impact on the industry, as well as reflect on challenges and explore new horizons. In particular, it aims to explore how EO solutions can support a more secure and resilient Europe. Therefore this is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the EO Veracity project and its importance to the industry.

If you are attending in person, look out for our colleagues Georgia Kalousi, of TERRA SPATIUM, and Guy Schumann, of RSS-Hydro, to pick up the latest project flyer and to discuss our latest findings on the important subject of EO data veracity.

Next week, EO Veracity team member Guy Schumann, of RSS-Hydro, will be attending the 2026 GEO Symposium and GEO-21 Plenary in Geneva from 26th to 28th May. The Symposium's theme of 'Investing in Earth Intelligence for a Resilient Future' is closely aligned to our project, which is investigating how EO data could be interfered with, how to counter this interference, and how to guarantee the veracity, or truthfulness and accuracy, of the information provided to ensure we can use EO data with confidence, now and in the future. Make sure to find Guy to pick up the latest EO Veracity flyer and hear all about our exciting and important project.

The EO Veracity project was represented at the Geospatial World Forum in Amsterdam last week, hosted at the ESA booth alongside other companies and initiatives. The event provided an opportunity to present our project within an ESA collaborative context and engage with a variety of stakeholders.

Discussions with visitors at the ESA booth and during the exhibition introduced EO Veracity's goals and objectives. Several stakeholders expressed interest in the project and requested to stay informed about its progress.

On 30 April, Frédéric Tourret delivered a presentation on EO Veracity as part of the Space2Earth seminar. The seminar featured a broad range of topics, including sensors, radar technologies, real-time optical satellite communications, and geospatial addressing systems, offering a broader perspective on the project's role in the geospatial landscape.

The European Space Agency (ESA) Data Access and Preservation (DAP) working group, a sub group of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS), has invited the EO Veracity project to present as part of their twice-annual meeting. Talking in the session addressing Data and Associated Information Preservation and Standardisation on the 7th of May, Amanda Hall and Lisa Haskell from Telespazio UK will discuss the importance of EO data veracity and how it ties into Data Provenance (Integrity and Traceability) and Context, a new topic for the DAP working group.

In two weeks time the EO Veracity project will attend the Geospatial World Forum 2026 in Amsterdam from 29th April to 1st May. You will find our colleagues Frederic Tourret and Simo Fanko, from FACTiven, at the European Space Agency booth in the Expo Tech Zone throughout the event. They will be there to talk with attendees on EO data veracity, summarising the findings related to Objective 1 of the project, and the project's progress investigating Objective 2. More on the project objectives can be found here. An update to the project flyer has also been made, and will be shared at the event.

You will also see Frederic at the Space2Earth seminar on the 30th of April, where he is a speaker in Session 3: Real-World Impact of Space & Geospatial Technologies. Frederic will be talking about Advancing Earth Observation Veracity, and the project's pioneering proof-of-concept framework for EO veracity verification. Come along to hear more.

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.

Find out all you need to know about the new EO Veracity PoC Verification project in our first information flyer.