Author: Arvind Rampal
Arvind Rampal serves as Global Head of Commercial Strategy at LatConnect 60 (LC60), where he leads the global commercialisation of the company's sovereign Earth Observation and AI capabilities. He is responsible for forging strategic partnerships with governments, defence organisations, multinational enterprises, and industry partners, accelerating the adoption of next-generation satellite intelligence across the security, climate, energy, and critical infrastructure sectors. With over 16 years of international leadership experience, Arvind specialises in commercialising emerging space technologies, developing strategic partnerships, and translating innovation into operational capability and long-term strategic value.
SWIRSAT White Paper
Modern intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) architectures face an evolving crisis of certainty. Environmental degradation—such as smoke, dust, haze, and coastal humidity—coupled with sophisticated adversarial camouflage, routinely blinds traditional visible satellite imagery. LatConnect 60 is publihsing its comprehensive new white paper detailing how its upcoming SWIRSAT constellation delivers Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) data as a critical, […]
Why SWIR Is the Missing Layer in Modern ISR
For years, satellite ISR has been measured in familiar terms: spatial resolution, revisit frequency, geographic coverage. These still matter, but operational experience across maritime security, land operations, and post-event assessment points to a more fundamental constraint they don’t capture. Imagery can be successfully collected and still fail to deliver a confident answer. The bottleneck isn’t […]
Sovereign Space ISR: How LatConnect 60’s SWIRSAT Reflects a New Procurement Model for Allied Defence
For decades, defence ISR procurement meant a stark choice: build costly national satellite systems, or buy data access from established commercial providers on terms that limited control over tasking, sovereignty, and long-term availability. The SWIRSAT programme, developed by Australian Earth observation company LatConnect 60, offers a case study in how this is shifting — blending […]
LC60 Opens Western Australia’s First Commercial Satellite Assembly Clean Room
In the latest 9News report, space company LC60 showcased its newly opened satellite assembly clean room at Edith Cowan University (ECU), marking a major milestone for Western Australia’s growing space sector. The facility is one of only a few satellite-grade clean rooms in the state and the only one capable of supporting the delicate assembly […]
LatConnect 60 announces accelerated growth investment round to build AUKUS-aligned Highest Resolution SWIR Satellite constellation
From two SWIRSAT missions to 18 satellites and a planned 100-satellite constellation by 2035, LatConnect 60 sets out its ambition to lead the next generation of dual-use Earth intelligence from Western Australia.Perth, Western Australia — 21 May 2026 — LatConnect 60 (LC60), an Australian Earth observation and AI company, announced its growth investment round that is in-progress to […]
Space42 and LatConnect 60 Expand Access to Advanced Geospatial Intelligence
Abu Dhabi, UAE – December 22, 2025: Space42 (ADX: SPACE42), the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, has entered an agreement with LatConnect 60 (LC60 AI), an Australian Earth Observation provider, to collaborate on advanced geospatial intelligence solutions for government and commercial customers. The partnership combines both companies’ space-based data and analytics platforms to deliver faster, more […]