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Visualization of Carmenta Engine analysis. Integration with Ros 2 NAV2 framework.

Bringing dynamic route intelligence to UGVs at the edge

Discover how Carmenta Terrain Router integrates with ROS 2 Nav2 to enable real-time UGV route replanning, terrain-aware navigation, and improved survivability.

This image is from the Carmenta UAS Mission Kit demo application. The image shows a target area in grey, with an intervisibility analysis showing how much of the target area that is visible from each point. In the middle, in red, is an enemy 3D line-of-sight analysis. With the help of these analyses the turquise waypoints have been placed and a UAV route generated.

How TRL Accel fast-tracked development with Carmenta UAS Mission Kit

TRL Accel are currently developing a lightweight, modular UAS demonstrator that requires a high-performance C2 software solution. To solve several technical challenges and keep ambitious timelines on track, they turned to Carmenta UAS Mission Kit.

Celab Communications customer Bergslagens Räddningstjänst

Celab Communications: “Carmenta has support for virtually any geodata format”

Celab Communications uses both Carmenta Engine and Carmenta Server to power solutions that enhance personal security for business personnel and first responders in the field.

Whitepaper: Geospatial Intelligence for UAS

The evolving threat landscape in military operations underscores the importance of precise, adaptive, and intelligence-driven mission planning. Explore how geospatial analysis empowers UAVs to adapt to these challenges by enhancing situational awareness and supporting human and autonomous decision-making processes.

The image shows a map of a coastal area. It shows a cross-domain UxS scenario with a USV route shown in green, a UGV route shown in pink and a UAV route shown in yellow.

Uncrewed Military Mobility Across All Domains

Multi-domain operations demand a high degree of interoperability, real-time responsiveness, and adaptive decision-making across diverse and often contested environments. Discover how Carmenta technology enables seamless coordination of uncrewed systems (UxS) across land, air, and sea in modern multi-domain operations.

Screenshot from the webinar "Optimizing Firing Position Usage for Survivability and Effectiveness in Artillery Shoot-and-Scoot Tactics". showing a map with "Problem Overview"

Webinar: Optimizing Firing Position Usage in Artillery Shoot-and-Scoot Tactics

Did you miss the presentation of our technical paper at GVSETS 2025? Watch the full presentation as an on-demand webinar and learn about maximizing the number of firing positions while minimizing travel time under strict movement constraints.

HENSOLDT: “We see significant time savings in development”

In this customer story, the team at HENSOLDT share how Carmenta’s geospatial technologies are at the heart of their mission planning software, such as the modular mission support system OPTARION.

Optimizing Firing Position in Artillery Shoot-and Scoot Tactics

In shoot-and-scoot tactics, a common rule is that artillery units should not reuse firing positions; a more cautious rule is that they should not even pass near an old firing position when relocating.

Empowering Atlas Elektronik's SeaCat AUV

Atlas Elektronik GmbH are using Carmenta technology to support the operation of its uncrewed underwater system, SeaCat. This collaboration highlights the advanced capabilities of Carmenta's geospatial technology in supporting autonomous underwater vehicles.

In the image, robust areas are shown in green and non-robust areas in orange/red. This shows how a route by the lake is not robust.

Real-time Geodata Analysis Powers Military Logistics in Land Operations

By integrating live terrain data, AI-driven route planning, and dynamic supply coordination, advanced real-time geospatial analytics are key enablers of robust, adaptive military logistics in fast-changing, high-risk environments.

The image shows color coded AI-generated land cover data. Red areas are non-traversable. Green and orange areas are grass and fields. Grey areas are paved areas.

AI-Powered Geospatial Intelligence by SE3 Labs and Carmenta

SE3 Labs and Carmenta are creating new possibilities for AI-driven decision-making by using AI-assisted computer vision to transform real-time UAV data into high-resolution, semantic 3D maps.

Webinar: Military last-mile resupply using UAS technology with geospatial analysis

Watch our webinar, first presented at XPONENTIAL Europe 2025, about the evolving role of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in military logistics.

Carmenta Engine in use in Mil Sistemika's systems

Mil Sistemika: "Carmenta support is second to none"

Mil Sistemika relies on Carmenta Engine for a wide range of use cases, including handling geo calculations, line-of-sight, and 2525 symbology. In their latest iteration of their dismounted soldier system software, they went “full Carmenta” on all platforms.

Master’s Thesis: Parallel algorithms for off-road vehicle routing on the GPU

This master's thesis explores optimizing terrain vehicle routing using GPU-parallelism. By leveraging the regular structure of terrain graphs, the thesis focuses on improving the efficiency of single-source shortest path (SSSP) algorithms.

Webinar: Carmenta Engine and Next Generation OGC API standards

Learn how the new Carmenta Tile Engine component allows you to easily set up OGC API Tiles services, delivering background maps to your Carmenta Engine-based clients or any other compatible applications.

Technical Whitepaper: Robust Path Planning in the Battlefield

In modern combat scenarios, autonomous vehicles play a crucial role. This whitepaper explores robust path planning for autonomous vehicles, enhancing resilience and mission success in complex battlefield environments.

Master's Thesis: A domain-specific language for geospatial computations on the GPU

Master’s Thesis: A domain-specific language on the GPU

By leveraging parallel processing, this master's thesis examines performance gains and usability improvements, making advanced geospatial analysis more accessible without requiring deep GPU programming expertise.

Route patterns example using Carmenta UAS Services

Mapping the Skies: The Science of Survey Patterns

Discover how drones use carefully designed flight patterns for mapping and inspection missions, balancing efficiency, coverage, and data quality. Explore the challenges and technology behind optimized aerial routes.

Carmenta Concludes Project on Autonomous Drone Flights in Heathrow FRZ

Carmenta is proud to announce the conclusion of the HADO® project, paving the way for safe and autonomous drone flights in urban environments and high-intensity airspace.

Master’s Thesis: Enabling geospatial hybrid-collaboration

Collaborative single-display teamwork without any widget or button. A case study using Carmenta Engine. This thesis introduced a new form of interfacing with the Carmenta Engine on touch screen. Its results show that through using the technique of hand chords, several users can work with the one large touchscreen simultaneously.

Whitepaper: Resupply with UAVs

Military last-mile resupply using UAS technology with geospatial analysis. Real-time geospatial analysis for UAVs can be used to cope with dynamic challenges, enhancing situational awareness on the battlefield and supporting both human and autonomous decision-making.

Webinar: Risk-adaptive Rendezvous Planning for Resupply Missions

Watch our on-demand webinar about the crucial role of supply lines in the battlefield. Deep dive into the intricacies of determining the best rendezvous points in a resupply mission, taking into account the various threats that exist.

Technical Whitepaper: Risk-adaptive Rendezvous Planning for Resupply Missions in the Battlefield

Resupply missions are critical logistical components of modern warfare. Supply vehicles carrying fuel and ammunition are high-value targets, making the choice of route sensitive to both risk and delivery time. Read our latest whitepaper here.

Aerial photo of a road going through a pine forest.

Internship report: Real-time Change Detection Between Drone Video and 3D Reference Model

Internship report on real-time change detection using drone videos, 3D models, and SAM segmentation, highlighting challenges and machine learning insights.

Webinar: Safe landing zones and nap-of-the-earth flight for UAS

Determining safe landing zones is an essential part of many types of UAS missions. It is often important to identify safe landing zones along the route in case of an emergency during a flight.

UAS Safe Landing Zones

Determining safe landing zones is an essential part of many types of UAS missions. Two examples of such UAS missions is delivering supplies to military ops and doing emergency medical delivery.

Making Visibility Visible

Geographical data can be used to create all sorts of map presentations as synthesized representations of reality. Adding analyses to the process can enhance our perception of this reality.

Webinar: 3D visualization and analysis of Airspace Coverage

Learn how Carmenta's advanced C-UAS and Air Defence capabilities can be combined in a powerful siting application that helps operators identify blind spots, maximize airspace coverage, and make more informed deployment decisions.

On the right track: Leveraging terrain data for next-level vehicle routing

Solutions for navigating vehicle routes through the leveraging of road data have become more widely available in the last decades, and today most of us have this functionality at our fingertips with smart phones.

Master’s Thesis: Multi-objective A* Route Optimization for Terrain Vehicles

Master’s Thesis: Comparing locking strategies in large highly mutable loose quadtrees

Master’s Thesis: Algorithms for Robust Path-Planning

Taking UAS intelligence to a higher level

Since 2016, Carmenta Engine has been a core part of the UMS Skeldar Ground Control Station, where features such as a dynamically updated terrain profile ensure that the drone operator is always fully aware of the surrounding area.