Former Tomnod founder and CEO, Shay Har-Noy joined Spire Global as the company’s general manager of the aviation systems business unit. Har-Noy told Space News that Spire Global is able to build a real-time picture of the entire aviation sector around the world. The company has more than 100 satellites in orbit equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast transponders.
“On the aviation side, there’s a lot you can do from safety to operational efficiency as well as pricing. Air pressure and humidity are meaningful things that allow you to have a smooth, safe flight,” said Har-Noy.
Har-Noy has been aware of aviation’s need for satellite data since 2014 when Tomnod enlisted the help of more than 10 million people to tag oil slicks, wreckage and rafts in satellite data in an effort to locate Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared with 239 passengers and crewmembers.
Until 2019, Har-Noy worked for Maxar as unified platform Vice President. He then spent a year at Uber Technologies, helping the company quickly detect map errors with geospatial imagery and other tools.
