How ICEYE moved from mapping the Arctic to war surveillance
In March 2025, when the Trump administration abruptly paused U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine, Finland’s ICEYE kept its radar eyes trained on the battlefields. Using its synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation, which is able to see through cloud cover and darkness, ICEYE was able to continue supporting Ukrainian defense forces in identifying scores of strategic military targets.
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