Navigating Strategic Pivots and Technical Milestones

DaFab has now reached half of its length, an ideal time to look back in the rear-view mirror and to reassess our roadmap. After 18 month of work we can claim substantial advancements across DaFab work packages, demonstrating agility and a solid technical foundation, despite facing initial challenges such as delayed deliverables and staffing issues. The project has successfully established a robust management structure, implemented a significant technological pivot, and achieved initial technical milestones, laying the groundwork for its full deployment.

Data economy is an ever-increasing market. Thanks to the Copernicus constellation Europe has amassed a considerable amount of Earth Observation data already used by technology-intensive SMEs and large industry in several sectors of the economy. However, the management of data at scale remains challenging, and lowering the entry cost to exploitation of Copernicus data is a key element to foster innovation and fuel this data economy. #DaFab is a new project, launched with the support of the European Space Agency: https://www.euspa.europa.eu/dafab-ai-factory-copernicus-data-scale