Fleet Space Technologies announced the construction of its new global headquarters and hyper factory for next-gen space and climate technologies at the Adelaide Airport. This state-of-the-art facility will enable Fleet Space to accelerate the production of its pioneering space technologies and scale its end-to-end exploration platform, powered by space and AI, ExoSphere.
The new global headquarters – ‘GHQ’ – will feature advanced manufacturing and data center technologies, enabling production capacity for thousands of Fleet Space’s patented smart sensors and hundreds of satellites annually, with room to create hundreds of new jobs in South Australia. GHQ will also form the basis for Fleet Space’s exploration-focused AI supercomputer, ExoCore – establishing South Australia on the forefront of global AI innovation working to make the discovery of energy transition minerals faster and more sustainable.
“Today marks a significant leap into the future for Fleet Space and Australian innovation, as we continue our mission to build revolutionary frontier technologies that address the dual challenges of climate change and space exploration, from the heart of South Australia. What began as a bold vision ten years ago when we founded Fleet Space has grown into a global force transforming the future of exploration on Earth and beyond,” said Co-Founder & CEO, Flavia Tata Nardini. “The tremendous evolution of Australia’s innovation ecosystem charts a clear path for Australia’s ascendancy in space, climate technologies, and artificial intelligence. With our new GHQ at Adelaide Airport, we’re strategically positioned to continue our exponential growth and development of cutting-edge technologies, paving the way for a more sustainable future on Earth, while furthering humanity’s exploration of new worlds.”
Optimised to drive new-to-world innovation by fusing the latest advances in space, climate, and AI technologies, Fleet Space’s GHQ and hyper factory represents a hybrid manufacturing model for frontier technologies needed to achieve decarbonisation and net-zero targets. Fleet Space’s GHQ will house the company’s research and development labs, 3D printing technologies, data center infrastructure, and central operations for the company’s satellite network in low Earth orbit and its end-to-end mineral exploration platform, ExoSphere.
Used by over 40 leading exploration companies – like Rio Tinto, Barrick, Gold Fields, and Ma’aden – to survey for energy transition minerals across five continents, global service capacity for ExoSphere will be further enhanced by GHQ. Enabling Fleet Space’s partnerships with companies like Koloma to accelerate exploration for energy transition minerals. The unveiling of Fleet Space’s GHQ follows its acquisition of HiSeis, the world’s leading provider of active seismic exploration technology to the minerals industry, reinforcing its mission to unite breakthrough technologies for faster, more sustainable, data-driven mineral discovery.
“GHQ is the forerunner for the next-gen manufacturing model needed to unlock and scale the space, climate, and AI-powered technologies our planet needs to get back on track for net-zero,” said Chief Exploration Officer, Matt Pearson. “The powerful new capabilities emerging from a deep convergence of frontier technologies in space, climate, and AI are foundational to achieving our clean energy future. Getting there requires a vertically integrated manufacturing model optimised for the rapid advances in these technologies. GHQ is Fleet Space’s bold first step, and we hope industries around the world pursue similar models to support the innovation needed for our decarbonised future.”
This new 5,300 m2+ facility will enable Fleet Space to accelerate the vertical integration of its business with supply chain, design, manufacturing, operations, engineering and R&D unified within a purpose-built, high-tech facility. In this environment, Fleet Space’s renowned team of engineers, scientists, and innovators will be able to collaborate and take the company’s global impact in space and mineral discovery to new heights.
In 2026, Fleet Space’s lunar exploration technology – SPIDER – will be deployed on the Moon to search for water ice as part of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 2: the first Australian-borne technology to be used on the lunar surface. In January, Fleet Space was awarded a Moon to Mars Supply Chain Grant from the Australian Government to develop advanced gravity sensing capabilities to accelerate exploration on the Moon and Mars. On SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 and Transporter-12 missions, Fleet Space launched its most advanced exploration satellites – Centauri VI, VII, VIII – to support the expansion of ExoSphere’s end-to-end capabilities on Earth.
Fleet Space’s new headquarters at the Adelaide Airport bolsters South Australia as the national center of Australia’s space industry. After years of exponential growth – including a A$150M Series D funding round led by Canada’s Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), more than doubling the company’s valuation to AUD$800M – Fleet Space regularly convenes and works alongside global space leaders, technologists, scientists, and explorers from around the world. In collaboration with MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative, Fleet Space helped to advance off-world research needed for the planning of future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, while partnering with Stanford University’s Mineral-X on critical research into paths to decarbonise the mineral supply chain with space-enabled technologies.
GHQ will also help to facilitate the expansion of Fleet Space’s STEM program with the development of a groundbreaking national STEM initiative – LaunchBox – providing expert-guided lessons for teachers and students to build educational satellites, bringing applied STEM knowledge and real-world experience to secondary students across Australia. Building on its deep relationships with the global science community, GHQ will scale Fleet Space’s ability to attract talent and gather leading-edge experts in space, exploration, and emerging technologies, advancing South Australia’s robust culture of innovation and collaboration.
Fleet Space Acquires HiSeis
Fleet Space Technologies announced its acquisition of HiSeis, the world’s leading provider of active seismic exploration technology to the minerals industry. By consolidating leading-edge exploration technologies and capabilities, this strategic acquisition of HiSeis will strengthen Fleet Space’s world-leading, end-to-end exploration services, streamlining the global mining industry’s journey from data acquisition to AI-enabled drill targeting across the mineral value chain. With the integration of HiSeis advanced seismic solutions, Fleet Space’s end-to-end exploration platform, ExoSphere, will accelerate the acquisition and processing of high-quality passive and active seismic datasets into AI-enabled insights worldwide.
“Fleet Space’s acquisition of HiSeis marks a transformative leap into the future of data-driven exploration,” said Flavia Tata Nardini, CEO and Co-Founder of Fleet Space Technologies. “To unlock the potential of real-time exploration and AI, we must consolidate, standardise, and integrate high-quality datasets to maximise the predictive capabilities of frontier AI systems.”
“By combining Fleet Space’s vertically integrated exploration platform with HiSeis’ seismic exploration solutions and imaging expertise, we are taking a vital step to generate exabytes of high-quality exploration data needed to unlock faster exploration outcomes and enhance shareholder value for the global mining industry. We’re proud to welcome the HiSeis team, and their deep experience in active seismic deployment, processing, and interpretation, on our journey to build the tools needed to unlock the next wave of new discoveries for Earth’s clean energy future.”
HiSeis specialises in hard rock seismic technology, offering high-resolution subsurface imaging that aids in the identification of mineral deposits. To navigate the increasing complexity of drilling down into finer and finer scales, exploration companies come to HiSeis when they need the highest resolution geological picture possible with current technology. Leveraging active seismic solutions, HiSeis sends seismic energy into the ground and measures the energy returned to the surface after bouncing off of geological features deep underground.
Next, HiSeis uses state-of-the-art processing tools to create a coherent image of the reflected energy to interpret the metre-scale complexity of mineral deposits and assist with drill-targeting selection. By folding HiSeis data acquisition methods into the ExoSphere platform – combining Fleet Space’s satellite network, patented smart sensors, and proprietary multimodal AI models – HiSeis’ hard rock seismic data will be rapidly processed, standardised, and integrated with other multiphysics datasets, enhancing 3D understanding of mineral systems and data-driven drill targeting while reducing environmental impact at scale.
Fleet Space’s acquisition of HiSeis follows its recent A$150M Series D funding round, more than doubling the company’s valuation to over AUD$800M, and fueling the expansion of ExoSphere’s end-to-end capabilities. To enhance global service capacity for ExoSphere, already used by 40+ leading mining companies like Rio Tinto, Barrick, Ma’aden, and Gold Fields worldwide, Fleet Space launched its most advanced exploration satellites – Centauri 7 and Centauri 8 – on SpaceX’s Transporter 12 mission in January. The integration of HiSeis into Fleet Space’s operations will commence immediately, with joint projects and collaboration already underway.
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