Real-time geospatial visualization for defense and air-traffic control
Kongsberg Geospatial operates a three-decade-old software stack (C++, Qt, OpenLayers, Cesium) for mission-critical mapping and situational awareness in air defense, ISR, and air-traffic control. The engineering-heavy hiring profile and active projects around digital ATC towers and sensor-data platforms signal a shift toward modernizing core infrastructure—stack spans React/TypeScript frontends with C++ backends, suggesting gradual client-side modernization while legacy systems remain anchored in C++ and Windows/Linux heterogeneity. Export control compliance and subsystem integration appear as persistent operational constraints.
Kongsberg Geospatial builds precision real-time geospatial software for defense, aviation, and emergency-response sectors. Their primary use cases include air-traffic control, intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance (ISR), air defense, and search-and-rescue operations. The company serves military personnel, air-traffic controllers, and first-responders across command-and-control, UAS tracking, and sensor-display applications. Based in Ottawa with 51–200 employees, they operate across Windows and Linux environments and are currently developing a digital air-traffic control tower platform alongside backend infrastructure for standardized sensor-data ingestion.
Mix of C++, Qt, and Visual Studio for core systems; React and TypeScript for frontends; OpenLayers and Cesium for geospatial visualization; Python and Go for utilities; Azure and Azure DevOps for cloud and CI/CD; Debian, Red Hat, and Ubuntu for deployment.
A digital air-traffic control tower system and a backend platform for sensor-data ingestion and storage. Both projects address modernization of legacy defense and aviation infrastructure.
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