Uzma Secures Remote Sensing Satellite Development Project

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) -- Energy and technology company Uzma Bhd said it has secured  Malaysia’s Pembangunan Satelit Penderiaan Jauh Negara (PSPJN) remote sensing satellite development project. 

The company said the PSPJN project is expected to deliver high resolution, multispectral imagery to support national strategic and high value applications across sectors, including security, resource mapping, monitoring, agriculture, disaster response and environmental monitoring.

Its group chief executive officer Datuk Kamarul Redzuan Muhamed said the project marks a significant leap forward in their journey to contribute meaningfully to Malaysia’s space ambitions under the frameworks of Malaysia’s National Space Policy 2030 (MSE 2030) and Space Industry Strategic Plan 2030 (SISP 2030).

"Building on our past achievement of successfully launching UzmaSAT-1 in January 2025, we continue to push the boundaries of technology and innovation.  Through this project, we aim to help further solidify Malaysia’s position as a leader in space technology in Southeast Asia," he said in a media statement.

The PSPJN is a private-public partnership project (PPP), a concession project spanning eight years, comprising three years to develop and five years of the satellite operating in low earth orbit. 

Uzma's subsdiary, Geospatial AI Sdn Bhd (GeoAI) will be in charge of the technical and operational aspects of the project.

In a separate filing to Bursa Malaysia, Uzma also announced that the company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Infrasel Sdn Bhd on advancing slope monitoring solutions across Selangor using high-tech satellite-based monitoring solution. "The MoU outlines a joint effort to implement and optimise advanced satellite solutions to support proactive non-invasive, cost-efficient slope risk management systems," it said.

The partnership marks a step toward enhancing slope stability assessment and infrastructure resilience in Selangor through AI-supported, locally developed geospatial intelligence solutions powered by algorithms trained by Malaysian experts.

GeoAI chief executive officer, Mohammad Fadhli Jamaluddin, said the collaboration allows the combination of local expertise in geospatial intelligence with satellite technology to help mitigate potential risks of slope failures.

"By leveraging AI-supported satellite monitoring solutions, we can provide scalable and precise insights that enable proactive risk management.  While this partnership focuses on addressing the needs of Selangor, we see great potential for these solutions to be applied more broadly across Malaysia, supporting sectors from infrastructure to disaster risk reduction in the future,” he said. 

-- BERNAMA