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German engineering:

High-Tech from Berlin.

for earth and space

At IQ Technologies for Earth and Space GmbH, we focus on three main business areas in which we develop and offer innovative solutions. Our expertise covers solutions for Earth and Space. Every day, we develop cutting-edge technologies that both help the environment and advance space exploration.

Terrestrial early fire detection

World-leading system for forests, outdoor industrial sites and wildland-urban interfaces. For the protection of people, the environment and assets.

Satellite Radio solutions

Radio communication solutions providing flexible and highly efficient broadband data communication for small satellites, such as CubeSats. 

Modern radio transmission

Professional planning, construction and operation of radio relay networks for modern, fast and flexible radio transmission technology.

News

  • 20 years of operation in Saxony (GER)
    13.03.2024

    The implementation of our automated early wildfire detection system two decades ago has led to significant improvements in Saxony's response time to forest fires. This achievement is attributed to the effective collaboration between high-tech solutions and the expertise of the fire service personnel, resulting in a drastic reduction of damages caused by forest fires.

  • IQ Firewatch protects North Rhine-Westfalia in Germany
    06.03.2024

    Together with Minister Silke Gorißen and Forstry Office Manager Julian Mauerhof, we had the pleasure of opening the wildfire control center in Wesel, where the smoke alarms from the eight IQ FireWatch sensor locations are verified in real time. NRW is already the 7th German federal state with our tried and tested automated  early wildfire detection system!

  • IQ Firewatch – 20 Years of protecting people, nature, and property
    02.03.2023

    In 2003, the first automated forest fire early detection system was put into operation in Brandenburg, Germany. Since then, our IQ FireWatch system has become the backbone of forest fire early detection in Germany and on four continents worldwide.

  • IQ spacecom technology equips Israel's Beresheet2 mission to the moon
    08.05.2023

    Berlin-based IQ Technologies for Earth and Space GmbH announces the participation of its IQ spacecom technology in the Beresheet2 mission of the Israeli non-profit organisation SpaceIL. The mission will use IQ spacecom's XLink SDR transceiver. IQ Technologies for Earth and Space GmbH is one of the first German companies to be part of a space mission to the moon with its communication solution. 

  • IQ spacecom's NEXT-OBP for Heinrich-Hertz Mission
    04.05.2023

    Berlin-based IQ Technologies for Earth and Space GmbH is pleased to announce that its IQ spacecom technology is playing a key role in the launch of Germany's dedicated communications satellite, which features our state-of-the-art NEXT-OBP onboard processor.

  • IQ spacecom in NASA State-of-the-Art-Report
    20.02.2023

    NASA has published a new version of its State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology Report for 2022. We are proud that our IQ spacecom products are included in the report again this year!

  • Another IQ FireWatch system installed in Chile
    01.27.2023

    The first IQ FireWatch forest fire early detection system is being installed in Chile's Metropolitan Region. The system was unveiled in January 2023 to protect communities and provinces in the hilly metropolitan region southwest of Santiago de Chile from forest fires.

  • IQ Technologies for Earth and Space GmbH on TV
    03.18.2023

    For over 20 years, we have been developing and manufacturing high-tech products for forest fire protection (IQ FireWatch) and the space industry (IQ spacecom) at our headquarters in Berlin's Adlershof Technology Park. RBB visited us and gave an insight into our work.

    Innovation never stops with IQ

    IQ Technologies for Earth and Space is an innovative high-tech company with a rich history. Since the beginnings, our employees are our most vital and instrumental asset.

    The company was founded as IQ wireless GmbH through a management buy-out in 1999 - it officially started operations on January 1st, 2000. Today, more than 40 employees, of which the majority are scientists, engineers and researchers constantly advance the status quo in our market segments.

    Due to our leadership in innovation and our decades-long experiences, we are a competent and stable partner for our customers in three business fields. Thanks to our employees’ comprehensive know-how and their focused expertise, we are able to realize innovative ideas and implement complete technical solutions according to customer requirements.

    We cooperate with companies across Germany and across the world. Such collaborations often start with a scientific cooperation with institutes and research facilities, such as with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), then transitions into a national assembly of components for a product and lastly, also entails international service and support as well as worldwide reseller partnerships. 

    We are proud to say that we research, test and produce all of our technological innovations at our headquarters in Berlin, Germany and that we have a DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system.

    German engineering at its best.

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