RIEGL
LiDAR sensors and laser scanning systems across six segments — terrestrial, mobile, airborne, UAV-based, bathymetric and industrial — including the NDAA-compliant VUX-820-G topo-bathymetric UAV scanner.
Vitality Radar
Pillar Analysis
Strategic Assessment
Strategic Vector
RIEGL is positioning itself as a high‑end, globally oriented LiDAR and laser scanning systems provider, leveraging continuous product launches and awards to reinforce leadership in UAV, airborne, terrestrial, and mobile survey markets.
Efficiency Ratio
Given its mid‑size headcount and steady stream of sophisticated product releases, integrations, and customer deployments, RIEGL appears to convert R&D and engineering resources into marketable systems with above‑average efficiency.
Evidence Signals
On 2024-09-26, RIEGL won the Wichmann INTERGEO Innovations Award in the Hardware category for its turnkey UAV-based laser scanning system miniVUX-3UAV with RiLOC-E.
On 2024-09-26 at INTERGEO 2024, RIEGL announced four new products including the VUX-100-25 and VUX-120-23 UAV LiDAR systems with up to 1.3 million measurements per second, the VZ-4000i-25 long‑range terrestrial scanner, and the VQ-1560-III-S airborne mapping scanner.
On 2023-10-12 at INTERGEO 2023, RIEGL launched three new airborne products, including the VQX-2 helicopter pod, the VQ-680 OEM compact airborne LiDAR scanner module, and the VUX-180-24 high pulse‑rate wide‑FOV UAV scanner.
On 2024-08-22, IGI and RIEGL announced seamless integration of the IGI CCNS-5 flight management system with RIEGL airborne LiDAR scanners to enhance precision and efficiency in aerial surveying.
In January 2024, Esri China (Hong Kong) and RIEGL held a joint seminar titled "Seamless LiDAR GIS Workflow: ArcGIS and RIEGL in Action" for about 50 geospatial professionals, highlighting integrated LiDAR and GIS workflows.
On 2024-11-19, Avior Geospatial announced the addition of a RIEGL VQ-1560 II-S airborne laser scanning system to its portfolio to enhance its technological capabilities for large‑area mapping.
On 2024-03-25, GPI Geospatial, Inc. announced upgrading its mobile mapping capabilities by adding a RIEGL VMX-2HA mobile LiDAR system to its data collection portfolio.
By 2018-02-20, RIEGL announced the opening of a new international office in Munich to expand its global presence and better serve European customers.
- About
- Headquartered at Riedenburgstraße 48 in Horn, Lower Austria, RIEGL builds LiDAR sensors and laser scanning systems. The technical core is pulsed time-of-flight laser ranging across multiple wavelengths, with proprietary waveform processing that resolves range ambiguity, returns multiple targets per laser shot and delivers calibrated amplitude and reflectance. Output is a dense point cloud processed into a precise digital 3D model of the physical world. SIX PRODUCT SEGMENTS. Terrestrial (TLS, static and kinematic), mobile (MLS, from moving platforms), airborne (ALS, from crewed aircraft and helicopters), UAV-based (ULS), bathymetric (BLS, using green laser pulses from airborne or drone-mounted systems to measure water depth and map underwater terrain), and industrial (ILS, for harsh 24/7 conditions). Own software packages ship alongside the sensors, so systems are delivered complete. UAV-RELEVANT LINE. The VUX-820-G is a fully integrated miniaturised topo-bathymetric UAV scanner with RiLOC-F-inside and an onboard RGB camera: up to 2.2 Secchi depths of shallow-water penetration, 15 mm precision, 5.4 kg, and NDAA compliant. It was selected for the Commercial UAV Expo Innovation Spotlight in 2026. The miniVUX-3UAV is in series production with the RiLOC-E subsystem. FOOTPRINT. Four buildings in Horn provide over 6,850 m2 for research, development, production, testing, marketing, sales, training and administration, with a further 32,500 m2 of open ground for alignment and calibration. Worldwide sales, training, support and service run from Austria and the USA, with main offices in Japan and China and a subsidiary and distributor network beyond that. A 2026 technology roadshow ran across five Australian cities. Contact: office@riegl.com, +43 2982 4211.
- Relevancy
- Austria's laser scanning company and a world reference in LiDAR, with a dedicated drone scanner line. Its VUX-820-G is NDAA compliant, meaning US federal buyers can purchase it — one of only two companies on this map cleared for the American government market.
- Tags
- #LiDAR #laserscanning #payload #survey #bathymetry #timeofflight #NDAAcompliant #pointcloud #topobathymetric