EURMARS Project

We are halfway there! And there is still some important work to be done! The EURMARS Project has reached a significant milestone with the successful completion of our first review event, marking a pivotal transition into the next phase of our journey. The review event took place in Brussels on 28th of May and provided our partners with the opportunity to meet in person, present the goals achieved while allowing for effective discussions and deliberating on the next steps and future developments based on the feedback received. The insights and feedback gathered from this review event have already begun to catalyse the activities for the upcoming piloting activites. Our team is more energised and committed than ever to push the boundaries of what is possible in our field. As we move into the second half of our journey, we are focused on enhancing our designs, refining operational workflows, and further developing the EURMARS platform. #EURMARS #Project #HorizonEU #Review #Event #Innovation #Update EUROPEAN DYNAMICS AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Bulgarian Defence Institute GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS S.A. SKYLD SECURITY AND DEFENCE LTD Hardware and Software Engineering University of Reading VTT Thales Alenia Space ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab Trilateral Research

Stay informed with the latest insights from Trilateral Research in their May 2024 edition of Trilateral Insights | Crisis and Security. Discover how the EURMARS project is revolutionizing border security in the EU with an advanced surveillance platform. #EURMARS #Project #HorizonEU #Innovation #EthicsByDesign

🌐 Wrapping Up the EURMARS Project Living Labs Workshop! 🚀 With the successful conclusion of our #LivingLabs workshop, we consider opportune to reflect on the progress and collaboration achieved over the past few days. From setting up the require infrastructure to conducting valuable exercises based on the established use cases, the whole process has demonstrated our commitment to advancing border management and surveillance through innovation and teamwork. Here's a summary of the key highlights from our workshop: 🔹We kicked off the workshop with the equipment setup and integration of all components of the EURMARS platform. This crucial groundwork laid the foundation for the days ahead, ensuring that we were ready to deliver the planned testing scenarios. 🔹 With our Living Labs fully operational, we engaged in a series of exercises focused on real-time vessel activity. Leveraging a multi-sensor approach, including vessel tracking data, ground-based cameras, UAV cameras, and high-resolution satellite imagery, we collected comprehensive data to enhance border management through the EURMARS digital platform. Throughout the workshop, collaboration among our consortium partners has been at the heart of our success. This achievement wouldn't have been possible without the valuable contributions and collaborative spirit of our whole team. The culmination of this workshop signifies a significant milestone, empowering the EURMARS digital platform with the capability to analyse and visualise data for available sensors, and demonstrating enhanced situation awareness and efficiency in identifying events of interest. Stay tuned for further updates as we persist in harnessing technology and collaboration to elevate standards across the border management domain. Thank you for joining us on this journey towards researching innovative solutions to enable safer and more efficient management of European borders! 🛰️💼 #EURMARS #Project #HorizonEU #LivingLabs #Workshop #Innovation #Collaboration #Research #Technology #Security #Satellite #Sensors #InnovationInAction #Drones #UAV EUROPEAN DYNAMICS AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Bulgarian Defence Institute GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS S.A. SKYLD SECURITY AND DEFENCE LTD Hardware and Software Engineering University of Reading VTT Thales Alenia Space ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab SatCen Trilateral Research

🚀 #EURMARS Living Labs Take Off! 🛰️ The EURMARS Living Labs are now fully operational! 🎉 We're conducting a series of exercises based on the project's established use cases, involving real-time vessel activity. 🚢 These drills are closely monitored and evaluated using a multi-sensor approach: ➡ Vessel tracking data via AIS protocol 🛳️ ➡ Ground-based cameras 📷 ➡ UAV (drone) cameras 🚁 ➡ High-resolution satellite imagery from Sentinel and Nemo HD 🌍 This comprehensive data collection allows the EURMARS digital platform to visualize and analyze vessel behavior for improved maritime safety and efficiency. #EURMARS #Project #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #MaritimeSafety #Security #LivingLabs #Satellite #Sensors #Innovation #InnovationInAction EUROPEAN DYNAMICS 🔹AIT Austrian Institute of Technology 🔹Bulgarian Defence Institute🔹GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS S.A.🔹SKYLD SECURITY AND DEFENCE LTD🔹Hardware and Software Engineering🔹University of Reading🔹VTT🔹Thales Alenia Space🔹ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab🔹SatCen🔹Trilateral Research

🚀 Exciting News from the Field! 🌍 This week marks the launch of EURMARS’s 2nd Living Labs Workshop. 🔹 Starting from Monday, our consortium partners, will embark on an intense setup and testing phase. We're deploying our equipment to gather vital data and fine-tuning our EURMARS system. Here's a glimpse of our action-packed day 1: 🔧 Set up of equipment, verification of all the EURMARS platform components, and readiness to test the scenarios on the following days. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to push the boundaries of innovation and exploration at EURMARS Living Lab! 🛰️💫 #EURMARS #Project #HorizonEurope #Exploration #Innovation #LivingLab #InnovationInAction EUROPEAN DYNAMICS Bulgarian Defence Institute Thales Alenia Space GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS S.A. SKYLD SECURITY AND DEFENCE LTD AIT Austrian Institute of Technology ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab Hardware and Software Engineering

As part of our role as the EURMARS project’s Ethics lead, Trilateral Research oversaw the adoption of an Ethics by Design approach from the first stages of development of the platform. This ensured that the border management technology is developed in an ethical way, placing human rights and civil society protection at the forefront, while boosting its efficiency and applicability to our stakeholder’s needs. To ensure alignment with EU guidelines and best practices throughout the entire project’s lifecycle, Trilateral Research developed an ethics monitoring tool (Ethics Risk Assessment Table) that was used to identify and oversee potential risks, recommend appropriate mitigation measures, and monitor the implementation of those measures. #TrilateralResearch #EURMARS #project #horizoneu #EthicsByDesign #BorderManagement #Ethics #RiskAssessment #ERAT

Using Ethics by Design as driver of innovation As technologies are advancing at a rapid pace, their impact on society in areas such as migration, asylum, and border management needs to be anticipated and addressed from their infancy. It is vital that researchers support technology developers and public authorities, in their efforts to map, analyze, mitigate and monitor border technology-related ethics that may arise once deployed, such as challenges raised by the usage of Satellites, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Radar, CCTV, Infrared Cameras, Smart Cameras. Our research in EURMARS, an EU-funded project, showcased how taking an Ethics by Design approach from the first stages of a new technology being developed can ensure that border management technology is developed in an ethical way, placing human rights and civil society protection at the forefront, while boosting its efficiency and applicability to our stakeholder’s needs. To support project partners in developing the EURMARS platform in alignment with EU guidelines and best practices, we developed an ethics monitoring tool (Ethics Risk Assessment Tool). ERAT’s main function was to support partners through the platforms entire lifecycle by identifying potential risks, ethics monitoring, and recommending appropriate mitigation measures. #EthicsByDesign #Innovation #TechnologyEthics #BorderManagement #EURMARS #EUProjects #Horizoneurope Trilateral Research

The fields of Earth observation and satellite remote sensing are rapidly evolving, playing a crucial role in enhancing safety and environmental management. GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS S.A. via the EURMARS Project has been successfully handling EO data from a diverse range of satellites, including Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and optical systems. The processing of this data has significantly contributed to the detection of vessels and oil spills, achieving high success rates. Leveraging cutting-edge technology, our efforts aim to take the proper actions in better monitoring and addressing environmental challenges. #EURMARS #project #horizoneurope #satellite #data #OpticalSystems #OilSpillDetection #VesselDetection #innovation

Thrilled to share SKYLD SECURITY AND DEFENCE LTD article on innovative Coastal Ground and Low Altitude Sensing Systems, contributing to the EURMARS Project revolutionizing maritime security.  #EURMARS #project #horizoneurope #innovation #security

EURMARS Project Update: With great pleasure, we present the debut of the EURMARS C2 Server's initial version, featuring an advanced user interface. #EURMARS #project #update #horizoneu #BorderSecurity