Monitoring and Reporting of Illegal Trafficking and Maritime Enforcementcore
MARITIME · Horizon Europe grant · 2026-10-01–2029-09-30
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-CL3-2025-01 · scheme HORIZON-IA · topic HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
Recent challenges in the world’s oceans, including illegal migration, drug bale drop-offs, attacks on underwater infrastructure, and other transnational maritime threats, have intensified the need for continuous, wide-area maritime surveillance. These activities often occur beyond visual and radar range, demanding over-the-horizon situational awareness and persistent, multi-domain monitoring across aerial, surface, and underwater environments.The project addresses these challenges by developing an interoperable maritime surveillance framework that integrates long-range fixed-wing aerial systems, low-cost surface buoys, and stealth, long-endurance autonomous underwater gliders equipped with multi-modal sensing capabilities. The Maritime RF Sensing Node (MRSN), in coordination with existing C4IS infrastructures, enables seamless interoperability, secure communication, and coordinated mission management across all domains.Leveraging AI-based modelling, multi-sensor data fusion, and anomaly detection, the system autonomously identifies, classifies, and tracks suspicious maritime behaviors in real time, supporting rapid and reliable decision-making in complex environments. Designed with robustness against cyber attacks and communication disruptions, the architecture ensures data integrity, security, and operational continuity even under contested conditions. Through its real-time surveillance and long-time endurance, the project delivers an adaptive, scalable, and cyber-resilient maritime intelligence framework, reinforcing European maritime safety, security, and technological sovereignty
Beneficiaries (12)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOFTWARE IMAGINATION AND VISION SRL | RO | coordinator | €523,250 | Yes |
| SUNERIS SOLUTION | FR | participant | €406,438 | |
| D7 TECHNOLOGY JOINT STOCK COMPANY | TR | participant | €400,750 | |
| HAVELSAN HAVA ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET | TR | participant | €400,750 | |
| FUNDACIO EURECAT | ES | participant | €341,000 | |
| F6S EU TECH INNOVATION NETWORK DAC | IE | participant | €304,812 | |
| MINISTERE DE L'INTERIEUR | FR | participant | €218,750 | |
| HOME OFFICE | UK | participant | €209,038 | |
| ATECHSYS ENGINEERING | FR | participant | €202,696 | |
| ISTITUTO DI SOCIOLOGIA INTERNAZIONALE DI GORIZIA | IT | participant | €180,688 | |
| GARDA DE COASTA | RO | participant | €106,250 | |
| CIVIPOL | FR | thirdParty | €0 |
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