Optimized Real-time maritime Border Surveillance with Intelligent satellite-drone Systems
GRANT NUMBER: 101225659
DURATION: 1 October 2025 – 30 September 2027
LINKS: CORDIS , PROJECT WEBSITE, X, LinkedIN
ORBIS aims to deliver a market-fit AI-powered mature and cost-effective solution that integrates constellations of satellites with autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to achieve advanced secure real-time surveillance and fast search and rescue over maritime areas.
This will be achieved by: (i) integrating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, optical Very High Resolution (VHR) satellites, and thermal infrared sources to achieve a continuous, high-accuracy monitoring system; (ii) leveraging advanced autonomous cost-effective UAVs and push their limits in terms of autonomy and sensing to support maritime border management applications; (iii) exploiting cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) models to anticipate potential threats in high-risk zones and optimise the surveillance UAV flight plans; and (iv) fusing effectively the multi-modal data gathered during operation and train distributed ML models for real-time decision making that will ensure faster search and rescue.
