On 16 December 2022, Frontex launched the Prize Award Contest on the Detection of Low Flying Objects (aerial platforms that operate in low-level airspace, from piloted ultralight and conventional aircraft to remotely piloted aircraft systems).
The goal of the contest is to incentivize the industry to develop innovative new concepts and technological solutions for cost-efficient, scalable, and integrated operational capabilities, and to reward the best performing technological solutions. We are also aiming at obtaining insights into how these solutions may support a proof-of-concept validation of what an effective multi-layered, multi-sensor surveillance model might be for the detection of low flying objects at EU borders.
The prize award contest welcomes proposals from all types of organisations including public and private sector, as well as non-profit entities established in one of the EU Member States, including overseas countries and territories. Non-EU entities are able to apply under specific conditions.
Proposals can be submitted by mono-beneficiaries (single applications) or by consortia (joint applications).