NATO SPS showcases SAPIENCE and MinesEye projects on autonomous uncrewed systems

NATO SPS project demonstration event

As part of NATO’s Science, Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, NATO hosted a project demonstration event featuring two funded initiatives focused on uncrewed and autonomous systems: the final competition for the SAPIENCE project and a live demonstration of MinesEye.

SAPIENCE: AI for autonomous UAS (drones)

SAPIENCE is designed to move autonomous systems forward by using artificial intelligence to strengthen perception and guidance in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones.

Within the project, university teams from Austria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States took on a range of technical challenges identified by NATO’s Joint Capability Group on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (JCGUAS) for search and rescue operations, concentrating their competition work on disaster-response scenarios.

Multi-drone operations in GNSS-denied environments

The project aims to enable multiple drones to navigate and map environments where Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals are blocked, locate victims, deliver aid and carry out complex cooperative tasks without direct piloting.

MinesEye: detecting mines and unexploded ordnance in Ukraine

The event also included demonstrations of another SPS-funded project, MinesEye, which brings together advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to support the identification of mines and unexploded ordnance in Ukraine.

Information from NATO