SEC-16-BES–2017: Through-foliage detection, including in the outermost regions of the EU

This program supports the development of monitoring techniques that can penetrate tree cover for border security purposes. 

Activities supported 

This program supports the development of systems that combine or improve surveillance technologies and techniques and arrays of sensors of different sorts capable to provide higher quality detection capabilities and imaging via the integration of different techniques, to achieve wide- and small-area through foliage detection, despite the canopy density, in a real operational context. Airborne, satellite-based, and/or on ground based platforms can be made. Solutions should be tested and validated in terms of capabilities to control effectively the land border covered by a vegetation layer, in all weather conditions. 

Requirements 

The applicant must be a consortium of at least 3 different unrelated legal entities in 3 different Horizon 2020 affiliated countries.  

Financing  

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of EUR 8 million would allow this area to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts. Funding rate is 100%. 

Upcoming calls 

This program will have 1 more call on 2017 August 24 which has a budget of 8 million euros.