As part of the NATO Science, Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, NATO hosted a project demonstration event showcasing two of its funded initiatives that focus on uncrewed and autonomous systems – first, final competition of the SAPIENCE project and, second, a demonstration from MinesEye.
The SAPIENCE project aims to advance autonomous systems by using artificial intelligence to improve perception and guidance in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) or drones. As part of the project, university teams from Austria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States addressed a series of technical challenges identified by the NATO Joint Capability Group on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (JCGUAS) in search and rescue operations, focusing...
At the NATO Summit in The Hague, NATO leaders recognised that in order to deter any future military conflict, Allies will have to pledge to spending 5% of their GDP to defence (of which up to 1.5% may be spent on defence-related investments). This has created the conditions for Allies to channel robust funding into governmental contracts with the defence industry in order to meet the new Capability Targets that are assigned for each Ally to...
