Research Projects - WHITESTEPS

Whitesteps has been designed to lead ways in writing and developing EU applications in the civil or in the defense/homeland security sector that are relevant to its aim to complete its suit of products, basically its HUMS system named “ALBATROSS” and integrated projects, such as Public and Defense projects that are close to its core competencies.

What sets Whitesteps, apart is its intimate knowledge of the market, specific competencies and registrations that allows it to effectively serve as a Consortium Coordinator or Initiator and Project Manager for different EU projects in different topics. Such topics are related either with the synthesis of novel technologies into new defense/security systems or the development of new approaches that enhance digital Democracy.

Whitesteps Technologies SA has been awarded the Horizon Europe Research Project, SEAGUARD (Sea Environmental Awareness and Guard Enhanced with Unmanned AI Robotic Detection), in partnership with 14 organisations across Europe.

The SEAGUARD project aims to integrate different types of sensor technology to achieve a more reliable “portrait” of border areas. The project wants to help assess situations of maritime incidents and illegal activities.

In this sense, the project will focus on the design, development and testing of advanced solutions capable of integrating different types of sensor technologies: unmanned vehicles (air, surface and underwater) and intelligent underwater cables, combined with advanced analytics and decision-support systems.

All this information will be merged and processed by classification algorithms, and then made available to end users, who will be able to make educated decisions and take action.

The project, started on October 1st, is funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe Programme (Grant Agreement No. 101168489) and will last for 30 months (October 2024 – March 2027).

INESC TEC is the SEAGUARD project coordinator, and consortium members are: Arquimea Aerospace Defense and Security SL, Azur Drones, Beia Cercetare Srl, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy in Greece, Konnektable Technologies Ltd, Magellium SAS, Particle Summary, Ministério Da Defesa Nacional in Portugal, Ministerum Afacerilor Interne in Romania, University of South-Eastern Norway, Unmmanned Technologies Applications SL, and Whitesteps Technologies.

Exploit4InnoMat is a Horizon Europe funded research and innovation project with a duration of four years. Its primary objective is to provide a sustainable solution for designing, upscaling, and validating new material concepts for the building envelope, with the aim of achieving the European Commission’s target for nearly Zero Energy Buildings ( nZEB ).

The project offers a range of services across the supply chain of materials, from installation to validation and assessment scenarios for end of life products. Eight Pilot Lines located in seven EU countries will be used to process different types of advanced and/or nano enabled multifunctional materials.

Uni Systems is the coordinator of the project, managing its
progress, and contributing to the demonstration activities of the Exploit4InnoMat products. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe 2023 Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101092339.