MARTINA (Multi-source satellite imagery ARTificial INtelligence Analysis) is a European Defence Fund (EDF) 2024 selected project focused on assessing and validating the effectiveness, robustness and reliability of AI-based satellite imagery analysis for defence applications.
The MARTINA project provides a comprehensive framework to evaluate AI-driven satellite image analysis across multiple defence use cases, with a strong emphasis on combining heterogeneous image sources with different characteristics.
The action develops clear guidelines and procedures based on relevant scientific literature and best practices, and establishes transparent, realistic datasets including appropriate metadata. These datasets address defence-specific scenarios where the application of AI algorithms has been limited or absent so far.
| Call | Research actions in the form of a technological challenge |
| Topic | Multi-source satellite image analysis – Organisation of a technological challenge |
| Duration | 48 months |
| Type of activities | Integrating knowledge, Studies |
| Estimated total cost | €9,990,820.81 |
| Maximum EU contribution | €9,990,820.80 |
| Coordinator | STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS LUCHT - EN RUIMTEVAARTCENTRUM (NL) (Coordinator) |
| Partner | BULLETPROVE SP. Z O.O. (PL) |
| Partner | CEIIA - CENTRO DE ENGENHARIA E DESENVOLVIMENTO (ASSOCIACAO) (PT) |
| Partner | CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI (IT) |
| Partner | DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV (DE) |
| Partner | DIDZHITAL LAYTS (BG) |
| Partner | EUROPEAN UNION SATELLITE CENTRE (ES) |
| Partner | FLYSIGHT SRL (IT) |
| Partner | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV (DE) |
| Partner | GEO SAT (PT) |
| Partner | HISDESAT SERVICIOS ESTRATEGICOS SA (ES) |
| Partner | ICEYE OY (FI) |
| Partner | LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LU) |
| Partner | OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (FR) |
| Partner | OPT/NET BV (NL) |
| Partner | SATLANTIS MICROSATS SA (ES) |
| Partner | STRATIOTIKI SXOLI EVELPIDON (GR) |