MARTINA
European Defence Fund (EDF) — 2024

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.


MARTINA — project overview
Satellite imagery analysis — representative image

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.

Project facts


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

Consortium members


CoordinatorSTICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS LUCHT - EN RUIMTEVAARTCENTRUM (NL) (Coordinator)
PartnerBULLETPROVE SP. Z O.O. (PL)
PartnerCEIIA - CENTRO DE ENGENHARIA E DESENVOLVIMENTO (ASSOCIACAO) (PT)
PartnerCONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI (IT)
PartnerDEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV (DE)
PartnerDIDZHITAL LAYTS (BG)
PartnerEUROPEAN UNION SATELLITE CENTRE (ES)
PartnerFLYSIGHT SRL (IT)
PartnerFRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV (DE)
PartnerGEO SAT (PT)
PartnerHISDESAT SERVICIOS ESTRATEGICOS SA (ES)
PartnerICEYE OY (FI)
PartnerLUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LU)
PartnerOFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (FR)
PartnerOPT/NET BV (NL)
PartnerSATLANTIS MICROSATS SA (ES)
PartnerSTRATIOTIKI SXOLI EVELPIDON (GR)
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