ORBIS Project

🛰️ Satellite data is key to maritime situational awareness By combining optical & SAR data, it enables wide-area monitoring, vessel detection, and supports SAR operations . A core enabler of modern, data-driven maritime monitoring. 🌊 #ORBISProject

📣 Synergies in Action #ORBISProject highlights its synergy with #COLOSSUS, a project developing UOPVs, UAVs, UGVs and advanced sensors to enhance the resilience of EU port infrastructures Together, we advance technologies for maritime monitoring 🔗 colossus-project.eu

🌐 The ORBIS project website is now live! Discover the project’s objectives, technologies, parteners, and latest updates on advancing maritime border monitoring and civil security. 👉 Explore and follow our progress: orbis-he.eu

🌍The Mediterranean remains a major maritime migration corridor While overall arrivals to Europe declined in 2025, pressure increased on specific routes — particularly the Central and Western Mediterranean. 👉 Migration flows shift geographically — they don’t disappear

🌟 Who is ORBIS for? Border & coast guard authorities, maritime surveillance & SAR operators, policymakers, tech providers in satellite/UAV/AI, and civil security innovators. 👉 If you work in maritime security & EU innovation, ORBIS is for you

🚀 What can ORBIS achieve beyond traditional approaches? By integrating satellite data, UAVs & AI-driven analytics #ORBISProject enhances situational awareness and supports proactive, data-informed decision-making 👉 Result: sustainable, future-ready maritime border management

🚀 Rethinking maritime border monitoring through innovation #ORBISProject combines satellite data, interoperable UAVs & AI-driven analytics to enhance surveillance and search & rescue, with ethics and compliance by design. Driving smarter, sustainable EU maritime security.

🧭 How migrant traffickers operate: They exploit vulnerability and misinformation, advertising risky journeys as safe . Common practices include overcrowded boats, false promises, and abandonment at sea. 👉Understanding this helps focus on criminals—not the people they exploit

🌟#MeetThePartners - Hellenic Coast Guard Hellenic Coast Guard ensures that #ORBIS-project is operationally relevant and validated in real conditions, bridging technology development with real public-sector needs. Learn more 👉 ynanp.gr/www.hcg.gr

🌊 Rescue at Sea: A Legal Obligation 👉Saving lives at sea is both a legal and a moral duty. International maritime law requires assistance to anyone in distress, regardless of status. This principle is central to lawful and ethical maritime border monitoring under ORBIS.

🌟#MeetThePartners Q-PLAN INTERNATIONAL, based in Thessaloniki, Greece, has 20+ years of experience in R&I project coordination, business support, and showcasing research results. Learn more 👉 qplan-intl.gr

🌍 What do UN & EU laws say about migrants’ rights? 👉Within #ORBIS, we examine the legal and ethical frameworks guiding border monitoring. UN and EU law set standards for asylum, human dignity, and fundamental rights-key to developing inclusive, legally grounded solutions.

🌟 #MeetThePartners This week on #MeetThePartners: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UOA) Leading ORBIS market validation while developing policy recommendations to improve SME access to the civil security market. More: en.uoa.gr

🚨 Human lives lost at EU borders According to the @UNmigration more than 33,000 people died or disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea since 2014 while attempting to reach Europe. This underscores the importance of @ORBIS Project that enhances search-and-rescue operations.

🌟 #MeetThePartners Meet ITOS3D, a University of Salamanca spin-off specializing in intelligent 3D modelling and geospatial services. In ORBIS, they develop algorithms to detect, track, and analyze maritime anomalies using multisensory imagery. 🔗 itos3d.com/en/itos3d/

🔎How many people have attempted irregular crossings in 2025? Around 166,900 irregular entries into the European Union were recorded in the first eleven months of 2025 (according to the latest available data). This represents a decline of approximately 25% compared to 2024.

🌟 Meet FDI — one of our partners in the ORBIS team FOUR DOT INFINITY (FDI) specialises in empowering businesses through cutting-edge Industry 4.0/5.0 solutions. 🔗 Learn more: fourdotinfinity.com

Check out this great video that gives an insight into the journey of our sister project ODYSSEUS project. It is crucial for projects in their nascent stages such as ORBIS to have such examples of impact to strive towards. 📈 #EUSynergies #SisterProject #CivilSecurity

#MakingWaves Our partners from #ITOS3D presented the project on Spanish television: youtube.com/watch?v=TkKGUL… It is inspiring to see public interest in our solutions from early on. This shows the significance of our domain and why ORBIS' activities matter to citizens @grupotidop

#MeetthePartners Today we will introduce you to our Cyprus-based coordinators, @Acceligence_Ltd They specialise in developing custom-made UAVs. In ORBIS they will design our system’s architecture and lead the ORBIS UAV's development. See more here: acceligence.cy