Yesterday, on May 27th, we reached a major milestone as the keel was laid for a cutting-edge semi-autonomous modular vessel at the Baltic Workboats shipyard in Nasva, Estonia. This innovative vessel is being developed under the EUROGUARD project - one of the European Defence Fund's largest initiatives.
This groundbreaking 45-meter vessel features modular design for mission-specific configurations, advanced seabed monitoring systems, submarine and naval mine countermeasure capabilities, drone integration, search and rescue support, green propulsion technology, and autonomous navigation capabilities.
The €95 million project (€65M from the European Defence Fund and €30M from participating countries and companies) is coordinated by Estonian company Baltic Workboats, leading a consortium of 23 organizations from ten European countries.
Wir freuen uns sehr, dass unser Forschungsprojekt OPERANT, gefördert vom European Defence Fund und begleitet von der European Defence Agency nun erfolgreich gestartet ist.
Es war besonders schön, dass wir unsere Partner, mit denen wir bereits seit 2023 oder länger in unzähligen Videokonferenzen virtuellen Kontakt gehabt haben, nun "live" zum Kick-off meeting in Bad Reichenhall begrüßen konnten.
Das gesamte Projektteam ist hochmotiviert, eine innovative Lösung für die "letzte Meile" des Gefechtsfelds und die Kräfte, die dort unter höchst anspruchsvollen Gegebenheiten agieren, zu erarbeiten.
Ein per Raketenverschuss verbrachtes, mastgestütztes, autonomes Sensornetzwerk kann taktische Überlegenheit und Entlastung der eigenen Kräfte bieten.
This week was the first #LATACC reporting to European Commission in Thales premises (Gennevilliers, France): a great opportunity for the Core team to share progress and get recommendations from EC Project Officer.
LATACC Consortium succeeded to share a first joint vision of tactical collaborative combat in coalition, compatible with existing legacy systems.
From December 2023:
➡️we collected User needs from 11 Member States
➡️we assessed the Land Combat technical evolution context
➡️we set up common Architecture principles and selected standards of interest.
These are the foundations of LATACC follow on.
On the same day, a workshop has been dedicated to the Integration Plan, to refine strategy and critical dependencies. Next steps of #LATACC will be dedicated to implementation and demonstration preparation. Collaborative combat benefits will be demonstrated to our Forces during regular events.
✅ End 2025 An Industrial lab demonstrations will present the Concepts.
✅ Mid 2026 Several National labs will be connected to highlight the benefits of Collaboration
✅ End 2026 A Field demonstration with all MoDs will conclude on #LATACC outcomes.
This will allow to get continuous feedback from our Customers and ensure we address their Needs.