“Panoptis”: The Greek-designed Anti-Drone system that “sees” everything in the field

With possible use in many applications, military and civilian type, but also a victory of its first -adapted to “face” commercially available drones- version, the Greek anti-SMEA system (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) “Panoptis” is now in the development phase of a new version, which will be ready in the summer.

A “Panoptis” … sees everything

This Greek-designed surveillance platform for SMIEA can, during airspace surveillance, show the position of drones on the map, and more. At the same time it records key movement characteristics, such as coordinates, direction, altitude, flight speed, time at which they were identified, and then pilots will be able to land, immobilize or redirect the “unknown” or enemy drone thanks to electronic countermeasures or interference. “Panoptis” will even succeed in detecting both an “attack” of a Single Squadron (drone) and an attack of a Squadron of drones, a threat that concerns the ED of many countries worldwide.

This system can also, as Antonis Lalas, a postdoctoral researcher at the EKETA Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, explained to the APE-MPE radio station “Agency 104.9 FM”, be useful in many political uses, “insuring” airspace -for example- around government buildings during a Summit, but also from critical public infrastructure, airports, public transport facilities, numerous events, etc.

“After our success in a recent NATO technology competition, where we won the 1st place by proposing a tracker, based on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence technologies, we have already started the development of a new version that will be ready in six months and can “It works better against military-type Unmanned Systems,” Lalas explained.

Advanced software: the precious Greek “heart” of Panoptis

The special thing about Panoptis in the battle to face this new threat is that the technology has “Made in Greece” programming. “What is important is that the” heart “of this system, the software, is Greek. The materials (s.s hardware) can be procured by anyone to assemble such a system. We, at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the National Center for Research and Technological Development (CERTH / IPTIL), in the framework of the H2020 European project ALADDIN, and then with the work we do, have managed to prepare the most valuable element for such mission, utilizing deep learning methodologies (Deep learning), Artificial Intelligence, innovative technologies, which contribute to the detection and neutralization functions of drones “, explains Mr. Lalas who emphasizes that the specific, first integrated platform of Greek design will detect, will detect and neutralize unauthorized and potentially hostile, unmanned aerial vehicles in either a time of peace or a time of crisis.

In order to prepare this complete solution in the context of the SMEA threat, IPTIL will cooperate with a specialized Greek company that deals with Greek series of unmanned systems, a company with which it has signed a memorandum of cooperation in the fields of research, design and provision of specialized services. , which aim to lead to the development and commercialization of the system in the Greek and international market.
According to the postdoctoral researcher of the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of EKETA, in 2022 will be the new presentation of the solution, which will result from the collaboration.

Global problem, Greek solution of state-of-the-art technology

Mr. Lalas explained that the Greek-designed system “answers” to the issues that have arisen worldwide and in our country by drones, which have begun to be used by various criminal groups as tools -among other things- espionage, facilitating illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking, using an innovative monitoring method based on “multi-sensor data correlation and merging”.

CERTH, with its experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, relied for the project “on anti-drone know-how developed in the context of European projects, technology that combines, for example, radar, acoustic sensors, cameras, etc. to complete the development of this advanced UAV countermeasure system, in order to provide a solution to the growing problem of the threat of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles “, Mr. Lalas explained, emphasizing that the dangers of” unknown “drones of any size are now a global issue .

The CERTH postdoctoral researcher even stated that specific risks often develop into serious threats, which, as he stressed, have been proven by the numerous recent incidents with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, incidents such as the attack on the Saudi ARAMCO with its own “International extensions and was” perceived “by all of us, as it brought an increase in oil prices around the world.”
The detection, identification and neutralization of SMEAs flying near key infrastructure or sensitive areas is now, according to the team of researchers at the Thessaloniki-based Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, a critical and necessary function.

The eight-member team of Greek scientists, working on “Panoptis”, estimates that the existing systems can not detect small-scale SMIEA, nor to assess the severity of the threat as well as to propose and activate countermeasures. For this reason, he explains, it was deemed necessary, based on end-user requirements, to develop a comprehensive platform for the detection, identification, detection and neutralization of unauthorized and potentially hostile, unmanned flying devices, .

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