WEBINAR: ‘The Arctic Region: Safety, Navigation and Operations’

🆕 WEBINAR: ‘The Arctic Region: Safety, Navigation and Operations’.
🐻‍❄️ Join us on 9 September at 11:00 CEST as we introduce the second sub-call under our ‘Arctic Region’ Call for Proposals.

Rapid militarisation and intensifying geopolitical competition triggered by climate change and the opening of new maritime routes pose pressing and immediate security challenges in the Arctic. Competition for strategic advantage and access to the region’s vast, untapped natural resources is heightening the risk of territorial disputes and unlawful activities. 

Against this backdrop, this sub-call is focusing on safety, navigation and operations. Applications are invited for space-enabled solutions targeting safe maritime navigation and operations in the Arctic, where the melting ice is not only resulting in increased traffic but also posing significant hazards to vessels.

Space technologies can help in a number of ways including:

🛰️ Satellite Earth observation – for ice monitoring to support safe navigation and detection of anomalies around critical infrastructure.

🛰️ Satellite communications – for resilient communications for search-and-rescue, and coastguard and defensive training operations.

🛰️ Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) – critical in the navigation of autonomous and traditional marine, air and land vehicles, indispensable for transportation, security, and surveillance in the region.

Join the webinar on 9 September to find out more. Register now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ej3aj5dU