Revolutionary enhancement of European Defence with participation of Cypriot SignalGeneriX – Signalgenerix

Revolutionary enhancement of European Defence with participation of Cypriot SignalGeneriX

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SignalGeneriX Ltd is participating as a technology provider in the European Defence Fund (EDF) project “hIgh FreqUency oveR The Horizon sensors’ cognitivE netwoRk” (iFURTHER).

iFURTHER is a 3-year research project that started on 1 December 2022, funded by the EDF with a total budget of 10.95 million euros. This project is coordinated by Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A. from Greece, and has 18 partners from 10 countries, four industrials, seven RTO, and five SMEs.

The main goal of this project is to help develop a persistent and very wide-area EU defence capability to monitor both air and sea domains by delivering a concrete and scalable solution. The specific objectives of iFURTHER are:

  • To detect and track air and sea targets at long range (over the horizon) far beyond current existing systems, by using the reflections of skywave and surface-wave propagated signals.
  • To fill the gaps and extend the current EU air and sea radar coverage by introducing a multistatic sensor configuration supported by ad-hoc network protocols and an appropriate infrastructure for synchronization and coordination of sensors.
  • To implement cognitive radar management systems to optimize operational parameters in real-time and as a function of environmental conditions.
  • To implement advanced signal processing techniques to improve over-the-horizon detection and track performance as well as target localization capabilities.
  • To utilize available non-cooperative illumination and apply cognitive features at a network level to develop new techniques for optimized use of the electromagnetic spectrum and passive processing.

The need for very early warning systems comes from emerging military threats to the EU that include hypersonic and ballistic threats. No single technology can address all threats in all situations, given the threat spectrum. For this reason, the EU-funded iFURTHER will focus on a revolutionary defence system concept that will address this issue and that will be capable of protecting the sovereignty and integrity of the European Union.

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