The European Defence Agency (EDA) started a new project on January 13 to advance technology for automatic targeting and threat recognition and identification, in an effort to enhance the combat effectiveness of European military personnel and weapons systems.
ATRIT (Automatic target/threat recognition, identification and targeting for land systems) is a multi-nation initiative spearheaded by Germany that will also include France, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, and Norway as contributing Member States. Groups from Germany’s Rheinmetall and France’s Safran and Thales, Greece’s ISD SA, the Netherlands’ TNO and Thales, Norway’s Rheinmetall and Poland’s PCO will carry it out.
The EDA launch is the beginning of a series of ATRIT projects with a €2 million budget over 18 months, the ultimate goal of which is to create and test physical demonstrators in relevant environments.
The initiative is being co-funded by Member States and additional participants have the option to join as it is a Category B project managed by EDA.
