WORK PACKAGES

Will engage stakeholders from different levels of governance, NGOs, public and industry to identify their specific needs and will interact with all WPs. (Lead Partner: HELCOM)

Will compile and describe the roles and responsibilities and the approaches to assess risks of the involved actors and stakeholders in EU Member States and associated countries that are involved in dealing with marine munition (legal and practical aspects). (Lead Partner: AU)

Will compile methods and best practices of MBES, SSS and SAS approaches with ships or AUVs, will advance image-based munition classification and identification technologies through 3D-photogrammetric reconstruction and for hydroacoustic camera data processing and for 3D-reconstructions. (Lead Partner: FFI)

Addresses the sedimentological assessment of potentially buried munition in EU waters, compiles methods and best practices for buried object detection: magnetics, Low Frequency (LF)-SAS, 3D-(SBP) Sub-Bottom Profiler, electromagnetic and advances sub-seafloor detection and classification methods for LF-SAS and 3D-SBP. (Lead Partner: RMA)

Work Package 5 (WP5) aims to advance two key technological areas.

The first focus is the development of AI-supported algorithms for the detection, classification, and identification of munitions objects on the seafloor. These algorithms will leverage data collected in WP3 and WP4, including hydroacoustic systems such as side scan sonar (SSS), multi-beam echosounder (MBES), and synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), as well as optical and acoustic camera systems. By integrating these diverse datasets, WP5 seeks to enhance the precision and efficiency of underwater munitions identification.

The second focus of WP5 is on organizing and streamlining the data management processes across the entire project. To support this, WP5 will establish a secure data-sharing infrastructure designed to facilitate the exchange of sensitive information among various international stakeholders. This will involve adapting north.io’s Ocean Data Platform (known as TrueOcean) to meet the project’s specific requirements, enabling automated data analysis, secure cloud-based collaboration, and efficient data sharing.

Together, these efforts will ensure a robust and effective framework for advancing the project's technological and collaborative goals.

(Lead Partner: north.io)

Aims at advancing real autonomy of diving vehicles (AUVs) and unmanned/remotely controlled surface vessels (USVs). (Lead Partner: UiT)

Will develop methods and technology to make the process of removing munition (grabbing and transportation to another location) faster and safer by developing both a software tool and specialized claws and grabbing technology. (Lead Partner: SeaTerra)

Compiles and extends data on munition compound levels and their risk in EU coastal waters, compile knowledge of existing technologies for munition chemical monitoring and advance selected existing platforms for field and in situ detection of explosive compounds as well as technologies for chemical warfare agent analyses. (Lead Partner: GEOMAR)

Will investigate and compile LOD and HOD approaches and methods to finally deal with single munition objects or entire munition dumping areas as well as monitoring strategies of chemical contamination during munition clearance. (Lead Partner: FHG-ICT)

New and state-of-the-art technology of WP3 to WP8 will jointly be evaluated as part of tests in known areas but also as part of field campaigns into unknown (less known) areas as well as during ‘normal’ munition surveys and clearance operations done by the partners. (Lead Partner: GEOMAR)

Will compile data and information generated in WP1 to WP10 and will produce educational material and training data sets including historical data analyses. (Lead Partner: IOPAN)

Promotes the topic and the project on national, international and EU-level, communicates the state-of-the-art about marine munition and the specific outcomes of the project, transfers knowledge to key stakeholders and establishes a long-term Knowledge-Hub of experts around the munition portal. (Lead Partner: JPIO)

Ensures the proper and successful implementation of the project. (Lead Partner: GEOMAR)