TEKEVER launches ATLARCTIC with ESA to overhaul maritime and Arctic surveillance
TEKEVER Space has launched the ESA-backed ATLARCTIC project to develop UAS, sensing and communications capabilities for enhanced maritime and Arctic surveillance, supporting European search-and-rescue, environmental monitoring and maritime security.
Key facts
- TEKEVER Space launched ATLARCTIC in partnership with the European Space Agency to improve maritime and Arctic surveillance.
- The project combines long-endurance UAS, resilient satellite/BLOS communications and AI-enabled sensors for persistent coverage.
- ATLARCTIC targets Arctic-specific challenges and aims to support coast guards, SAR, environmental monitoring and EU agencies.
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TEKEVER Space has launched ATLARCTIC, an ESA-backed project to build a resilient surveillance architecture for maritime and Arctic operations. The initiative targets persistent situational awareness over long oceanic ranges and in harsh polar conditions by integrating three technological pillars: long-endurance unmanned aerial systems (UAS), satellite and beyond-line-of-sight communications, and advanced sensor suites with onboard data processing driven by AI.
Europe’s Arctic and North Atlantic approaches present several operational problems—extreme cold, icing, limited ground infrastructure, degraded GNSS in some conditions, and sparse air-traffic and vessel reporting. ATLARCTIC will focus on engineering solutions to those constraints, including cold-weather platforms, hardened payloads and secure, resilient links that bridge unmanned platforms to satellites and coastal command centres.
Beyond technical development, the project frames itself as an enabler for public authorities: coast guards, search-and-rescue services, environmental agencies and EU maritime bodies could use sustained aerial coverage to detect illegal fishing, respond faster to incidents, monitor spill events and improve navigation safety along increasingly trafficked Arctic routes.
For European defence and industry, ATLARCTIC offers dual benefits—enhancing civil maritime domain awareness while maturing technologies applicable to defence and dual-use missions. The initiative is presented as a multi-year, multi-partner effort intended to demonstrate interoperable, scalable systems that can be adopted by member states and regional organisations.
Source: sUAS News
