"From 2008-12 IAI participated in TALOS, a 19m Polish-led research project to develop a scalable, autonomous border control system to help curb illegal crossings at Europe's land borders. The concept was an integrated model involving a command and control system, sensors and unmanned ground vehicles, and a plan to connect it with drones - all of these being technologies which IAI manufactures."
"It is unclear whether TALOS was ever adopted as a unified system, since it encountered problems relating to algorithms for autonomous navigation, as well as cross-border constraints significant enough to be cited as barriers to deployment. However, it is hard to miss its resemblance to IAI's hybrid robotic border control system announced a few years later (essentially by creating a communication line between the RoBattle ground robot and one of its drones, BirdEye 650D)."
"It also bears similarities to the border control package provided to Argentina's Gendarmeria Nacional, which integrated radars, a surveillance and reconnaissance vehicle (ELI-3302 Granite) and drones (BirdEye 650D, mini-UAV BirdEye 400, and HoverMast100). From 2010-12, IAI was part of OPARUS - a 1.4m euro EU project to develop a common drone-based border surveillance system. The research was coordinated by French aerospace firm Safran and included BAE Systems, Thales and Airbus as participants."
From 2008–2012 IAI participated in TALOS, a €19 million Polish-led project to develop a scalable autonomous border control system to curb illegal crossings at Europe's land borders. The concept integrated a command-and-control system, sensors, unmanned ground vehicles, and plans to connect with drones. TALOS encountered problems with autonomous navigation algorithms and cross-border constraints that impeded deployment. IAI later created a hybrid robotic border control setup linking the RoBattle ground robot with the BirdEye 650D drone. From 2010–2012 IAI joined OPARUS, a €1.4 million EU project coordinated by Safran to develop common drone-based border surveillance and identify suitable sensors and platforms. OPARUS concluded regulatory hurdles must be overcome for drones to operate in civilian airspace.
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