About Arctic Eye 2025
The AI-Driven Crisis Response System is a collaborative effort to explore how satellite data, drone imagery, and artificial intelligence can support emergency and civil protection operations.
Through testing, field trials, and scenario-based simulations, the project aims to identify when each technology is most useful—and how they can work together to improve situational awareness, decision-making, and response time during critical events.
Importantly, the goal is not to replace or reinvent existing common operating systems, but to enhance them. All development is designed to integrate seamlessly with tools already in use by civil protection authorities—such as FAKS—by delivering AI-processed satellite and drone data through standardized APIs.
Key Features & Focus Areas
Real-World Scenario Testing
- The project stages relevant operational situations—such as missing persons, stranded vessels, and natural hazards—to evaluate the effectiveness of different data sources.
Intelligent Data Fusion Center
- At the heart of the system is a fusion node that ingests and combines multi-source aerial data (satellite and drone), processed through AI, and packages it into user-ready layers for rapid situational understanding.
Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Validation
- To ensure quality, traceability, and trust, all AI outputs are validated by domain experts through intuitive annotation and feedback interfaces. This model enables learning over time—without compromising operational control.
Example Applications
- Supporting search and rescue operations by identifying areas of interest from satellite and drone data
- Detecting vessels, shelters, or environmental anomalies in remote or inaccessible regions
- Mapping landslides, floods, or terrain change using AI-enhanced Earth Observation imagery
- Prioritizing search areas through fusion of terrain, weather, and behavioral indicators
- Delivering time-critical, high-confidence data to field teams and command centers
This initiative is supported by the European Space Agency through its Civil Security from Space programme. The project brings together satellite providers, drone operators, AI developers and emergency services around a shared vision: to save time, reduce risk, and support lives in crisis.
The Goal
Showcasing how cutting-edge satellite- and drone-tech can support first responders when every second counts.
Exercise Week
Week 42 | 13–17 October 2025
Live Demonstration
Starting 08:00, Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th of October 2025
Participants
Key national and local responders; Police, Fire & Rescue Services, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (HRS), KSAT, DSB, and Norwegian People's Aid, along with other national and international partners.
A common goal
Across agencies, technologies, and borders, we share one mission: to save lives. This project brings together rescue services, satellite experts, drone operators, and AI developers with a shared ambition—to deliver better situational awareness when it matters most.
Latest Arctic Eye Activities
White Paper │ AI-Driven Crisis Response System │ ESA Civil Security from Space Programme │ June 2025
1. Introduction and Purpose This white paper outlines the vision, user needs, technical concept, and development direction for the AI-Driven Crisis Response System under the...
Two Grounded Ships, Two Response Tactics, One Vision: A Unified Aerial Approach
Real World Deployment of ESA's AI-Driven Crisis Response System The ESA driven Civil Security from Space (CSS) project, focusing on how satellite- and drone-data can...
Successful Workshop with JRCC North on Satellite and Drone Integration
On June 18, 2025, Tiepoint and KSAT held a joint workshop with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre North (JRCC North) as part of the ESA-funded...
KSAT Workshop: Exploring Satellite Data for Crisis Response
On May 14, 2025, Tiepoint held a focused workshop with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) in Tromsø to align efforts within the ESA Civil Security from...