AI-Driven Crisis Response System

Combining satellite data, drone imagery, and AI to support faster and smarter emergency response. Enabled by ESA’s Civil Security from Space Programme, the system delivers critical insights in real time-even in remote or inaccessible areas.

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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

August 13, 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… Read about White Paper │ AI-Driven Crisis Response System │ ESA Civil Security from Space Programme │ June 2025

Two Grounded Ships, Two Response Tactics, One Vision: A Unified Aerial Approach

June 25, 2025 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… Read about Two Grounded Ships, Two Response Tactics, One Vision: A Unified Aerial Approach

Successful Workshop with JRCC North on Satellite and Drone Integration

June 18, 2025 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… Read about Successful Workshop with JRCC North on Satellite and Drone Integration

KSAT Workshop: Exploring Satellite Data for Crisis Response

May 14, 2025 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… Read about KSAT Workshop: Exploring Satellite Data for Crisis Response