Nokia has been selected to lead PROACTIF, a project funded by the European Union’s Chips Joint Undertaking. The project aims to strengthen Europe’s technology resilience and leadership in ECS technologies and support the autonomy of the European Drone and Robotics industry. Spinverse provided the PROACTIF consortium with project proposal services at the project development phase and will support the PROACTIF project consortium in the project’s day-to-day management.
PROACTIF brings together 42 partners from 13 countries to focus on critical infrastructure surveillance in Europe
The consortium anticipates generating around EUR 90 million in revenue, 50 products, and more than 15 new industry patents by 2035, enabling increased market share and leadership. The project's additional impact includes dozens of new collaborations, hundreds of new jobs and over EUR 40 million of additional investments.
Nokia’s extensive expertise has helped establish drone technology best practices and transform drones into daily helpers for public safety and mission-critical operations, said Thomas Eder, Head of Embedded Wireless Solutions at Nokia. According to Thomas Eder, the project demonstrates Nokia’s commitment to fostering innovation and resilience across Europe. By collaborating with leading organizations, this initiative will address critical challenges in security and sustainability, delivering real-world benefits for society.
The PROACTIF consortium brings together 42 partners and four affiliates from 13 countries with a focus on critical infrastructure surveillance and emergency management in Europe. Under Nokia’s leadership, the groundbreaking venture will redefine how emergency situations and critical infrastructure are managed in Europe. It will unite academic institutions, SMEs and industry leaders to develop cutting-edge, cost-efficient, eco-efficient, safe and cybersecure unmanned vehicle (UxV) systems to address European civil security needs.
The project will develop nine advanced technology building blocks and five state-of-the-art UxV platforms, emphasizing interoperability, autonomy and rapid deployment to meet Europe’s societal and market needs.
The use of UxV technologies enables a more holistic understanding of an incident's location and severity, as well as comprehensive situational awareness, through frequent and efficient sensor data gathering.
Nokia provided PROACTIF with proposal preparation services
Spinverse provided the PROACTIF consortium with funding expertise services during the intense project building and proposal preparation phase, thus playing an important role in securing the substantial funding for the project. Thomas Eder from Nokia concludes: “Spinverse’s support during the proposal phase of PROACTIF was instrumental in shaping a strong, competitive project. Their deep understanding of EU funding mechanisms and ability to coordinate complex consortia helped us align technical excellence with strategic impact. This collaboration played a key role in securing funding for one of Europe’s most ambitious initiatives in unmanned and robotics technologies.”
Spinverse continues to work with the PROACTIF project consortium from its kick-off onwards by providing project services.
Photo credit: Nokia Drone Networks drone with parachute
More information: Nokia's press release