SEAWINGS Progress meeting in Porto, Portugal (March 2025)
The SEAWINGS project held a productive progress meeting on March 26–27 at the ISEP Hub of INESC TEC in Porto, Portugal. This gathering brought together all project partners to review ongoing work and plan future steps.
The first day focused on updates from each partner, highlighting progress and challenges across the various work packages. The session began with a review of overall project management and coordination, during which key updates were shared. Notably, the consortium bid farewell to some departing colleagues and welcomed new members into the team.
Following the management session, attention turned to the technical and time-sensitive work packages. These presentations fostered valuable exchanges of ideas, particularly regarding how different SEAWINGS vehicle components could be integrated to operate effectively as a whole.
The second day was dedicated to an ad-hoc technical session. This collaborative discussion provided a platform for partners to delve deeper into technical topics and share their perspectives on the future direction of SEAWINGS.
SEAWINGS in REPMUS 2024
SEAWINGS representatives from INESC TEC, LPRC – La Palma Research Centre and Porvalor attended the REPMUS event on September 25, in Tróia, Portugal, held at the CEOM facilities (Navy Operational Experimentation Center).
REPMUS is an exercise dedicated to Robotic Experimentation & Prototyping with Maritime Unmaned Systems, where Navy representatives from various countries conduct relevant activities related to the topic.
In this opportunity, the SEAWINGS team engaged with potential end-users of the proposed WIG vehicles, from the Portuguese and Spanish Navies, who have been contributing to SEAWINGS tasks in the past years. Communication materials (flyers and business cards) were distributed to foster follow up and raise awareness about SEAWINGS.
In addition, discussions and a workshop in REPMUS allowed the collection of insights and validation about the potential missions where SEAWINGS can add value as a military asset.
Special thanks to our partners INESC TEC for facilitating access to REPMUS 2024!
Review meeting, phase I
The SEAWINGS project, funded by the European Defence Fund (EDF), held its first Review Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 5th September 2024. The event was hosted by the coordinating organisation LPRC. The primary objective of the event was to bring together project partners and the Project Officer – the representative of the European Commission – to present and discuss the ongoing tasks within the 5 Work Packages (WPs) that have been running during the first reporting period: from December 2022 to May 2024.
Marcio Tameirao Pinto, representing LPRC as coordinator of the project, opened the event with welcoming words, followed by the presentations envisaged in the agenda of the event, covering administrative, research and technical aspects of the development of SEAWINGS. The main purpose was to present the work that have been implemented during the reporting period, timeline, challenges, risks, and the workplan for the upcoming months:
- WP1 – General management and coordination of the project . Delivered by LPRC.
- WP2 – User requirements, interoperability, policies and standards. Delivered by Z&P and Porvalor.
- WP3 – Foundational research and conceptualization. Delivered by UPM and INESC TEC.
- WP4 – Mechatronics, guidance, navigation, and autonomy and control experiments. Delivered by UPM and Trisolaris.
- WP5 – Perception and sensor fusion, monitoring and visualization, avionics experiments. Delivered by INESC TEC.
The last session of the meeting was dedicated to open discussions and suggestions provided by the Project Officer. After the presentations and fruitful discussions, the SEAWINGS partners are aligned and committed to work hard on the implementation of the project tasks in the short, medium, and long term period.
