SPADER
AI-based Natural Language Processing of Low-Quality and Multilingual Data in Defence Applications with Self-Adaptation
The SPADER project, funded under the EDF 2024 programme, is an ambitious European initiative aiming to tackle the growing challenge of space debris. By leveraging a unique double parabolic mirror system, SPADER will concentrate solar rays into high-power beams to vaporize or de-orbit uncontrolled space objects. This innovative and sustainable approach offers a non-expendable, energy-efficient method of cleaning near-Earth space. Over the course of 36 months, the consortium—comprising SMEs, research institutes, and aerospace experts from six EU countries—will conduct advanced design and feasibility studies, culminating in the development and testing of a 1:10 ground model. SKYLD is proud to be a key partner in this pioneering effort to secure safe and sustainable access to space.