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Ireland funds EUR 1.8 million AI system to detect vessels hiding at sea

Research Ireland awarded Trinity College Dublin's Sea Scan team over EUR 1.8 million in the Defence Innovation Challenge to build an AI system that detects vessels with transponders switched off, to help protect subsea cables.

Verified AI-drafted Research Ireland press release, 25 February 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish that Sea Scan is deployed or operational, only that prize phase funding was awarded.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. EUR1.8m grant for detection prototype; not built or operating yet. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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