On November 25 and 26, the annual conference “AFCEA TechNET Sofia 2025“, organized by the AFCEA Section “Sofia“, was held in Sofia. This year's edition was under the title: “Intelligent weapons and systems for collective defense and security“. Within the framework of the conference, three key AFCEA projects were presented, funded by the European Commission - the European Defense Fund and “Horizon Europe“.
The “FALCON“ project using artificial intelligence and high technologies to identify indicators of high-level corruption and organized crime. Its goal is to create tools that can check and identify various suspicious actions or connections between individuals in high positions online. For example, purchasing luxury yachts, cryptocurrency transfers, and others. All this is done with the help of artificial intelligence.
„Data is collected and analyzed, and the goal is to identify suspicious practices. At the same time, public procurements are viewed, a risk analysis is performed where public procurements are risky. This is determined through various criteria that we have defined in the project“, said to FACTS Prof. Nikolay Stoyanov, Vice President of AFSEA for the Academic Community. The „FALCON“ project is funded under "Horizon Europe".
The WEMOR project is aimed at analyzing the health status of military personnel during training and education. The system downloads real-time biomarkers so that the commander can assess whether a military personnel should be reassigned if the risk or stress is seen to be very high.
“We have conducted the first tests with the Military University, and there are upcoming tests with the Naval School. Doctors from the Military Medical Academy and their colleagues from Norway are helping with the medical indicators.“, explains Prof. Stoyanov. The project is funded under the European Defence Fund.
The third project presented is NEMO. With its help and based on artificial intelligence, simultaneous translations are performed in an offline environment of meetings, briefings, and analyses, where specific military terminology is available.
“Initially, we focused on the English language. Then we will move on to Italian, Romanian, and Bulgarian“, specifies Prof. Stoyanov. The project is funded by the European Defense Fund.