The European Defence Fund (EDF) project MARSEUS – Modular Architecture Solution for EU States, led by MBDA France, has reached an important milestone in developing next-generation collaborative combat capabilities. The initiative aims to design a modular and interoperable architecture that enhances existing missile systems with Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) capabilities, strengthening Europe’s defence autonomy.
The MARSEUS consortium brings together 15 European companies, combining complementary expertise across defence, AI, and advanced sensing technologies. Among them, FlySight contributes its know-how in Artificial Intelligence, image processing, and software development to improve the accuracy of target localization and real-time situational awareness.
FlySight’s main contribution focuses on AI-powered road extraction and alignment using the OPENSIGHT 3D graphics engine, combined with SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) technology for real-time camera localization. The approach integrates public road data from OpenStreetMap with visual information acquired by cameras.
Through advanced AI inference and semantic segmentation techniques, the system identifies road networks within aerial imagery. The extracted “road masks” are compared with synthetic renderings generated by OPENSIGHT, aligning real and simulated environments to refine camera position estimates.
This significantly reduces image center positioning errors, as demonstrated in the accompanying video, where the corrected trajectory (blue line) shows marked improvement over the uncorrected case (red line).
FlySight’s work within MARSEUS exemplifies the company’s commitment to advancing European defence technologies through AI-driven innovation. By collaborating with leading partners across the continent, FlySight contributes to building interoperable, intelligent, and resilient systems that reinforce the EU’s collective defence capabilities.
