RPAS

 The selection of Airbus and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) by Frontex for Maritime Aerial Surveillance with RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) creates a significant opportunity for multilateral integration across border security stakeholders, especially when aligning with platforms such as Equitus.ai (EVM & Video Sentinel) and IBM Power Connect, in collaboration with agencies like CBP (USA), BMWG (Germany), and BSF (India).

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🔧 SYSTEM INTEGRATION STRATEGY

1. RPAS Data Ingestion + Real-Time Analysis

Data Source: RPAS systems provide EO/IR sensor video, radar tracks, AIS data, ELINT/SIGINT, and environmental telemetry.

Integration with Equitus.ai KGNN + EVM:

• EVM ingests real-time EO/IR video streams and applies object detection, anomaly detection, and metadata tagging.

• Outputs from EVM can be contextually linked via KGNN into an intelligence fabric across countries and agencies.

• Video Sentinel provides AI-driven alerts for vessel behavior anomalies, dark ships, or potential smuggling/piracy patterns.

2. Cognitive Federated Intelligence Sharing

IBM Power Connect can:

• Serve as the secure federated edge-node interface between Frontex, CBP, BMWG, BSF, and other NATO/Quad members.

• Leverage IBM’s Data Fabric and AI Ops capabilities to orchestrate multi-domain fusion from RPAS data to ground/sea-based sensors.

• Power Connect and Equitus KGNN can share intelligence objects via standardized NATO STANAG or NIEM XML schema.

3. Cross-National Situational Awareness Grid

By integrating Frontex-AI Airbus RPAS feeds with Equitus Video Sentinel and EVM:

• Enable persistent maritime ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) across multiple zones (MedSea, Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic).

• Unified data layer helps correlate objects of interest (ships, fast boats, migrants, narco-traffickers) across shared air-maritime corridors.

4. Policy + Tactical Deployment Recommendations

• CBP could receive RPAS-derived alerts for transatlantic narco-trafficking or migrant routing via EU to Central America.

• BSF (India) can correlate Bay of Bengal or Arabian Sea threats detected by local UAVs with Frontex-tagged behavior patterns.

• BMWG can use shared maritime movement analytics from Equitus-AI + Airbus RPAS to assist in Baltic Sea or North Sea interdiction.

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🔐 TECHNICAL ENABLERS

Layer	Tech Stack	Function
Data Collection	Airbus RPAS, IAI HERON TP	EO/IR, SIGINT, Radar Maritime Detection
Video Processing	Equitus EVM + Video Sentinel	Real-time vessel tracking, activity modeling
Semantic Layer	Equitus KGNN	Pattern learning, cross-agency knowledge graph
Data Distribution	IBM Power Connect, Red Hat OpenShift	Edge compute, secure federated distribution
Security & Compliance	IBM QRadar, AI Ops	Compliance (GDPR, CISA, ISO), Threat detection
Visualization	Cyberspatial Teleseer (optional)	PCAP + Visual Network Flows (enhanced maritime comms mapping)

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🤝 NEXT STEP: INTERAGENCY LIAISON + PILOT PROGRAM

Suggested Action:

• Launch a Frontal Interoperability Sandbox Pilot between Equitus, IBM, and Airbus under an MOU with:

  • CBP (USA), Frontex (EU), BSF (India), BMWG (Germany)

• Focus on 3 use cases:

  1. Dark vessel detection & tagging.

  2. Cooperative vessel identification across EEZs.

  3. Real-time ISR sharing with NATO & Quad edge partners.

Technical POC Coordination:

• Equitus.ai Government Division – Interoperability Architect

• IBM Security & Defense Sales – Power Connect / Red Hat Integration Lead

• Airbus UAS Programs Division – Maritime ISR Liaison

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