This funding opportunity supports innovation actions to develop and test scalable, interoperable solutions for detecting and characterizing threats or illegal/smuggled goods in cargo across air, maritime, land, postal, road, and rail transport. Projects should enhance customs authorities' capabilities, improve mobility and agility, and foster inter-agency and cross-border collaboration. The focus includes addressing explosives, incendiary devices, and other dangerous materials concealed in legal commercial cargo, contributing to increased security and supply chain resilience.
Eligible applicants must include at least two Customs Authorities from different EU Member States or Associated Countries. Participants must comply with Horizon Europe general conditions, including financial and operational capacity, and may need to use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS data if satell