From Environmental Monitoring to Defense Intelligence: Scidrones Presents etikέta at DEFEA 2025
Scidrones proudly participated in the spin-off pitching session at DEFEA 2025, the premier defense and security event in Southeast Europe. Representing academic innovation in dual-use technologies, we presented our transition from environmental monitoring with CMLO to advanced geospatial AI training with our new platform: etikέta.
etikέta is an AI training support system designed to manage the full cycle of image annotation, model training, and evaluation—tailored for optionally georeferenced datasets. It supports high-accuracy object detection and segmentation workflows and is already being used to generate labeled military datasets for imagery intelligence (IMINT) and geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) purposes.
Key features of etikέta include:
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📍 Support for geospatial context in labeling
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🧠 Inference and feedback loop for model refinement
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🤝 Multi-user project collaboration tools
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📦 Export in YOLO format for seamless ML integration
Originally created to support our environmental missions via drone-based marine litter detection (CMLO), etikέta demonstrates the flexibility of AI to serve both civil and defense applications — a true dual-use success story.
We would like to warmly thank Commander Iasonas Dimou and the team at ΕΛΚΑΚ – HCDI for the opportunity to participate, present our work, and engage with key actors in the Greek defense innovation ecosystem.
🔗 Learn more about etikέta: https://etiketa.scidrones.com
Stay tuned for upcoming deployments and new applications of etikέta in real-world missions!
