ECYSAP EYE (Enhanced Cyber Situational Awareness Platform - Enhanced Cyberspace Operations) is a strategic European defense research project funded by the European Defence Fund (EDF) and scheduled from 1 December 2024 to 31 January 2028. Coordinated by Indra, the initiative studies the architectural evolution of military cyber situational awareness toward a modular "System of Systems" for tactical expeditionary missions. The European Commission factsheet lists an estimated total cost of €37,450,724.34, a 36-month duration, and project code EDF-2023-DA-CYBER-CSA; the grant agreement is 101168092.
Project Overview
As military operations increasingly depend on virtual networks and connected telemetry, cyber threats can affect mission continuity and tactical decision-making. ECYSAP EYE explores unified threat intelligence sharing and risk assessment capabilities that bridge physical assets, virtual domains, and command layers.
The framework is oriented toward helping operators monitor cyber threat landscapes, identify vulnerabilities, and evaluate Courses of Action (CoA) to protect communication nodes, tactical vehicles, and field operations.
Core Capabilities
ECYSAP EYE focuses on several core technical domains:
- System-of-Systems Situational Awareness: Researches decentralized telemetry processing pipelines that collect security evidence from tactical nodes while respecting bandwidth and security boundaries.
- AI-driven Threat & Risk Assessment: Studies machine learning models that correlate threat signals with operational missions, supporting awareness of how cyber incidents may affect physical assets.
- Courses of Action (CoA): Develops explainable decision-support concepts for mitigation options such as isolating compromised subsystems, adapting routing, or activating backup systems when under attack.
The ECYSAP EYE project is supported by the European Defence Fund (EDF).
Public Sources
- European Commission project factsheet: https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/c205c93a-9c7f-4914-8161-a5b57a31df76_en?filename=EDF-2023-DA-CYBER-CSA%20ECYSAP%20EYE.pdf
- Official project website: https://www.ecysap.eu/
