Inside Field Data Acquisition with Stéphane Langlois, Work Package 3 Leader at ONERA
“The end result of these activities is a rich database, designed to address the objectives of algorithm development, operational analysis, and scientific research.”
Stéphane and the ONERA – The French Aerospace Lab team spearheaded ambitious field campaigns across France and Norway, capturing authentic battlefield scenarios with vehicles, drones, and pedestrians. Through meticulous annotation and collaborative effort, they transformed nearly 5 million collected images including 2 million carefully annotated ones into a high-quality, structured dataset.
This valuable resource empowers advanced AI algorithms for threat detection, drives scientific research, and accelerates innovation in the European defense sector.