INTERCEPT Horizon Europe

The main aim of INTERCEPT is to enhance the capabilities of European law enforcement authorities and provide them with effective means to remotely and safely stop vehicles that pose imminent and high-security threats to citizens and society. We initiated our actions in response to the needs reported by security forces. There are still serious challenges with the early detection of potentially dangerous situations, monitoring detected events, and coordinating the response of security forces. The project team, together with security stakeholders, will identify technology gaps that need to be addressed to reduce existing vulnerabilities and improve security efficiency. Based on this, a security use case and related challenges will be defined. These will form the foundation for conducting a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) project, during which specific solutions will be developed. The INTERCEPT project is a result of the work carried out in the i-LEAD project. Following discussions between procurement and vehicle-stopping experts, a joint technical specification for a solution to remotely stop motor vehicles was prepared. However, it became clear that no electronic or electrical device could universally stop all cars. This led to the decision to address this issue through a PCP action. INTERCEPT is a project that will lay the solid foundations for this procurement initiative. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This profile does not represent the official views of the European Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------