sowa
/ˈsɔ.va/
110,000,000 landmines globally
65 countries
1000 years to clear
6000+ deaths per year
50,000+ injured per year
30% of land (size of Florida)
50 years to clear
$4,300,000,000 economic loss
“The government of Ukraine plans to return over 470,000 hectares of the most valuable agricultural land to productive use within four
years.”
Yulia Svyrydenko, Dep. Prime Minister, Minister of Economy, Ukraine
Current methods of clearing are:
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High risk
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Slow
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Limited effectiveness
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Labour intensive
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Expensive
The sowa solution combines the speed, scalability and safety of drone flight with a cutting edge, continuously adapting edge AI solution.
Our system will reduce costs of de- mining and deliver farmable land back to the Ukrainian people.
Ground penetrating radar across the electromagnetic spectrum, uniquely processed by on-device AI and cross referenced by cloud.
Encrypted containerization secures AI processing workloads against breach or tampering.
Navigation software on UAVs pre-loaded for 100% thorough, automated low-flight grid coverage with collision avoidance and geotagging.
Coupling of Core and Edge AI with full spectrum sensor data capture of known types of UXO/ERW is unique to the industry.
SOWA Team has 30 years of experience in Ukraine. Universally known, respected, and trusted.
Best performance and lowest Opex available – as intended.
LGN.ai is a Cambridge, UK world leader in Edge AI
The Manxman Group is leading Boston, MA aggregator of defense technologies
Sylabs.io is a Silicon Valley- based leader borne out of Lawrence Livermore Labs with DOD-level runtime encryption for software containerization and portability.
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) is Ukraine’s leading technology university and a SOWA partner in demining technology development.
Nibulon is one of the largest grain companies in Ukraine with owned/managed farms exporting 4.6million tons per year (pre-war)
Currently 25,000 hectares contaminated with 80% still occupied by Russia
Ukrainian MOD & Cabinet of Ministers discussions on commercial clearance support, including discussions for funding support from Brave1 – Ukrainian Defence Innovation Fund
UFF and UCHP are leading Ukrainian NGOs related to demining and activities related to Ukraine’s security structures
A platform agnostic, AI driven radar enhanced system capable of mapping ERW with 5 cm precision at a high speed rate of one hectare of land
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Speed up time to demine contaminated land up to 10-fold
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Reduce demining costs