PERUN – TROJAN funding agreement / project launch: Research grant in Poland

Development and reported outcome

NCBR announced on July 23, 2026 that funding agreements had been signed for PERUN projects including TROJAN. The Polish Naval Academy-led project will develop an unmanned surface platform capable of carrying airborne and underwater sensors for monitoring and warning against threats to critical maritime infrastructure. This is the funding-agreement/project-launch stage and is distinct from the May 29 selection-for-funding milestone already retained in the collated master.[S1] [S2]

Program, platform and stakeholders

Programme or contract: PERUN – TROJAN funding agreement / project launch. Platform or product: TROJAN unmanned surface platform for airborne and underwater sensors. Recorded supplier, developer or relevant organization: Polish Naval Academy (consortium leader) / NCBR (reported headquarters/country: Poland). Recorded customer, operator or intended user: Polish Armed Forces / critical-maritime-infrastructure protection capability (reported headquarters/country: Poland).[S1] [S2]

Mission and technical scope

The following are classifications recorded in the source master, not additional claims of operational deployment: Mission/use-case classification: Maritime ISR / MDA; Critical Infrastructure Protection. Operating mode: Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV).

Contract, value and shipment signals

Original reported amount or scope: PLN 37,906,642 project funding. Original-currency label: PLN. Recorded contractual start: 23-Jul-26.[S1] [S2]

Source verification and interpretation limits

UXV Searcher master source-coverage note: Government source identifies the Polish Naval Academy-led TROJAN consortium and PLN 37.9 million funding; supporting reporting gives the exact PLN 37,906,642 amount and confirms contracts were signed July 23.[S1] [S2]

UXV Searcher analysis — what the development changes

UXV Searcher interpretation — funding / financing milestone: The Poland USV record for PERUN – TROJAN funding agreement / project launch is best treated as a financing capacity signal. Funding strengthens an organisation or development programme, but should not be added to vehicle sales, procurement awards, or realised deliveries.

Traceability for buyers: The dataset associates Polish Naval Academy (consortium leader) / NCBR with Polish Armed Forces / critical-maritime-infrastructure protection capability for TROJAN unmanned surface platform for airborne and underwater sensors. This supports stakeholder mapping; supply-chain tier, exclusivity and signed-customer relationships need the underlying source before firm classification.

Client-use interpretation: For intelligence users tracking Maritime ISR / MDA; Critical Infrastructure Protection, the relevant next proof points are maritime awareness persistence, sensors and communications interoperability. Look for specific funded milestones, demonstrators, procurement contracts and independently reported output before modelling market volumes.[S1] [S2]

Quantitative evidence, calculations and limits

Financial signal (master transcription): PLN 37,906,642 project funding. Classification: Financial context as recorded in the master; scope and contract status must follow the underlying source.

Keep reported, derived and prospective quantities separate; do not convert activity into installed-base counts without a shipment or acceptance source.[S1] [S2]