Sofia hosted the annual AFCEA TechNet conference, where three European Commission-funded defense projects got shown off. The FALCON system uses AI to catch high-level corruption by tracking luxury purchases and crypto transfers from government officials with suspicious connections. Biomarker monitoring project WEMOR checks military personnel's stress levels during training so commanders know when someone needs to be pulled from exercises before they break.
Professor Nikolay Stoyanov, from the academic community vice president role, said FALCON analyzes public procurement data to flag risky spending patterns, while WEMOR already ran tests with the Military University and Naval School. The third project, NEMO, translates military briefings offline using AI that handles specialized terminology starting with English before expanding into Italian, Romanian, and Bulgarian languages. Both WEMOR and NEMO got funded through the European Defense Fund, while FALCON came from Horizon Europe money.
Professor Nikolay Stoyanov, from the academic community vice president role, said FALCON analyzes public procurement data to flag risky spending patterns, while WEMOR already ran tests with the Military University and Naval School. The third project, NEMO, translates military briefings offline using AI that handles specialized terminology starting with English before expanding into Italian, Romanian, and Bulgarian languages. Both WEMOR and NEMO got funded through the European Defense Fund, while FALCON came from Horizon Europe money.
