ENACT Reports

Our latest analytical report is from our Call for Expert Reports is delivered under the Markets and Standards Observatory. The report focuses on the growing threat from low-cost, commercial UAVs used for surveillance, smuggling, and attacks on critical infrastructure and public spaces, creating a need for counter-UAV solutions with civilian applications. Current barriers to further innovation in … Read more

Today, ENACT publishes the second pathways to market (PtM) report. This report builds on the first PtM report which set out the methodology and initial approach for delivering the PtM. This report confirms that methodology and sets out how it was applied during the first Validation Facility, held during the ENACT Annual Event in 2025. … Read more

Our latest analytical report is from our Call for Expert Reports and is delivered under the Technology Observatory. The report focuses on UAV-detection technologies for law enforcement, specifically considering factors such as operational readiness and regulatory feasibility. It concentrates on detection technologies for cases when the drone doesn’t emit an RF signal and thus can’t … Read more

Our 6th External Expert Report was prepared by the External Expert Filomena Vieira of Vieira Procurement Legal Services, and focuses on Innovation Procurement in the EU Security Sector. The report first considers the regulatory state of play and the overall environment and then takes a deep dive into the data, looking at the use of … Read more

Our latest External Expert Report published under the Ethical, Legal and Societal Observatory is from Antonio Landi and it focuses on the operationalisation of rights-based governance in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) for law enforcement in the areas of intelligence-support and decision support. We’re collecting feedback on this report through the EU Survey Platform, … Read more

ENACT has published its first external expert analytical report on ‘Digital Capability Readiness in EU Law Enforcement: Evidence from Horizon FCT Projects‘. The report, coordinated throught the ENACT Capabilities Observatory and written by external experts Mara Mignone, Agnese Raimondi and Valentina Scioneri from Sociography, focuses on the impact of AI on law enforcement and what … Read more

ENACT is pleased to publish the latest iteration of the FCT Periodic Maps, covering the period from September 2025 to February 2026. Developed through the work of the four ENACT observatories, the maps provide an updated overview of trends across capabilities, technologies, markets and standards, and ethical, legal and societal considerations in the Fight against … Read more

As part of the Cooperation Pillar, ENACT provides support to FCT projects that have recieved innovation awards. Our latest overview shares an update on the CRIMSON platform. CRIMSON developed by CS GROUP is a smart operations management solution designed and developed in Europe using sovereign technologies. The platform supports collaborative command and control across defence, … Read more

Hybrid threats represent one of the defining security challenges facing the European Union and its partners, operating below the threshold of conventional armed conflict while exploiting vulnerabilities across democratic institutions, digital environments, public trust, and societal resilience. This latest ENACT Flash Report examines the evolving role of law enforcement agencies in countering hybrid threats and … Read more