Kaunas, Lithuania — 16th April 2026. The LEAD-PRO project, a Horizon Europe Innovation Action co-funded by the European Commission, has successfully completed its first operational pilot in Kaunas, Lithuania. Across four days, more than 300 officers from five regions engaged in a coordinated programme combining strategic briefings, an international table-top exercise and a full-scale live exercise simulating a stadium security incident across a two-mile incident radius. The pilot marks a major milestone in equipping European law-enforcement agencies with advanced cyber-physical security capabilities for mass-event management.

LEAD-PRO is delivered by a European consortium of seven partners spanning technology, training and law enforcement. NUUK Technologies (Spain) coordinates the project and leads AI and computer-vision integration; Iterato (Lithuania) serves as technical coordinator, integrating body-worn cameras, CCTV, drones and IoT sensors into a single operational platform; L3CE and ISACA contribute training, applied research and professional certification pathways; and the Lithuanian Police, Latvian State Police and Valencia Local Police bring operational expertise and end-user validation. Together, the consortium is on track for operational deployment of the LEAD-PRO platform by at least three Law Enforcement Agencies across EU member states.
 

The Kaunas pilot was structured as a progressive build, beginning with strategic briefings for 50 high-ranking officers, scaling through a 150-officer international table-top exercise involving teams from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Barcelona, and Valencia and culminating in a full-scale live exercise simulating a stadium security incident at Darius and Girėnas Stadium across a two-mile radius. The closing exercise involved 200 officers ranging from first responders to police-academy trainees, and validated the LEAD-PRO platform's capabilities across the full chain of command.

The four-day programme delivered:
■    Days 1–2 — Strategic briefings and capability familiarisation with 20 high-ranking police officers
■    Day 3 — International table-top exercise bringing together 150 officers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Barcelona, and Valencia.
■    Day 4 — Full-scale live exercise — stadium arena security incident covering a two-mile radius, involving 200 officers from across the response chain
■    Integration of body-worn cameras, CCTV, drones and IoT sensors into a unified operational picture
■    AI-driven object and event detection, including fire and crowd anomaly recognition
■    Cross-border command-and-control coordination across police, fire and tactical units

“Kaunas marks a decisive milestone for LEAD-PRO. We have moved from concept to a platform validated under realistic operational pressure, with 300 officers across five regions nations engaged in a single coordinated programme. The integration of IoT, AI and computer vision into a unified operational picture is no longer theoretical — it is in the hands of European law enforcement, and it is ready for the next pilots in Valencia and Riga.”
— Albert Algans, Chief Executive Officer at NUUK Technologies and LEAD-PRO Project Coordinator.
 

“Hosting the first LEAD-PRO pilot in Kaunas allowed our officers to test, at full scale, how a unified platform changes the speed and quality of decision-making during a mass-event incident. The Day 4 stadium exercise put first responders, command staff and academy trainees on the same operational picture for the first time. We are now preparing to begin our own structured certification pathways in CISM, CISA, CDPSE and CRISC, building on what LEAD-PRO has delivered.”
— Vilius Motiejaitis, head of Kaunas Public Police Board, Lithuanian Police.

With Pilot 1 complete, LEAD-PRO moves into the final mile of its delivery programme. Attention now turns to Valencia, where the second operational pilot will take place in June 2026, focused on AI-enabled coordination for major flood events along the Turia River. A third pilot is planned in Riga, Latvia, in May, 2026, hosted by the Latvian State Police.
Key outcomes from the Kaunas pilot include: three partner police forces — Lithuania, Latvia and Valencia — coordinating a single programme; five regions represented across the four-day exercise; more than 500 officers engaged across strategic, tactical and operational levels; technical partner Iterato securing CISA- and CISM-aligned professional credentials; and the Lithuanian Police preparing for certification pathways. The project's Police Academy collaboration now identifies cyber and AI as priority training areas.

About LEAD-PRO
LEAD-PRO is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action focused on improving emergency management, mass-event security and public-safety operations through AI-supported situational awareness, interoperable communications and cyber-physical resilience technologies. The project is delivered by a European consortium of seven partners spanning technology, training and law enforcement, and is on track for operational deployment by at least three Law Enforcement Agencies across EU member states.
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The LEAD-PRO project represents a significant investment in the future of disaster management and showcases the potential of AI technology to transform how law enforcement agencies operate in times of crisis.

For more information about the LEAD-PRO project and its initiatives, please contact:

Coordinator  NUUK AI