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ISR, drone & satellite annotation, threat detection, sovereign EU defense AI

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Sovereign Data Annotation for European Defense and Aerospace AI

European defense and aerospace AI programs require sovereign annotation workflows that meet the most demanding security, traceability, and compliance standards. From ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) and satellite imagery analysis to UAV detection, threat classification, and LLM evaluation for defense applications, AI teams need labeled datasets produced by vetted, EU-based annotators operating within strict security protocols.

DataVLab provides specialized data annotation services for European defense, aerospace, and dual-use AI programs. We support computer vision tasks across satellite, drone, EO/IR, radar, and multi-sensor data, as well as text annotation for OSINT, NLP for tactical communications, and LLM evaluation for sovereign AI systems. Our workflows are built around sovereign annotator teams, secured infrastructure, NDA-bound personnel, and full audit trails.

We offer our annotation services to European defense primes, mid-tier suppliers, defense-tech startups, national research labs (ONERA, DGA, Fraunhofer FKIE, TNO), and EU institutional programs (EDA, EDF). Whether you are training perception models for autonomous systems, building geospatial intelligence pipelines, evaluating sovereign LLMs for sensitive use cases, or preparing datasets for defense-grade computer vision, our team delivers consistent quality with European data residency and the operational discipline that defense programs require.

Sovereign EU annotation with vetted teams and full data residency
Specialized workflows for ISR, geospatial, sensor fusion, and LLM evaluation
NDA-bound annotators, secured infrastructure, and audit-ready quality control
Satellite & Geospatial Intelligence Annotation

Satellite & Geospatial Intelligence Annotation

Pixel-level segmentation, object detection, and change detection on optical, SAR, and multispectral satellite imagery for ISR, OSINT, force monitoring, and strategic intelligence applications across European areas of interest.

UAV & Drone Detection Annotation

UAV & Drone Detection Annotation

Bounding box, classification, and tracking annotation for UAV and counter-UAV systems, including small-drone signatures, swarm behavior labeling, and threat classification for airspace surveillance and base protection programs.

EO/IR Sensor Fusion & Multi-Modal Annotation

EO/IR Sensor Fusion & Multi-Modal Annotation

Aligned annotation across electro-optical, infrared, radar, and acoustic sensors to support sensor fusion models for ISR platforms, naval systems, ground vehicles, and persistent surveillance use cases.

Maritime & Naval Surveillance

Maritime & Naval Surveillance

Vessel detection, classification, dark-vessel identification, and behavioral pattern annotation on satellite, AIS-correlated, and aerial imagery for maritime domain awareness and EU coastal security programs.

LLM Evaluation for Sovereign Defense AI

LLM Evaluation for Sovereign Defense AI

Red teaming, hallucination detection, factuality scoring, and adversarial testing for sovereign LLMs deployed in defense, intelligence, and dual-use contexts. Evaluation by EU-based domain reviewers with appropriate clearance posture.

Threat Detection & OSINT Text Annotation

Threat Detection & OSINT Text Annotation

Multilingual entity extraction, sentiment classification, and event detection for OSINT pipelines, threat intelligence platforms, and structured analysis of open-source signals across European languages.

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LLM Evaluation for Defense & Sovereign AI

LLM Evaluation for Defense and Sovereign AI

Sovereign EU LLM evaluation for defense, intelligence, and dual-use AI programs.

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Human evaluation of large language models with expert reviewers, calibrated rubrics, and reliable inter-annotator agreement. EU-based teams for projects that require quality and sovereignty.

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Image annotation services for AI teams building computer vision models. DataVLab supports bounding boxes, polygons, segmentation, keypoints, OCR labeling, and quality-controlled image labeling workflows at scale.

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Video annotation services and video labeling for AI teams. DataVLab supports object tracking, action and event labeling, temporal segmentation, frame-by-frame annotation, and sequence QA for scalable model training data.

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