DISCOVER THE FINALISTS OF THE MILIPOL INNOVATION AWARDS 2025
Visitors to Milipol Paris 2025 will not want to miss one of the show’s most anticipated highlights: the Milipol Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place on Tuesday, 18 November. The ceremony will celebrate the cutting-edge solutions shaping the future of homeland security and safety, honouring the most visionary exhibitors whose technologies are pushing the limits of protection, preparedness, and performance.
Reserved exclusively for exhibitors, the Milipol Innovation Awards recognise excellence across five key categories: Cybersecurity & AI, Individual Equipment / First Responder Protection, Drone & Anti-Drone Systems, Robotics, Crisis Management, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The finalists of the 2025 Milipol Innovation Awards have just been revealed and they promise to be one of the biggest talking points at the show. From AI-driven defence systems to sustainable field equipment, these innovators embody the creativity, precision, and resilience driving the industry forward.
Cybersecurity & AI
In this category, finalists are tackling the fast-evolving landscape of digital threats through advanced intelligence, anonymisation, and verifiable AI systems.
Brinker, an end-to-end disinformation threat mitigation platform, protects public institutions and enterprises from influence campaigns and malicious narratives. Its Disinformation Threat Mitigation Platform uses proprietary narrative intelligence and AI-powered OSINT automation to detect, analyse, and neutralise misinformation at scale.
Cyabra is helping lead the global fight against disinformation with AI technology that uncovers fake profiles, deepfakes, and harmful narratives. Its innovation, AI Alerts, delivers real-time intelligence on online threats, enabling authorities to act before harmful narratives spread.
Formal Foundry provides proof-based AI reasoning tools that ensure system reliability through formal verification. CodexScribe transforms expert intent into machine-checkable rules, creating a durable, auditable foundation for secure AI in compliance-critical environments.
Snowpack is a French cybersecurity spin-off from CEA specialising in internet invisibility. Its Anonymisation Platform uses VIPN (Virtual & Invisible Private Network) technology to cloak users, devices, and data from external threats, ensuring they remain undetectable to hackers or intermediaries.
Individual Equipment / First Responder Protection
This category celebrates advances in materials, textiles, and tactical gear designed to protect and empower professionals in the field.
Ateros provides tactical SIGINT technology for law enforcement and government agencies. Its 3-Dimensional Directional Finder pinpoints target cellular devices with exceptional precision, not only horizontally but also vertically, identifying specific buildings and floors with minimal operator exposure.
Daletec AS is a Norwegian specialist in flame-resistant fabrics with over a century of expertise. Its innovation, Shadow X, offers advanced protection for military operations, combining a natural look and feel with high durability, breathability, and permanent flame resistance.
PrivaMap delivers digital geo-guidance systems to secure industrial and high-risk sites. The PrivaMap solution combines a mobile app and supervision platform to guide movement, prevent access to restricted areas, and send real-time alerts during emergencies.
Semper Invicta designs discreet self-defence accessories and protective clothing. The Individual ParaPactum is a knife-resistant umbrella offering portable personal protection, transforming an everyday object into a practical shield against physical threats.
Drone & Anti-Drone Systems, Robotics
Innovators in this category are redefining aerial and ground autonomy for surveillance, mapping, and counter-UAS missions.
Alta Ares operates internationally across AI and drone technologies for defence and security. Its Pixel Lock system is an AI-powered counter-UAS solution that detects, tracks, and neutralises hostile drones without GNSS or RF dependence, ensuring precision even in contested zones.
DefSecIntel Solutions delivers modular autonomous surveillance platforms for defence and critical infrastructure. Its EIRSHIELD multi-layer C-UAS system combines radar, EO/IR, RF, and AI-assisted control to detect and neutralise low-cost drones rapidly and effectively.
Lium specialises in risk prevention and environmental surveillance for strategic sites. Its Autonomous Tethered Balloon Equipped with AI provides continuous aerial monitoring for intrusion and fire detection, offering long-term coverage with minimal logistical demands.
Tyndall FX is a deeptech startup developing real-time 3D mapping and AI terrain analysis solutions. Its innovation, Terramind FX, generates instant 3D models from drone or video feeds, enhancing reconnaissance and decision-making for defence and civil security missions.
Crisis Management
In times of emergency, rapid detection and effective coordination are crucial. These finalists are reimagining how technologies support command, control, and population protection.
DefSecIntel Solutions also appears in this category with its Mobile Multi-Layer C-UAS EIRSHIELD, designed to detect and neutralise drone threats in complex environments through AI-driven sensor fusion and modular, deployable architecture.
LINEV Systems has more than 30 years of experience in X-ray imaging and detection technologies. Its LV Stream innovation introduces AI-assisted security screening that keeps pace with pedestrian flow, reducing queues while maintaining rigorous detection standards.
Lium returns in this category with its Autonomous Tethered Balloon, which enhances situational awareness and rapid crisis response by providing long-endurance aerial monitoring over critical zones.
VirtualBrowser is a French cybersecurity firm specialising in Remote Browser Isolation (RBI). Its RBI Platform safeguards users during crisis operations by isolating web sessions within remote virtual containers, ensuring safe, uninterrupted access to online resources.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The CSR category highlights exhibitors whose innovations and initiatives combine operational excellence with sustainability, ethics, and positive societal impact.
Cellebrite France SAS develops digital intelligence tools that assist investigations while maintaining strict AI governance and ethical standards. Its CSR initiative, Responsible AI Governance & Compliance for Digital Investigations, ensures public safety solutions remain transparent and accountable.
Instagrid designs portable clean energy systems for professional use. Its Instagrid GO MIL replaces diesel generators with silent, emission-free power, supporting sustainable operations in demanding field environments while advancing global clean-energy goals.
Teijin Aramid has spent five decades pioneering advanced fibre solutions for high-performance applications. Its Twaron® Next introduces a breakthrough in circular para-aramid recycling, offering the same durability as virgin material with drastically reduced CO₂ emissions.
Celebrating excellence in homeland security
The Milipol Innovation Awards continue to reflect the industry’s commitment to progress, resilience, and responsible innovation. The finalists’ technologies demonstrate how creativity and technical excellence can reinforce global safety and sustainability.
Throughout Milipol Paris 2025, visitors can experience these innovations first-hand in the Innov’Arena and at the finalists’ stands, where live demonstrations and expert discussions will bring their technologies to life.