MON to Launch AI System 'Inteligentna Granica' on Eastern Border in August

Poland's Ministry of National Defence (MON) has confirmed that the Inteligentna Granica (Intelligent Border) system, an artificial intelligence platform designed to support soldiers and Straż Graniczna (Poland's Border Guard) officers in protecting the country's eastern border, will become operational in August 2026. The announcement was made by Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on social media on July 24, 2026.

The system is designed to automatically analyze visual material coming from unmanned platforms, stationary cameras and other sensors positioned along the border with Belarus. Its algorithms are meant to identify objects, assess their activity and flag events requiring intervention for human operators, rather than leaving the entire task of image analysis to soldiers.

What the system changes

Until now, continuous observation and review of camera and drone footage has taken up a significant share of the time of soldiers and officers serving at the border. Inteligentna Granica is meant to take over part of this work, filtering the material and flagging only the fragments relevant to security.

It reduces the time-consuming tasks tied to continuous observation and image analysis, and allows available resources to be used more effectively and respond more quickly to a changing situation - statement from the Cyberspace Defence Forces Component Command

Development of the system is the responsibility of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Implementation, a unit within the Cyberspace Defence Forces that MON established to deploy AI solutions across the military. The project is overseen by the Cyberspace Defence Forces Component Command, while the Border Guard supplies data from its own sensor infrastructure and handles its deployment in the field.

Part of the Eastern Shield

Inteligentna Granica is meant to function as a technological layer complementing the physical safeguards built under the Tarcza Wschód program, which includes a barrier along the Polish-Belarusian border and fortifications along NATO's eastern flank. In practice, the AI system is meant to boost the effectiveness of the existing network of cameras and sensors rather than replace the fortifications.

For several years, the eastern border has seen regular attempts at illegal crossings, often organized with the support of Belarusian and Russian services. The military and Border Guard have repeatedly noted that the number of personnel on duty has not kept pace with the scale of incidents, making the automation of part of the observation work a practical staffing solution as much as a technological one.

Testing before deployment

Before entering full operation, the system is currently undergoing operational tests involving soldiers from the Cyberspace Defence Forces and Border Guard officers. Earlier reports had already mentioned attempts by the Polish Armed Forces to automate border protection using artificial intelligence, and Inteligentna Granica is the first named product of that work to have a concrete launch date.

For Poland's defense industry and AI sector, the launch is further evidence that the military now treats image-recognition algorithms as a permanent part of its equipment rather than a pilot project. The Center for Artificial Intelligence Implementation has further AI deployments planned across the defense structures, and Inteligentna Granica is set to be the first such system to enter daily service at the border.

MON has not yet disclosed the project's budget or technical details about the equipment supplier or the models used for image recognition. The ministry has said more information about how the system works will be released closer to the August launch.