LINGACOM LTD

Their core work

LINGACOM is an Israeli technology SME specializing in detection systems for nuclear, radiological, and CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive) threats. Their work targets high-stakes security problems — preventing insider theft at nuclear facilities and scanning shipping containers for hidden radioactive or explosive materials. They build deployable security technology at the intersection of sensor systems, radiation physics, and threat detection algorithms. Both of their H2020 projects have been technology development efforts that they led themselves, not supporting contributions to others' work.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Between 2015 and 2017, LINGACOM focused on a narrow but critical problem — insider theft at nuclear facilities, where trusted personnel are the threat vector. From 2018 onwards, with the larger COSMIC project, they broadened from pure nuclear-site security into CBRNE detection in the commercial container supply chain. The shift is from static site defense to mobile, cross-border threat detection — a move toward larger-scale, logistics-integrated deployment.

They are moving from guarded-facility security toward deployable detection for cross-border trade and critical infrastructure, which makes them a relevant partner for port, customs, and supply-chain security consortia.

How they like to work

LINGACOM coordinates every project they enter — they do not join others' consortia as a partner. Across two projects they worked with nine partners across three countries, suggesting small, tightly scoped consortia rather than sprawling multi-country alliances. This profile points to an SME that leads focused technology development and pulls in specific specialists rather than being pulled into generalist networks.

Nine unique partners across three countries over two projects — a compact, narrow-geography network consistent with focused security R&D rather than broad pan-European collaboration.

What sets them apart

An Israeli SME that has coordinated — not merely participated in — two EU security-pillar projects worth EUR 2.6M is rare: Israel is outside the EU, yet LINGACOM has repeatedly won the trust to lead H2020 security consortia. Their niche combines deep radiological detection expertise with real deployment contexts (nuclear sites, shipping containers), not laboratory research. For a consortium builder needing a technical lead on CBRNE or nuclear security, they are a proven coordinator, not an untested contributor.

Highlights from their portfolio

• COSMIC
  Their largest project at EUR 1.6M, expanding from radiological-only to full CBRNE detection inside shipping containers — a direct bridge between nuclear security and supply-chain logistics.
• IMPRINT
  An SME-2 instrument project tackling insider theft at nuclear sites — a high-trust, narrowly specialized topic where few organizations have credibility.