The kick-off meeting of the CHARISMA project (Coordination of Heterogeneous UVs for Maritime Surveillance using a Mesh-Networked Distributed Shared Memory) took place on June 9, 2023, at Algolysis Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus. The CHARISMA project, which is funded by the Research and Innovation Foundation, is composed of three partners, Algolysis LTD (coordinator), CMMI Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute and CYENS Centre of Excellence.