The KM3NeT Collaboration is currently constructing the next generation
of large-volume (km3-size) Cherenkov neutrino telescopes in the
Mediterranean Sea.
KM3NeT/ARCA (Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss),
located offshore the Sicilian coast is optimised to measure
high-energy neutrinos, above 100 GeV, of astrophysical origin. It will
provide an optimal view of the Southern sky including the Galactic
Center and enable for the first time, precision all flavour neutrino
astronomy.
KM3NeT/ORCA (Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss), located
offshore the French coast, is optimised to detect atmospheric
neutrinos in the GeV range. Its main goal is a determination of the
neutrino mass ordering and measurement of neutrino oscillation
parameters. The detector is also sensitive to a wide variety of other
physics topics, such as dark matter, non-standard interactions and
sterile neutrinos.
The two detectors share the same innovative technology. The first
Detection Units have been operated in the French and Italian sites. We
will present results from the first data together with the status and
the science perspectives of the project.