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Explosive Material Production (Hidden) Agile Search and Intelligence System
Start date:2011-10-01
End date:2014-09-30
Project Acronym:EMPHASIS
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Teresa |
Gullfossgatan 164 90 STOCKHOLM SVERIGE Region:SVERIGE STOCKHOLM Stockholms lan |
| Tel:+46-855-504050 | |
| Fax:+46-855-503949 | |
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Description
Objective:
The objective with the EMPHASIS project is to develop a system for detecting ongoing illicit production of explosives and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in urban areas. The EMPHASIS system will be composed of networked sensors. Area sensors, strategically positioned, for the monitoring of explosives or precursors to explosives in the vapour phase will be used. Static sensors, positioned in the sewer, for the monitoring of the sewage for indicative traces will also be used. The detectors will be connected in a network and the total gathered data will be fused and evaluated. If a threat substance is detected in elevated amounts, information about the type, location, time and amount will be registered and sent to a command central where further evaluation and appropriate actions can be initiated. The intention is to cover a large area that can be reduced step by step into narrower areas due to a positive alert. The number of sensors used will be increased in the smaller areas. For the final verification stand-off detectors in equipped mobile units will be used to pinpoint the location of the bomb factory. The techniques adopted in the project include electrochemical sensors for the sewage subsystem, resonant Raman and active QCL (Quantum Cascade Laser) transmission spectroscopic techniques for the area monitoring subsystem. Active imaging IR (Infra Red) laser backscattering and stand-off imaging Raman spectroscopic techniques will be used in the final verification.
In the EMPHASIS project, threat analysis and search strategy, system network and integration, deployment, legal aspects, cost effectiveness and data fusion and information management will be evaluated. The project also includes a test and subsystem validation part. The consortium consists of eight partners, research institutes, an industry, SMEs and an end user.
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Project Details
Start date:2011-10-01
End date:2014-09-30
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:261381
Project cost:4593272 EURO
Project Funding:3406050 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SECURITY
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Detection of IED manufacturing facilities
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
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Subject index:Social Aspects, Security, Industrial Manufacture
Other participants
| Organization name:FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V | |
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Name:Andrea |
Hansastrasse 80686 MUENCHEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-8912052723 | |
| Fax:+49-8912057534 | |
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| URL:http://www.fraunhofer.de | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:MORPHO | |
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Name:Sandra |
RUE LEBLANC PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-158118767 | |
| Fax:+33-158118701 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.morpho.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK - TNO | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Oscar |
Schoemakerstraat 6060 DELFT NEDERLAND Region:ZUID-NEDERLAND LIMBURG (NL) Midden-Limburg |
| Tel:+31-152843563 | |
| Fax:+31-152843958 | |
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| Organization name:PORTENDO AB | |
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Name:Pierre |
POSITIONEN STOCKHOLM SVERIGE Region:SVERIGE STOCKHOLM |
| Tel:+46-86640672 | |
| Fax:+46-86632515 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.portendo.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CASCADE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Robert James |
CASTLE BUSINESS PARK STIRLING UNITED KINGDOM Region:SCOTLAND BORDERS-CENTRAL-FIFE-LOTHIAN-TAYSIDE Central |
| Tel:+44-1786447721 | |
| Fax:+44-1786475822 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.cascade-technologies.com/ | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:INSTITUT NATIONAL DE POLICE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Frederic |
AVENUE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT 30169 ECULLY FRANCE Region:CENTRE-EST RHÔNE-ALPES Rhône |
| Tel:+33-472868470 | |
| Fax:+33-472868690 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.inps.interieur.gouv.fr/ | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:VIGO SYSTEM S.A. | |
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Name:Krzysztof |
POZNANSKA 05-850 OZAROW MAZOWIECKI POLSKA Region: |
| Tel:+48-227335461 | |
| Fax:+48-226660159 | |
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Record control number:100353
