PREVENTING, COUNTERING, AND INVESTIGATING TERRORIST ATTACKS THROUGH PROGNOSTIC, DETECTION, AND FORENSIC MECHANISMS FOR EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS

Objective

ODYSSEUS aims to increase the knowledge on explosive precursors and homemade explosives (HMEs), including precursors not previously studied, and develop effective and efficient prognostic, detection, and forensic tools to improve the capabilities of LEAs towards the prevention, countering, and investigation of terrorist incidents involving HMEs. ODYSSEUS will build upon relevant previous projects mainly HOMER, through the involvement ofHOMER’s core partners in this consortium, and will thus continue the work already done in HOMER on some precursors and further extend it to not previously studied precursors.
To discover potentially hitherto unknown information, online HMEs recipes will be collected and their content will be analysed so as to extract knowledge about (possibly unknown) precursors and HMEs. Selected precursors will be then characterisedand analysed for determining their explosive properties, feasibility, and potential for becoming a threat.This knowledge will be leveraged for developing tools for(i) chemical supply chain monitoring for irregularity detection to enable prediction and localisation of potential threats; (ii) advanced sensors for detecting in (near) real-time explosive precursors through air emissions and sewerage networks; (iii) robotised tools for improved mobile detection and in-situ forensic support; and (iv) automated threat detection, localisation, and assessment; these tools will be integrated into a configurable platform that will assist LEAs’ operations in diverse scenarios.
ODYSSEUS will be validated in lab and field tests and demonstrations in three operational use cases. Extensive training of LEAs' personnel, hands-on experience, joint exercises, and training material will boost the uptake of ODYSSEUS tools and technologies. With a Consortium of 4 LEAs, 9 Research/Academic partners, and 5 industry partners, ODYSSEUS delivers a strong representation of the challenges, requirements and tools to meet its objectives.

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.7.1. - Fight crime, illegal trafficking and terrorism, including understanding and tackling terrorist ideas and beliefs

Topic(s)

• SU-FCT04-2020 - Chemicals: intelligence, detection, forensics

Call for proposal

H2020-SU-SEC-2020
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Funding Scheme

IA - Innovation action

Coordinator

INSTITUT PO OTBRANA

Address

Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd. 2
1574 Sofia
Bulgaria

Activity type

Research Organisations

EU contribution

€ 555 750

Participants (17)

BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 380 687,50

Address

Unter Den Eichen 87
12205 Berlin

Activity type

Research Organisations

KENTRO MELETON ASFALEIAS

Greece

EU contribution

€ 327 862,50

Address

P Kanellopoulou 4 St
10177 Athina

Activity type

Research Organisations

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS

Greece

EU contribution

€ 513 750

Address

Charilaou Thermi Road 6 Km
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki

Activity type

Research Organisations

AUTORITA' DI BACINO DISTRETTUALE DELLE ALPI ORIENTALI

Italy

EU contribution

€ 212 500

Address

Cannaregio 4314
30121 Venezia

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

KENTRO EREVNON NOTIOANATOLIKIS EVROPIS ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA

Greece

EU contribution

€ 335 500

Address

Proxenou Koromila 24
54622 Thessaloniki

Activity type

Research Organisations

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 304 000

Address

Howard Street City Campus
S1 1WB Sheffield

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR V.V.I

Czechia

EU contribution

€ 230 000

Address

Na Slovance 2
18221 Praha 8

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

UNIVERSITAT WIEN

Austria

EU contribution

€ 181 681,25

Address

Universitatsring 1
1010 Wien

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

T4I ENGINEERING SINGLE MEMBER PRIVATE COMPANY

Greece

EU contribution

€ 234 937,50

Address

Leoforos Lavriou 1
19500 Lavrio

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

TAMAR ISRAELI ADVANCED QUARRYING CO LTD

Israel

EU contribution

€ 280 393,75

Address

Ha Nechalim St 4
60944 Bazra

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

ROBOTNIK AUTOMATION SLL

Spain

EU contribution

€ 214 812,50

Address

Carrer De Barcelona, 3-A. P.i. Fuente Del Jarro
46988 Paterna

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

INTRASOFT INTERNATIONAL SA

Luxembourg

EU contribution

€ 368 725

Address

Rue Nicolas Bove 2B
1253 Luxembourg

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

MIRSENSE

France

EU contribution

€ 320 250

Address

8 Avenue De La Vauve
91120 Palaiseau

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Police Service of Northern Ireland

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 138 750

Address

Knock Road 65
BT5 6LE Belfast

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

HOCHSCHULE FUR DEN OFFENTLICHEN DIENST IN BAYERN

Germany

EU contribution

€ 186 750

Address

Wagmullerstrasse 20
80539 Munchen

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

SERVICIUL DE PROTECTIE SI PAZA

Romania

EU contribution

€ 109 375

Address

B-dul Geniului, 42B
060117 Bucuresti

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

HELLENIC POLICE

Greece

EU contribution

€ 100 625

Address

4 Kanellopoulou Avenue
101 77 Athens

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)