Project description
Improving road transport security
Recent terror attacks in various countries, causing fatalities, injuries, and extensive damages. These incidents, such as in Nice and Berlin, have underscored the dangers arising from the improper use of heavy vehicles, such as trucks, and their payloads. Moreover, they have brought to light the existing deficiency in preventive measures that are currently available and implemented. In this context, the EU-funded TransSec project will develop and extensively evaluate an innovative system that can be integrated into trucks or used alongside them, with the purpose of enhancing safety during the transportation of goods and deterring misuse. This system encompasses a range of features, including advanced positioning and navigation capabilities, comprehensive monitoring of vehicles and cargo, autonomous manoeuvring functions, and more.
Objective
The TransSec project addresses a new danger in European countries, the increasing number of terror attacks. Recent terror attacks with trucks in Nice and Berlin have shown drastically the damage a heavy truck can cause, how easy it is to misuse a truck for attacks and that newest safety systems cannot prevent these attacks. As a consequence road transport safety has to be supplemented by road transport security. TransSec aims to initiate the development of this Security Truck.
The project objective is:
Development and evaluation of systems built-in or to be used by trucks for secure road transport of (dangerous) goods.
Preventing trucks and transport of goods to be misused for other purposes such as terror attacks.
Specific objectives are:
• Precise vehicle positioning and navigation on road (lane) and off road
• Vehicle movement monitoring for dangerous goods with critical area alarm/eCall
• Vehicle communication security for critical information exchange
• Onboard precrash environment detection of vulnerable objects on/ off road
• Non-defeatable autonomous emergency manoeuvring for crash prevention on/off road
The implementation is done in an explorative and incremental development cycle with early prototypes adding functionality step by step. Demonstrations with a truck on and off road will show solutions after 12, 24 and 36 months. Testing and pilots on public roads and public areas will prove a higher level of security.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographycartography
- social sciencessocial geographytransportnavigation systemssatellite navigation systemglobal navigation satellite system
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradar
Keywords
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.2.1.6. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.4.2.2. - Substantial improvements in the mobility of people and freight
- H2020-EU.3.4.1.2. - Developing smart equipment, infrastructures and services
- H2020-EU.2.1.6.3. - Enabling exploitation of space data
- H2020-EU.2.1.6.1.2. - Boost innovation between space and non-space sectors
Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Germany