Main project's achievements can be summarized as follows:
- All milestones planned for this period have been successfully achieved: MS8, MS9, MS10.
- The FOLDOUT system has been tested and evaluated in all demonstration sites (Bulgaria, Greece, Finland, French Guiana) under the most diverse environmental conditions. Results of the KPI evaluation are reported in each of the test reports D2.3 to D2.6.
- The SAR demonstrator airborne campaign was successfully accomplished and took place in November 2021 at the Bulgarian test site.
- Following sensors and detection technologies are part of the FOLDOUT system: AIT Thermal camera, BHE EO camera, AIT smart camera platform, ITTI acoustic-seismic sensors, ONERA terrestrial LiDAR, ONERA Multispectral IR camera, ONERA LiDAR on UAV, BHE RF detector, VTT active hyperspectral sensor, VTT radar fence. Data collected by the airborne sensors are processed offline and integrated into the FOLDOUT framework.
- Novel algorithms based on machine learning techniques were explored to provide automatic event detection.
- Test studies and preparation of satellite and stratosphere missions are finalised (see also D8.1-D8.4 and D8,8-D8.10).
- Five software components are fully developed and tested to improve situational awareness through fusion: Fusion and Reasoning Platform, Registration Module, Fusion Module, Local Dynamic Maps and Situational Awareness.
- All data information is standardised into a Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)-based data model and documented in the FOLDOUT CAP document (Annex 1 of D9.1).
- A Mobile Command Centre has been developed as a base station for deploying the FOLDOUT System in remote areas.
- A GIS-based Command and Control platform has been developed that provides a map-based and layered approach, to ensure that all different pieces of information are all placed in one single interface, for advancing the operators’ experience and efficiency when dealing with a complex situation.
- A public annotated dataset for visual tracking and surveillance has been made available to the scientific community and the analytics challenged launched at the PETS workshop 2021, organized by FOLDOUT within the AVSS 2021 conference.
- The development process and demonstrations have been supported by the L-E-P partners providing legal and ethical advice and monitoring, including the implementation of the informed consent protocol. L-E-P tasks have also included developing the methodology for the study and assessment on as reported in D3.4.
In summary, FOLDOUT has achieved innovation and promising new concepts that are detailed in the relevant evaluation reports.
