Advanced System for Foreign Object Debris and Bird-Aircraft Strike Avoidance

Informazioni relative al progetto

FODBASA

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 816435

DOI

10.3030/816435

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 22 Maggio 2018

Data di avvio 1 Maggio 2018

Data di completamento 30 Settembre 2018

Finanziato da

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Contributo UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinato da

NORDIC RADAR SOLUTIONS APS
Denmark

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - FODBASA (Advanced System for Foreign Object Debris and Bird-Aircraft Strike Avoidance)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2018-05-01 al 2018-09-30

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

Aeronautic sector is increasingly facing various safety threats to passengers, crews and aircraft caused by foreign object debris (FOD) as well as birds and drones on runways and surrounding airport areas. Given the high impact of potential incidents – damage to aircraft and potential loss of lives – there is a continuous adoption of best practices and technologies to mitigate the risks. Today, most airports rely on periodic vehicle patrols for runway inspections, but such procedures have several limitations, resulting in cost of +$13Bn/year for airports and airlines.

MS3E aims to seize a major market opportunity, offering an innovative solution – FODBASA -that has been specifically developed to overcome limitations of existing technologies. FODBASA is an autonomous radar-camera-based system designed for simultaneous detection of FOD, birds and drones. Our system allows to provide cost-effective, accurate real-time FOD birds and drones detection on runways and within a 10-km radius of the airport.

FODBASA project goal is to implement the necessary activities to overcome the remaining barriers related to market entry, namely by providing convincing documentation of performance, cost-effectiveness and regulatory compliance by demonstrating FODBASA prototype in 2 in-situ large-scale demonstrations.

FODBASA is expected to generate €74M in revenue and €33M in gross profit, in 5-years post-project.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

During the feasibility study, we have interviewed several airports and other key stakeholders. We performed the following tasks: (1) Identification of regulatory challenges; (2) Business plan elaboration and market analysis; (3) Identification of new possible partnerships (formal commitment) (4) IPR strategy definition: we opted for trade secret to maintain absolute secrecy of the solution; (5) optimisation and testing of core technology; (6) Plan the innovation project, incl. formal engagement of partners for the demonstration activities.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

The outcome of this innovation project will include the following advantages: (1) reduced operational costs for airports and airlines (2) Improved safety of flight; (3) improved passenger’s experience; (4) improved environmental performance for airport and airlines; (5) improved reputation for airports and airlines. FODBASA’s impact and benefits reach not only the customers (airports) but also other players across the value chain, such airlines and passengers and the overall society.

FODBASA concept