Description du projet
Une nouvelle technologie pour protéger les frontières de l’UE
Avec plus de 42 000 km de côtes et près de 9 000 km de frontières terrestres, la surveillance des frontières extérieures de l’UE est une tâche complexe qui nécessite des collaborations multidimensionnelles ainsi que le recours à des technologies nouvelles. Afin de soutenir les applications de surveillance des frontières, le projet BorderUAS, financé par l’UE, développe actuellement un véhicule aérien sans pilote multi-usages plus léger que l’air doté d’une charge utile de surveillance multi-capteurs à ultra-haute résolution. La charge utile de télédétection intègrera un radar à synthèse d’ouverture (SAR), une télédétection par laser (LADAR), des caméras infrarouges à ondes courtes et longues (SWIR/LWIR), des caméras acoustiques pour la détection directe de cibles ainsi que des caméras optiques et hyperspectrales pour la détection indirecte (à partir de perturbations de la végétation). La technologie sera testée par la police dans le cadre des passages frontaliers illégaux en Grèce, en Bulgarie, en Roumanie, en Moldavie, en Ukraine et en Biélorussie.
Objectif
The project will combine for the first time a multi-role lighter-than-air (LTA) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with an ultra-high
resolution multi-sensor surveillance payload supporting border surveillance as well as search & rescue applications, and
specifically rough terrain detection. The sensor payload will include synthetic aperture radar (SAR), laser detection and
ranging (LADAR), shortwave/longwave infrared (SWIR/LWIR) and acoustic cameras for direct target detection, as well as
optical and hyperspectral cameras for indirect detection (via vegetation disturbance).
The project will use the ground-based infrastructure of border police units (command & control centres), innovative data
models (to identify illegal crossing patterns and preferred routes) and advanced audio/video analytics and storage (to
provide additional detection capabilities).
The technology concepts will be validated in the field by 6 border police units (Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova,
Ukraine, Belarus) covering 3 major illegal migration routes into Europe (Eastern Mediterranean, Western Balkan and Eastern
Borders Routes), which represent 58% of all illegal border crossings detected and are also the most used for smuggling of
drugs, weapons and stolen vehicles.
The combined solution will provide high coverage, resolution and revisit time with a lower cost (4 EUR/kg/hr) than satellites
and higher endurance (100 kg payload for 12 hours) than drones. Based on the field trial results, the consortium expects to
develop a solution that can be deployed further by European border polices after project completion. The project will also
involve the contribution of NGOs working with illegal migration and human right protection issues, as well as regulatory
experts dealing with the ethics and privacy requirements of border surveillance solutions
Champ scientifique
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynongovernmental organizations
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradar
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
013685 Bucuresti
Roumanie
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.