Project description
New technology to protect EU borders
With over 42 000 km of coastline and around 9 000 km of land borders, monitoring the EU’s external borders is a complex job that requires multidimensional collaborations and new technologies. To support border surveillance applications, the EU-funded BorderUAS project is developing a multi-role lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicle with an ultra-high resolution multi-sensor surveillance payload. The remote sensing payload will include a 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 (from vegetation disturbance). The technology will be tested by police based along illegal border crossings in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus.
Fields of science
- 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 actionCoordinator
013685 Bucuresti
Romania
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Participants (18)
10000 Grad Zagreb
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10000 Zagreb
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75100 Matera
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11050 Belgrade
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
2064 Lefkosia
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
731 00 Chania
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11060 Beograd
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20009 Donostia San Sebastian
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10177 Athina
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101 77 Athens
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1202 Sofia
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300278 Timisoara
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MD 2059 Chisinau
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01601 Kyiv
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220050 Minsk
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220043 Minsk
SCM 1001 Kalmara
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70013 Irakleio
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