“AIRborne information for Emergency situation Awareness and Monitoring” AIRBEAM Project Kaci Bourdache

Kaci Bourdache Proposal selected within FP7 Security call 3 Mission “Restoring security and safety in case of crisis” Topic SEC : Information acquisition using dedicated platforms, including UAV, aerostatic platforms (balloons) and satellites Integrated Project Project main features Official start on 1/ years duration (12/2015) Management of sensitive information up to Restreint UE level 15,5 M€ budget Project overview

Kaci Bourdache Project partners Consortium 21 partners 3 third parties + End-users group

Kaci Bourdache Project objectives Project direct objectives Demonstrate the availability of solutions for security purposes to a large community Provide an integration framework serving security applications Develop the technological bricks and standards allowing for the rapid take up by Member States Assess potential services Project indirect objectives Assist the emergence of the civilian UAV market by leveraging the market associated to security applications Convince regulatory stakeholders of the maturity of this market and the urgency to deliver a regulatory framework for UAV insertion

Kaci Bourdache Project approach Evaluation of integrated solutions: - Four simulated scenarios - Two live demonstration Operational needs in crisis management Multi-platform solution A multiplatform approach for situation awareness A multi-platform system architecture A modular architecture that enables end-users to optimize the set of unmanned aerial platforms to fit their needs A situation awareness toolbox Use of information provided by multiple platforms to efficiently increase the end-user situation awareness

Kaci Bourdache Project scenarios Scope of scenarios Law enforcement and emergencies (inside and outside EU) Prevention, threat detection, border control, maritime surveillance are out of scope (studied elsewhere) Focus on situations where preparation can’t occur or was limited : Natural disaster : forest fires, floods, earthquakes, storms … Industrial disaster Hostage situation / School shooting … Terrorist attack …

Kaci Bourdache

Kaci Bourdache

Kaci Bourdache Project end-users End-users involvement 3 partners : The Center for Security Studies The Emergency Services College The Slovenian Police Members of the Wise Guys Panel consisting in “high-level” end-users experts Participants to User Boards which will serve as platforms for regular interactions between project and potential users User Boards Wise-Guys Panel Partners