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9 April 2013 EU Security Research related to Maritime Surveillance DG Enterprise and Industry [email protected] P. Salieri

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9 April 2013

EU Security Research related to Maritime Surveillance

DG Enterprise and Industry [email protected]

P. Salieri

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Outline of Presentation

EU Security Research in FP7 as related to Maritime Surveillance

Outlook for Security Research in Horizon 2020

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EU R&D

Policy objectives:

Contribute to setting up a European Research Area,

Support the implementation of EU policies,

Support the competitiveness of the EU Industry.

PRINCIPLES:

• Collaborative R&D Min 3 entities from 3 countries (EU

and associated)

• Competitive selection of projects based on independent

Peer Review

• Grants (subvention): calls for proposals (shared costs,

IPR to proposers)

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Security

1.400 M€

4% of FP7 CP

Space

1.400 M€

4% of FP7 CP

Energy

2.350 M€

7% of FP7 CP

Socio-economics

623 M€

2% of FP7 CP

Environment

1.890 M€

6% of FP7 CP

ICT

9.050 M€

28% of FP7 CP

Transport

4.160 M€

13% of FP7 CP

NMT

3.475M€

11% of FP7

CP

Food

1.935 M€

6% of FP7 CP

Health

6.100 M€

19% of FP7 CP

FP7 Cooperation Programme: 32.413 M€

The 10 Themes

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MISSION DRIVEN R&D

• Develop technologies and produce knowledge to reduce capabilities gaps

• Overcome fragmentation of markets

• Stimulate collaboration between technology providers and users.

• Challenge has been more to involve the demand side rather than the technology offer (due to legal/administrative problems).

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1. Security of citizens

2. Security of infrastructure and utilities

3. Intelligent surveillance and border security

4. Restoring security and safety in case of crisis

Mission Areas (100% civilian)

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Research routes in R&D for Maritime (Border) Security

System development and validation

- Combination of capabilities

- Mission specific

SEABILLA (10 M€ EC contr.)

I2C (10 M€ EC contr.)

Systems of systems demonstration

- Combination of IP results

- Multi-mission

-Demonstration Programme

PERSEUS (27 M€ EC contr.)

Capability development

- Technology development (e.g.

detection) -> (WIMAAS, AMASS,

SECTRONIC) -Road mapping:

OPERAMAR

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Challenge for R&D in support to policy

Today: in average 5-6

yrs from definition of

R&D topics to project

completion.

Projects to feed results

of R&D to policy setting

Need to minimize this

interval and

synchronize with

interval of policy

making and

implementation

Internal Security Strategy -

implementation

Threat assessment:

MS, EEAS (SitCen),

agencies

Monitoring

and evaluation:

EP, Council, COSI,

COM annual report

Implementation:

MS, COM, agencies

Decision making:

EP and Council

Policy development:

COM with EEAS

Operational planning: COSI,

COM, EEAS (e.g. CSDP missions)

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AMASS

Autonomous maritime surveillance system Topic: 3.3-02 (2007)

• Content: Maritime surveillance system based on network of autonomous, unmanned surveillance buoys to fight illegal immigration and trafficking

• Funding: 3,580,550.00 Euros

• Consortium: CARL ZEISS OPTRONICS GMBH (DE), Crabbe Consulting Ltd, (UK), Armed forces Malta (MT), Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas (ES), Fugor Oceanor As (NO) Osrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Centrum Techniki Morskiej (PL), FhG ITTB (DE), IQ wireless GmbH (DE), HSF spol. s.r.o. Sokolov (CZ), Univ. de las Palmas (ES)

Objectives:

• System of blue border surveillance containing unmanned surveillance buoys with active/passive sensors, hydrophone arrays, data fusion, live streaming and geo-localisation capabilities (including detection of small targets)

Achievements :

• Development of a buoy comprising with all sub-systems and deployment and testing under real conditions in the Melanara Bay off the coast of Gran Canaria

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WIMAAS

Wide maritime area airborne surveillance Topic: 3.3-02 (2007)

Content: assess the potential cost reduction, efficiency and enhanced border control benefits for European maritime domain surveillance to be gained via a large-scale integration of unmanned or otherwise remotely piloted airborne vehicles.

• Funding: 2,737,169.00 Euros

• Consortium: Thales S.A. (FR), SELEX GALILEO (IT), Dassault Aviation (FR), SENER(ES),

FOI (SE), Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (DE), EC – DGJRC, Air Force Institute of Technology (PL), EUROSENSE (BE), SATCOM1 Aps (DK), SETCCE (SI), Aerovisión (ES), Thales Communications (FR), Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MT)

Objectives: develop simulation models based on operational scenarios, innovative

concepts, perform in-flight experiments, and provide a roadmap for the wider use of unmanned aerial vehicles, also setting priorities for future R&T .

Achievements: no single multipurpose UAV platform capable of covering every altitude

and maritime environment. A multi-platform category system-of-systems would be required. WIMAAS provided a cost estimate based on varying degrees of mission intensity and on the use of multiple (up to 10) types of UAV platforms. These estimates now form the basis of a policy assessment for implementing a wide maritime area surveillance network based on UAVs.

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OPERAMAR

An InteroOPERAble Approach to the European Union MARitime Security Management Topic: 7.0-02 (2007)

• Content: Pan-European Maritime Security Awareness towards enhanced Data Exchange and Collaboration between Member States

• Funding: 669,132.00 Euros

• Consortium: THALES UNDERWATER SYSTEMS SAS (FR), SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI SPA (IT), INDRA SISTEMAS (IT), Quintec Associates Ltd (UK), AMRIE (BE), JRC (BE), ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI (IT), Edisoft (PT), STM Savunma Teknolojileri Muhendislik ve Ticaret A.S. (TR), THALES SYSTEMES AEROPORTES SA (FR)

Objectives:

• Mapping the gap between state of the art European needs and requirements

• Define technical requirements for enhanced interoperability

• Create strategic research roadmap

Achievements :

• More than 40 visit reports across Europe to capture current approaches in information gathering with emphasis on Maritime surveillance, analysing in depth Situational awareness and security layer aspects

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SECTRONIC

Security System for Maritime Infrastructures, Ports and Coastal zones Topic: 2.3-04 (2007)

• Content: Surveillance and protection of critical maritime infrastructures comprising passenger and goods transport, energy supply and port infrastructures

Funding: 4,496,106.41 Euros

• Consortium: Marine & Remote Sensing Solutions Ltd (UK), UNIRESEARCH BV

(NL), DET NORSKE VERITAS AS (NO), FFI (NO), CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB (SE), ADVANCED COMPUTER SYSTEMS ASC S.P.A. (IT), NATO CENTER for MARITIME RESEARCH and EPERIMENTATION, CARNIVAL PLC (UK), Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V. (NL), BW Offshore AS (NO), Autorità Portuale della Spezia (IT), BW Gas ASA (NO)

Objectives:

• Development of 24h small area surveillance system deployable on any kind of ships, platforms, container / oil / gas terminal or harbour

Achievements :

• Cost effective security system enabling surface and sub-surface surveillance and protection

• Fully automatic, requiring little action from operators

• Full remote access and control capability

• User friendly, intuitive, little training required

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Sectronic™ Port Installations Example

Image courtesy

PoR

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Sectronic™ The Command & Control: Typical alarm situation

The system detects an anomaly, raises an alarm and presents the operator with live video and relevant information on threat for rapid decision making

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SEABILLA

Sea Border Surveillance Topic: 3.2-02 (2009)

• Content: Development and demonstration of sea border surveillance system including advanced technology solutions

• Funding: 9,841,603.55 Euros

• Consortium: SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI SPA (IT), ALENIA AERONAUTICA SPA (IT),

CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI (IT), BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd (UK), CORRELATION SYSTEMS LTD (IL), EADS DS (FR), EDISOFT (PT), EUROCOPTER ESPANA SA (ES), FOI (SE), HITT HOLLAND INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGY BV (NL), INDRA ESPACIO SA (ES), INDRA SISTEMAS SA (ES), JRC (BE), MONDECA SA (FR), Sagem DS (FR), SPACE APPLICATIONS SERVICES NV (BE), THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA SPA (IT), Thales Defence Deutschland GmbH (DE), TNO (NL), …

Objectives:

• Definition of cost-effective European sea border surveillance systems integrating space, land, sea and air assets

• Integration of advanced technological solutions

• Demonstration of improvements in detection, tracking, identification and automated behaviour of all types of vessels (open water, shores)

Expected Results :

• Feasible, cost-effective solutions for maritime surveillance combining technological advances (e.g. through use of unmanned air systems and passive sensors, innovative sensor networks and data fusion) with legacy systems

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I2C

Integrated System for Interoperable sensors & Information sources for Common abnormal vessel behaviour detection & Collaborative identification of threat Topic: 3.2-02 (2009)

• Content: System of maritime surveillance tracking all vessel movements for early identification of threats

• Funding: 9,869,621.55 Euros

• Consortium: DCNS SA (FR), Rockwell Collins (FR), Furuno Oy (FI), SES Astra Techcom SA (LU), Kongsberg Norcontrol IT AS (NO), Kongsberg Spacetec AS (NO), Clearpriority SA (BE) ZLT Gmbh & Co KG (DE), Meteosim SL (ES), Ajeco Oy (FI), Airshipvision International SA (FR), Intuilab (FR), SOFRESUD (FR), ARMINES (FR), Univ. Toulouse III (FR), ONE (FR),…

Objectives:

• Development of shore-based and deployable airborne and vessel-based sensor platforms

• Capacity building of intelligent traffic analysis comprising vessel activity, flag, regulation and sea condition

• Alert capability in case of suspicious behaviour and transfer of data sets

Expected outcome:

• Innovative capacities to collect / pre-process / fuse / exploit collected data on vessel tracking

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PERSEUS

Protection of European seas and borders through the intelligent use of surveillance Topic: 3.2-02 (2010) www.perseus-fp7.eu

Content: Design of a system of systems architecture integrating surveillance systems to address complex security missions, focusing on irregular migration and trafficking.

• Funding: 27,847,579 Euros

Consortium:INDRA SISTEMAS (ES), CASSIDIAN (FR), DCNS (FR), ENGINEERING (IT), ISDEFE (ES),

EADS-CASA (ES), DEMOKRITOS” (GR), GUARDIA CIVIL (ES), PRIO (NO), SAAB (SE), SES-ASTRA (LU), AJECO (FI), INTUILAB (FR), METEOSIM (ES), LUXSPACE (LU), SOFRESUD (FR), INOV (PT), SKYTEK (IE), LAUREA (FI), DFRC (CH), BOEING R&T EUROPE (ES), ECORYS (NL) , CORK INST. OF TECHNOLOGY (IE), MOI France (FR), FORÇA AÉREA PORTUGUESA (PT), SATWAYS (GR), MINISTRY OF DEFENCE GREECE (GR), MINISTRY OF CITIZENS PROTECTION (GR), CMRE (NATO)

Expected outcome:

* A system of systems representative of what would be available from 2015;

* A target vision for an integrated European maritime border surveillance system;

* A set of recommendations and best practices to instantiate this target vision in different contexts and to extend it to more countries, testing CONOPS being defined at Frontex, based on the users and providers feedbacks acquired through two real-life exercises operating in the Western and Eastern Mediterranean regions

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PERSEUS Roadmap – Present Status

Step 0 - Define & Deploy 2011 Design phase to elaborate the PERSEUS target vision.

Step 1 – 2013 Validate Western Campaign Demonstration

Step 2 – 2014 Validate

Eastern Campaign Demonstration

Step 3 – 2014 Contribute

Set-up and propose a European "standard" for Maritime Surveillance Systems for 2015/2020

Today

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PERSEUS West Campaign

On-going

Exercise 1:

Communication of

Perseus nodes

Exercise 3: Alboran Sea

Exercise 2: Canary Islands

Exercise 4: West

Mediterranean Basin

1st Half 2013

2nd Half 2013

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West Campaign Systems and Assets- Real exercises

Asset Description

MPA Maritime Surveillance Platform CN 235

CPV Guardia Civil Patrol Boat

TOPV Transoceanic Patrol Vessel

LOPV Light optionally patrolled vehicle

Coastal Station Radar and Infrared Sensors

MSU Mobile Surveillance Unit

PSR Air surveillance radar

Other AIS and Satellite stations, Meteo services

Threat Rubber boats for simulation of Cayucos

National Coordination Center (NCC) Perseus Work Station

Regional Coordination Center (RCC) Perseus Work Station

Local Coordination Center (LCC) Perseus Work Station

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West Campaign - Real exercises- Example of scenario

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Demand Driven R&D: POV Topics

Pre-Operational Validation invites Public Authorities in cooperation to assess in a realistic user-defined operational scenario the performance levels of innovative technological solutions and their fitness for purpose.

As a test bed for future initiatives in Horizon 2020, last two work-programmes included three topics for Pre-Operational Validation (POV)

Call FP7-SEC-2012-1 Indicative budget: M€ 10 Topic SEC-2012.3.1-2

Pre-Operational Validation (POV) at EU level of common application of surveillance tools at sea

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Call FP7-SEC-2013-1 Indicative budget: M€ 18 Topic SEC-2013.3.2-1 Pre-Operational Validation (POV) on Land Borders

Topic SEC-2013.5.3-2 Testing the interoperability of maritime surveillance systems - Pre-Operational Validation (POV)

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Solution 1 Guardia Civil (ES)

Guardia Nacional

Republicana (PT)

Marina Militare (IT),

Guardia di Finanza

Associated to ASI (IT) as

3rd party

EU Satellite Center

Public

authorities

100% EU

75 % EU (as a specific case)

Costs to include also “own” resources in

addition to cost of tests procured via call

for tenders

100% EU

Solution 2

Solution X

Vision, Validation Strategy

Document

leading to publication & evaluation

of Call for Tenders

Development Testing

and implementation

ISDEFE (ES) as Common

Validation Entity

Joint Validation

and Conclusions

STEP 1:

Definition Phase

STEP 2:

Execution Phase

STEP 3:

Assessment Phase

CSA CP CSA

POV CLOSEYE (EC Contr. 9.2 M€)

Funding rate

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LESSONS being learnt

Security Authorities realise that demand based R&D approach can bring them benefits.

However:

Big effort (both by EC and participants) needed to mobilise demand side constituency. Much more for a POV project than for a collaborative R&D project.

For authorities to be motivated strong (political) support is needed at national level. Encouraging a consortium of Member States to jointly approach the supply side (and take joint liability for R&D investments) requires much more commitment than encouraging "typical" participants in FP7 to file a grant application to recuperate a percentage of costs of R&D

Economic crisis made it more difficult to leverage additional resources

FP7 rules somewhat unfriendly to public authorities.

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GEOLAND2 MYOCEAN MACC SAFER GMOSAIC

MYOCEAN II MACCII

BIO_SOS MYWAVE NORS LAMPRE NEREIDIS EURO4M

MS.MONINA OPEC IncREO DOLPHIN MONARCH-A

ISAC OSS2015 SENSUM SIMITYS CARBONES

MyWATER SANGOMA PREFER SAGRES ReCOVER

SIRIUS LOBOS REDDAF

GLOWASIS G-SEXTANT

IMAGINES G-NEXT

LOTUS

GLASS

SenSyF

CRYOLAND FIELD AC PASODOBLE EVOSS

FRESHMON AQUAMAR ENDORSE DORIS

EUFODOS ASIMUT SubCOAST

COBIOS PANGEO

SeaU

SIDARUS Geo-PICTURE

OPERR

ZAPAS MAIRES Pre-Eartquake REDD-FLAME

MOCCCASIN SEMEP REDDINESS

WatPLAN

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FP7 GMES Security Projects timeline

http://maritimesurveillance.security-copernicus.eu

GMOSAIC

DOLPHIN

NEREIDS

SIMTISYSCall

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SAGRES

LOBOS

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FP7 GMES SECURITY projects

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2012 2013 2014 20152009 2010 2011

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Horizon 2020: Three Priorities

1. Excellent Science (27 818 M€) (EC proposal)

2. Industrial leadership (20 280 M€)

3. Societal challenges (35 888 M€)

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Security Research in Horizon 2020

"Secure Societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens": a specific challenge in Societal Challenges

• Maintaining mission-oriented approach,

• Improving competitiveness of EU industries to address gaps and prevent threats to security, incl. cyber-threats

• Further enhancing the societal dimension & coordination

• Reinforcing support to EU internal and external security policies, notably the Internal Security Strategy

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Implementing "Secure Societies"

• Strengthened coordination with relevant EU Agencies (e.g. FRONTEX, EMSA and Europol) to improve the coordination of EU programmes, policies and initiatives in the field of security (both internal and external).

• Actively pursued coordination with activities of EDA, notably through the European Framework cooperation – but civil orientation maintained

• A more strategic approach towards innovation

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PCP - Pre-Commercial Procurement

What

• Public sector buys R&D to steer development of solutions to its needs, gather info about pros / cons of alternative solutions.

When

Challenge requires R&D to get new solutions developed. Problem clear, but pros / cons of potential competing solutions not compared / validated yet. No commitment to deploy yet (PPI).

How

Public sector buys R&D from several suppliers (as appropriate to compare alternative approaches), evaluating progress after critical milestones (design, prototyping, test phase), sharing risks & benefits (e.g. IPRs) with suppliers to maximise incentives for commercialisation.

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WHY SHOULD EU SUPPORT PCP IN HORIZON 2020?

Balancing current supply-side-only research and innovation (R&I) with public demand driven R&I can increase the impact and effectiveness of EU R&I funding.

Demand driven projects can shorten time to market because R&D is aligned from start with concrete customer needs, and procurers as first customer reference attract investors for suppliers.

Encouraging public procurers across EU to steer in a coordinated way industry development to better fit their needs via jointly agreed procurement specifications is also expected to help to increase the impact/effectiveness of other EC policy actions (especially those that address fragmentation of public demand, cross-border interoperability of solutions, avoiding supplier lock-in).