AMASS
Finis
http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/218290
Infos :
From 2008-03-01 to 2011-08-31
Total cost: EUR 5 465 308
EU Contribution: EUR 3 450 460
Abstract :
The Autonomous Maritime Surveillance System (AMASS) will be for the observation and security of wide critical maritime areas in order to reduce actual and potential illegal immigration and the trafficking of drugs, weapons and illicit substances. The surveillance system will consist of autonomous, unmanned surveillance buoys with active and passive sensors, the key sensors being un-cooled thermal imagers connected as a network with wideband radio.
Further sensors will include hydrophone arrays and possibly other sensors e.g. CCD camera. A sophisticated data fusion process will enable the transmission of relevant information. Alarms from the system will be displayed on a map system in blue border surveillance command centres providing information on location and direction. It will also be possible for the operator to switch directly to a video stream to view the detected image. AMASS will be a capability for integrated blue border surveillance.
Consortium:
Coordinator
CARL ZEISS OPTRONICS GMBH DEUTSCHLAND
Participants
CRABBE CONSULTING LTD UNITED KINGDOM
HSF SPOL. S R.O. SOKOLOV CESKA REPUBLIKA
UNIVERSIDAD DE LASPALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA ESPAÑA
INSTITUTO CANARIO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS ESPAÑA
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V DEUTSCHLAND
IQ WIRELESS GMBH DEUTSCHLAND
OSRODEK BADAWCZO-ROZWOJOWY CENTRUM TECHNIKI MORSKIEJ SPOLKA AKCYJNA POLSKA
FUGRO OCEANOR AS NORGE
ARMED FORCES MALTA MALTA