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