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Final system demonstration

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The European Union H2020 project ALFA (Advanced Low Flying Aircrafts Detection and Tracking) is coming to an end and the project partners would like to share the outcomes of the project with you. You are cordially invited to join the ALFA Final Demonstration.

Where

Rua de Cacela Velha 2
Cacela Velha
Portugal

When

10th of October 2019
10:00 am – 04:00 pm.

ALFA provides a solution for the detection of small aircrafts used to smuggle drugs from Morocco to Spain and Portugal. The ALFA system will assist law enforcement in the apprehension of drug smugglers; thus, curtailing the influx of illegal substances into Europe. The use of small aerial vehicles which evade radar are increasingly exacerbating the trafficking of illegal drugs between Africa and Europe. ALFA proposes a comprehensive solution which augments and integrates with current methods of radar surveillance along the European maritime borders.
Join ALFA partners as we show how the integration of many systems will lead to the proposed functionality of the project. It is a hands-on way of demonstrating that ALFA has reached the goals and objectives that were outlined three years ago.

We look forward to seeing you there.
ALFA Consortium

1st ALFA Workshop

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1^st ALFA WORKSHOP co-located with 12^th CoU Meeting 3^rd – 4^th December 2018 in Brussels Belgium

You are all cordially invited to join the 1st ALFA Workshop. This workshop will be held on 4^th December 2018 in Brussels co-located with the 12^th Meeting of the Community Of Users (CoU) On Secure, Safe And Resilient Societies (https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/cou-mailinglist/home/), preceding the Security Research Event (SRE) 2018.
The ALFA workshop is organised under the umbrella of the European Union H2020 project ALFA (Advanced Low Flying Aircrafts Detection and Tracking) and aims to show the results and achievements of two correlating projects, namely ALFA and SafeShore.

Protecting European borders against drug trafficking is crucial, which is currently aggravated by the increasing use of small aircrafts that allow for almost undetected border crossings, especially coastal borders. Therefore, a system is needed that can add to existing surveillance means and significantly increases the detection probability, particularly for small aircrafts. Moreover, a prediction of the landing or dropping zone of the aircraft is required.

This one-day workshop illustrates the results and achievements of the ALFA and SafeShore projects and highlights the following points:

Current state of the art in border security
New technologies to improve border security
A demonstration on how the ALFA and SafeShore system could be integrated within your organization.
A demonstration of the added value of ALFA and Safeshore projects
A great networking opportunity with the available experts will be provided

The project ALFA is coordinated by the Austrian company TECHNIKON, under the technical lead of The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).

REGISTRATION

To attend the 1^st ALFA Workshop in Brussels your registration for the 12th CoU Meeting is mandatory. Please register here at the CoU website. Please register yourself (if necessary please add yourself to the waitlist or send a mail to the Coordinator of ALFA – coordination@alfa-h2020.eu).

There is no registration fee for workshop participants and all necessary material will be provided.

Your confirmation of attendance will be greatly appreciated.

If you require any additional information please feel free to contact the coordination team: coordination@alfa-h2020.eu

AGENDA – SafeShore - ALFA Common dissemination event
4th December 2018, Brussels (Belgium)

From \| To	Topic	Speaker
4^th December 2018 Dissemination Event
9:45 - 10:15	Welcome & Agenda General organisational information	ALFA	30 min
10:15 – 11:00	Keynote speech	Paolo Salieri (PO Safeshore)	45 min
11:00 - 12:30	End-users sessions Needs of the end-users with respect to the systems of: Session 1: Border Control (GNR) Presentation/Materials: [ DOWNLOAD PDF, 6.68 MB ] Session 2: Police (Belgian Local Police) Presentation/Materials: [ DOWNLOAD PDF, 1.38 MB ] Session 3: Security (Serviciul de Protectie si Paza) Presentation/Materials: [ DOWNLOAD PDF, 1.95 MB ]	George Gil Geert Smet Marian Buric	90 min
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch		90 min
14:00 – 14:40	ALFA Technical Presentation: Overview Project + Demonstration Presentation/Materials: [ DOWNLOAD PDF, 3.07 MB ]	Rob van Heijster and Jos van der Velde (TNO)	40 min
14:45 – 15:30	SafeShore Technical Presentation: Overview Project + Demonstration Presentation/Materials: [ DOWNLOAD PDF, 3.74 MB ]	Geert De Cubber	45 min
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break		30 min
16:00 - 16:20	Marisa project Presentation/Materials: [ DOWNLOAD PDF, 2.98 MB ]	Francesco Cazzato / Guiseppe Vella	20 min
16:20 – 17:10	Networking Session Topics suggested for discussion Appreciation for the achievements by end-users What is the synergy between the presented projects? What are the next steps in the development of the mentioned projects? How can we bring the presented projects to operational deployment? What requirements do end-users need to purchase these systems?	Chair: Joerg Schoebel End Users and Technical Overview Speakers	50 min
17:10 – 17:30	Wrap-up and conclusions		20 min
17:30 – 18:00	Networking Aperitif		30 min
18:00 – 20:00	Social Event		120 min

Collaboration Activities

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Collaborations

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ALFA will naturally build on results from a number of EU and national projects in which ALFA partners were actively involved in. A more detailed overview and description how ALFA may reuse their results or go beyond their objectives is given:

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ROBORDER

ROBORDER aims at developing and demonstrating a fully-functional autonomous border surveillance system with unmanned mobile robots including aerial, water surface, underwater and ground vehicles which will incorporate multimodal sensors as part of an interoperable network. Our intention is to implement a heterogenous robot system and enhance it with detection capabilities for early identification of criminal activities at border and coastal areas along with marine pollution events.

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CAMELOT

The goal of the CAMELOT project is the development and demonstration of different advanced command and control service modules for multiple platform domains, based on a SOA architecture that specifies internal and external interfaces.

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SafeShore

The mission of the SafeShore project is to tackle existing problems and gaps in coastal border surveillance by developing a system for detection of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) using state-of-the-art, low cost, and low-emission technology. The system will be integrated with existing systems and create a continuous detection line along the border to help border officials in preventing crime such trafficking of human beings and smuggling of drugs.

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PERSEUS

The EU-funded 'Protection of European seas and borders through the intelligent use of surveillance' (PERSEUS) project aims to develop and demonstrate an appropriate system. The innovation combines existing national systems and provides new capabilities that exceed European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) 2013 expectations.

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AIRBEAM

The major objective of AIRBEAM (AIRBorne information for Emergency situation Awareness and Monitoring) project was to propose a situation awareness toolbox for the management of crisis over wide area taking benefit of an optimised set of aerial (unmanned) platforms, including satellites.

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DOLPHIN

DOLPHIN is an EU Copernicus research and development project which aims to improve spacebased maritime surveillance techniques in order to support activities in the areas of Border Surveillance, Traffic Safety and Fisheries Control.

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NEREIDS

NEREIDS (New Service Capabilities for Integrated and Advanced Maritime Surveillance) is an FP7 Copernicus research and development project in the field of support to Maritime Surveillance. The project aimed to support the development of an integrated vision of Maritime Policy and Maritime Surveillance, with implications for a number of different maritime domains (Illegal trafficking, illegal immigration,fisheries control, piracy).

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SeaBILLA

he SeaBILLA proposal aims to 1) define the architecture for cost-effective European Sea Border Surveillance systems, integrating space, land, sea and air assets, including legacy systems; 2) apply advanced technological solutions to increase performances of surveillance functions; 3) develop and demonstrate significant improvements in detection, tracking, identification and automated behaviour analysis of all vessels, including hard to detect vessels, in open waters as well as close to coast.

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Objectives

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The main objective of the project is the development of a sys¬tem for timely detection, classification and understanding of the intentions of suspected air targets. The system will also provide a prediction of the landing site or dropping zone. ALFA will contribute to the following EU strategic goals:

Increasing the EU internal security by the reduction of cross border crime
The interdiction of drug trafficking
Assistance in the prosecution of drug trafficking criminals
The confiscation of drugs and aircraft
The interdiction of weapon and illicit substance trafficking

Technical Approach

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The ALFA is planned to run for 36 months. It is organized into eight work packages (WPs) with significant dependencies and expected synergies between them which are described shortly in the following:

WP1: System specifications and operation concept

This work package is a foundation point for ALFA execution. It will define the end user requirements as well as existing technology gaps. The main objective is to detail the operational gap in detection of small smugglers‘ aircraft entering European borders, identifying operational requirements and potential future menaces.

WP2: System architecture

WP2 will define a maritime border surveillance system architecture optimized for the detection of small, low flying aircraft of different types including small aircraft, helicopters and drones.

WP3: Components and technologies

The overall objective of this work package is to achieve the necessary development for detection capabilities beyond state of the art according to findings of WP1. Detection, classification and identification will be brought up to a level needed for successful data fusion and Situational Awareness of WP4. To complement the radar localization capabilities, the feasibility of radiolocation and passive radar will be shown.

WP4: Situation assessment and landing site prediction

WP4 defines and develops functions for threat assessment and the build-up of situational awareness through the use of sensor information, for the calculation of the optimal observation position of ALFA assets, for the prediction of landing zones and for the presentation layer of ALFA.

WP5: System integration and testing

This WP focuses on the implementation and integration of complete sensor and computing suite and preliminary testing. The suite contains radar, electro-optical sensors passive RF receivers, etc. from WP3 and WP4.

WP6: Functional Demonstration

WP6 will address a demonstration of the fully functional ALFA system to EU, end users, relevant industries and other relevant parties.

WP7: Dissemination, Exploitation and Ethical aspects

This WP obtains input from other WPs focusing on scientific research and ensures the communication and dissemination of results achieved within the single WPs to the outside parties as well as to participating entities. WP7 will further support the partners to exploit the achieved results and impact the European and international market. The ethical and societal impact of the project will be closely monitored and reported on.

WP8: Project, Risk and Innovation management

WP8 monitors and guides other WPs in order to ensure a successful project execution with respect to risk- and innovation management. The management WP shows dependencies to all other WPs as it coordinates and ensures that the tasks are in line with the project work plan in order to reach the common goal of ALFA.

Mission and Motivation

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Mission of ALFA

ALFA will bridge the existing capability gap of current operational surveillance systems for border control with respect to detection, classification and identification of LSS (Low, Small and Slow) manned and unmanned flying vehicles. ALFA is future-ready as technologies for drone detection will be a part of the system, which will use heterogeneous, easy-to-deploy mobile sensors based on several novel technologies. The ALFA system will make a significant contribution to the development of EUROSUR (in particular, cooperating with SIVE and SIVICC) and be suitable for a range of other missions and scenarios such as homeland and event protection and the protection of critical infrastructure.

Motivation

The last decades witnessed the ever growing effectiveness of Europe-subsidized border protection projects like SIVE and SIVICC. As maritime smuggling from Morocco towards the European borders of Portugal and Spain was combated more effectively, the criminal modus operandi changed drastically, approaching air routes with cheap and small planes. In addition, new drone technology opens the opportunity to both manned and unmanned airborne drug transports. Launched from any location and moving at low altitude and speed to mask their presence with the present clutter environment, drones can autonomously reach any landing site while remaining undetected under nearly all circumstances. It is anticipated that this success will lead to a broader use of these upcoming smuggling methods.

Legal Notice

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The information in this document is provided "as is", and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose. The content of this document reflects only the author`s view – the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. The users use the information at their sole risk and liability.

Project Coordinator:

Mr. Klaus-Michael KOCH
TECHNIKON Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft mbH
Burgplatz 3a
9500 Villach, AUSTRIA
Phone: +43 4242 233 55 0
Fax: +43 4242 233 55-71
Email : coordination(at)alfa-h2020.eu
Web: www.technikon.com

Privacy

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Scope

This is a privacy policy for the ALFA web portal. The ALFA web portal falls under the responsibility of the ALFA consortium. The portal is concerned with the dissemination and exchange of information about the ALFA research project. It is not concerned with commercial transactions or with the exchange of data for marketing purposes.

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy at: coordination(at)alfa-h2020.eu

Information Collection and Use

All information collected by the ALFA portal site from the users belongs exclusively to the ALFA consortium. It will only be used for customizing the services. The ALFA consortium is the sole owner of the personal data collected from this site and will not sell, share, rent or pass the data in other ways to third parties. The personal data will only be stored as long as it is necessary for provision of the service.

Advertising

The ALFA web site does not work with a third party that serves ads to this site.

Correcting/Updating Personal Information

The user has the right at any time to request information about the stored personal data. He has the unrestricted right of deletion, updating and correction of the stored personal data. This can e.g. be done by sending an email to coordination(at)alfa-h2020.eu.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that ALFA consortium is not responsible for the contents and the privacy ALFAs of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of these third party sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

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We use traffic data to analyse trends in site use and to administer the site. This includes time and date of ALFA web portal access, accessed page, error code.

Disclaimer

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The information contained in this website and blog is for general information purposes only. The information on the website (and especially in the Blog section) is provided by members of the ALFA consortium and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.

Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of the ALFA consortium. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them. Please note that this also applies for entries in the Blog section that are made by the individual members of the ALFA consortium. Such entries may contain information that do not necessarily reflect the view of the whole ALFA consortium.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly.

However, the ALFA consortium takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

Consortium

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Technikon Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft mbH
(Coordinator)
Villach / Austria

Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek
(Technical Lead)
The Hague / The Netherlands

INOV INESC Inovação
Lisbon / Portugal

Thales Nederland B.V.
Hengelo / The Netherlands

Engineering – Ingegneria informatica spa
Palermo / Italy

Ministerio da Administracao Interna (Ministry of Internal Affairs) - Guarda Nacional Republicana
Lisbon / Portugal

ATOS
Spain

Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig / Germany

Ministerio del Interior - Dirección General de la Guardia Civil
Madrid / Spain

Contact Us

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Mr. Arjan Geven
TTTech Computertechnik AG
Schoenbrunner Strasse 7
1040 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 585 34 32-942
Fax: +43 676 849 37 26 920
Email : arjan.geven(at)ttech.com
Web: www.tttech.com

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