Activités européennes

SeNTRE

Dans le cadre des activités de recherche de sécurité lancées par la commission européenne en 2004, la FRS est partie prenante au projet SeNTRE dont les objectifs sont décrits ci-dessous :



1 Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe	BE
2 Totalftlrsvarets forskningsinstitut	SE
3 Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappetijk	NL
4 Industrienanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH	DE
5 QinetiQ Ltd	UK
8 Joint Research Centre	BE
7 lstituto Affari lnternazionali	IT
8 Fondation pour la recherche strategique	FR


The SeNTRE study has the objective to prepare a strategic research plan for European security by establishing and consulting a nehrk of users and technology experts at national and European levels in support of and to link with the future EC Advisory Board on Security.

Pelformed by a number of European organisations with relevant expertise in these domains, the study provides the EU with a comprehensive input for planning the programmes for security research. It brings together a network of users from Member States and European organisations this approach makes a major contribution to the security of the citien in Europe. Politically, it develops support for the action and builds visibility. Technically, it helps achieve wider commonality of he best possible security systems in Europe. Organisationally, it paves the way for an improved exchange between national and European levels through a network of security and technial experts.

The results are:
- a strategic research plan containing a list of prioritised short, medium and long term actions,
- a database of missions and technologies,
- an organised platform of users and technology experts for future consultation, and
- a methodology to organise and analyse the security needs at the operational level..

ASTRO+

Dans le cadre des activités de recherche de sécurité lancées par la commission européenne en 2004, la FRS est partie prenante au projet ASTRO+ dont les objectifs sont décrits ci-dessous :



1 EADS Astrium SAS	FR
2 EADS Astrium Limited	UK
3 EADS Astrium GmbH	DE
4 Alcatel Space	FR
5 Alenia Spazio S.p.A.	IT
6 TELESPAZIO S.p.A.	IT
7 Centrel National dlEtudes Spatiales	FR
8 Deutsches Zentrum fuer luft-und raumfahrt E.V.	DE
9 ALCATEL ETCA S.A.	BE
10 Royal Military Academy- Patrimony	BE
11 Fondation pour la recherche strategique	FR
12 Istituto Affari lnternazionali	IT
13 INDRA Espacio SA	ES
14 Lantmateriet Metri	SE
15 lnforterra Limited	UK
16 Nottingham Scientific Ltd	UK
17 Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences	PL
18 QinetiQ Limited	UK
19 Royal United Services Institute	UK
20 SkySoft Portugal- Sofwtare e Technologias de lnformaçao S.A.	PT
21 European Union Satellite Centre	ES


ASTRO+ (download the movie) aims is to show to EU stakeholders the potential of using Space to support Security operations, objectives being to:
- Demonstrate to Users its unique advantages in specific situations: non intrusive and legal, available everywhere at any time, robust non-vulnerable to local threats
- Propose a structured and effective access to the EU resources providing timely response to security
- Contribute to establish and R&T basis by networking Users, Institutions, Industry and

Research enhancing the European competitiveness ASTRO+ is organised in 3 strands:
- Mission oriented aspect to demonstrate in realistic situation the added value of space to the different end-users: military staff, NGO's and civil security
-The integration of the different space technologies: Earth Observation, telecommunication and navigation. This includes the transfer of technologies available in laboratories
- Identification of high efficiency-to-cost R&T directions, for short to long-term service improvement.

ISCAPS

Dans le cadre des activités de recherche de sécurité lancées par la commission européenne en 2004, la FRS est partie prenante au projet ISCAPS dont les objectifs sont décrits ci-dessous :



Sagem	FR
Bae Systems	FR
Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique	FR
Datamat S.p.A.	IT
Elsag S.p.A.	IT
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique	FR
GMV	ES
Societe Nationale des Chemins De Fer Francais	FR
The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research	NL
University of Reading	FR


The main goal of ISCAPS is to reinforce security for the European citizen and to downsize the terrorist threat by reducing the risks of malicious events. This will be undertaken by providing efficient, real-time, user-friendly, highly automated surveillance of crowded areas which are significantly exposed to terrorist attacks.

Through a two year approach, the objectives of the Project are to promote technological surveillance research guided by a system approach in order to bring the research to maturity and to validate it in existing sites.

ISCAPS activities breakdown into research on threatening scenarios and operational requirements, research on key technologies (sensors, information processing and threat detection, communications, system configuration and security), open system architectures, component integration, validation and demonstration. ISCAPS will employ a combination of sensors - visible camera, IR camera, biometrics, tags - in order to increase the quality of identification and tracking of persons, goods and vehicles.