SUNNY Program Presentation to NAMFI

16/03/2016
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Company Profile

ALTUS LSA is a Hellenic company focused in the development and service provision
in defense, security and innovative technology unmanned solutions.
Mission Statement: to develop a European center of excellence in the field of
Unmanned Systems and Target Drones with worldwide service capabilities.

Our personnel is comprised of a diversified field of expertise, it accumulates more

than fifteen years of experience in the area of design, development, production and
services provision of Unmanned Aerial and Surface Systems (UAVs & USVs) for the
benefit of international forces worldwide.

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ATD Activities Overview

System
Portfolio

Basic, Mid and High-end subsonic aerial

targets and surface Target drones.

Client
Portfolio

Mission
Portfolio

Hellenic Armed Forces

Qatari Armed Forces
IDF
Spanish Armed Forces
Defence Industries

System Evaluation, Testing and Operators

Training for: Short, Mid and Long Range
Air-defense

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UAS Activities Overview

System
Portfolio

Micro, Mini, Tactical UAS

Mini & Small Tactical VTOL
Multi Rotor Drones
ISR Training

Client
Portfolio

Mission
Portfolio

NATO
Hellenic Police
FRONTEX
Ministry of Agriculture
Hellenic Navy

Intelligence gathering
Green and Blue Border Surveillance
GIS & Mapping applications
Support in SAR
Riot control
Environmental Monitoring

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Research Programs

SUNNY is to develop and integrate novel and

comprehensive solutions for intelligent surveillance of
borders (land and sea) for detecting crossing and illegal
entry using a heterogeneous network of sensors carried
by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The developed
SUNNY system will provide both large and focused
capability for effective border surveillance, that is, to be
able to monitor large maritime or terrestrial border area
and to detect and track targets and intended incursions.

The main goal of FERMIS is to design, develop and

demonstrate a comprehensive solution for early fire
detection, prevention, monitoring, prediction and firefighting, by the use of advanced and integrated aerial
sensing system coupled with innovative sensors and a
cloud-based architecture software.

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Project Overview
Collaboration Project funded under FP7-SEC-2012-1: Development of
airborne sensors and data link - Integration Project
Duration 42 months : Start date : January 2014 , End date: June 2017
17 partners from 9 European Countries
Project Coordinator : BMT GROUP LIMITED
Partners :

Project Motivation

Illegal incursions and border

crossing are causing social and
economic problems for EU
member
states;
especially
Mediterranean countries with
Southern EU Maritime Borders
Strengthening border security
management for immigration
control and the fight against
crossborder
crime
was
identified as a key objective in
the EU Internal Security Strategy

Project Objectives 1
A two-tier intelligent heterogeneous UAV sensor network
Tier 1 sensors patrol
large border areas
detect suspicious
targets and provide
global situation
awareness.

Tier 2 sensors
focused surveillance
tracking targets and
threat evaluation.
Intelligent gathering

Project Objectives 2
Novel sensors and on-board processing generation, integrated on UAV
system.
Develop and integrate sensors of low weight, low cost, high resolution.
EO and Infrared sensors - single- and multi-band
Hyper spectral sensors - which can identify and quantify targets based on
their characteristic spectral signatures
Radar - compact, low power radar with improved techniques for detection
of moving targets

SUNNY Base Station

SUNNY BS is a manned mobile unit monitoring/control and coordination of T1 and T2 UAS.

The BS collects all the surveillance information by sensors, process data and disseminate them
to higher level System User (e.g. EUROSUR or Frontex).

Project Objectives 3
Adapted communications and data links
Sensor Fusion and Data exploitation.
Cooperative networking, UAVs
innovative on-board
processing capabilities using state of the art of parallel
processing hardware.
Appropriate interoperability and Standardization
Concept Validation through on-ground and in-flight test
demonstration (primary site trials in Greece, NAMFI test range
Crete, and alternative site in Portugal).
Assessment of cost-effectiveness of the proposed border
monitoring system via cost-benefit analysis.

Project WP structure
WP

DESCRIPTION

WP LEADER

WP 1

User requirements

QMUL

WP 2

System specification and architecture

ALENIA

WP 3

Innovative sensing

SPECIM

WP 4

Data processing, analysis and visualization INESC

WP 5

Adapted communication and data link

TTI

WP 6

Integration and Evaluation

ALTUS LSA

WP 7

Demonstration

ALTUS LSA

WP 8

Dissemination, Exploitation and Take-Up

VIT

WP 9

Technical and Quality management

TUC ALTUS LSA

WP 10

Project Management

BMT

ALTUS LSA is involved as: UAV operator, Integrator & Demo Leader ,
with strong contributions on WP2 system specification, and Evaluation
and WP9 leader for Quality Assurance

Project Approach

Project Demonstration

Unmanned Platforms
Tier 1 ANTEX by CINAV

ANTEX male fixed wing UAV developed

by Portuguese Air Force Research Centre .
Endurance : 2-4 h
Maximum airspeed : 125 km/h (68 knots)
Payload : 15 kg
Service ceiling : 5 000 Feet MSL
Range : >100 km
SUNNY payload : RADAR

Tier 2 SCRAB II By Technalia

Range: 100 Km
Speed range: 50-120 m/s
Altitude : 6000 m
Endurance 60 min
Payload : 4 Kg
SUNNY PAYLOAD: Dual
EO/IR camera

Unmanned Platfroms
Tier 2 OURANOS UAV by ALTUS

Sunny Payload :Hyperspectral sensor

Tier 2 ETHERAS VTOL by ALTUS

Gross weight:

71 lbs(32.23Kg)

Endurance:

50-55 minutes

Drive train:

Sealed wet gearbox/ timing belt

Payload capacity:

25 lbs, plus 128 Oz of fuel

Sunny Payload : IR camera

Scenario at a glance
Launch SUNNY

A 12 m fishing boat approaches the

surveillance area (< 5 knots)

An 8m speedboat leaves the NAMFI

coast in great speed heading the
fishing boat ( < 3 knots).

The two boats meet at the open

sea and leash each other.

People from the mother boat,

embark the speedboat

The speedboat gets in motion

heading the coast line while the
mother boat changes course as its
initial heading

Operational Scenario
The firsttier sensors (miniSAR), carried by TIER 1 UAV, isused to
patrol large border areas to detect suspicious targets, in this case it is
used to patrol a smaller area, to detect the speedboat boat heading
the fishing boat.
Fed with the information collected by the firsttier sensors, the
secondtier sensors will be deployed by smaller UAS to provide more
focused surveillance capability by reconnaissance, identification and
tracking the targets (people from fishing boat embarking the
speedboat and the speedboat heading coast line).
MiniSAR (first tier sensors) continues with surveillance activities, as
the position of mother fishing boat after meeting the speedboat.

Demo Information
NAMFI Facilities:
Target Area at Pervolitsa for 15 days to preform integration and
testing activities
Firing range airspace area A Very short Range (for 3 days)
Number of Participants During Integration (10 days): 25 people
Number of Demo participants ( 1 day ): 30 people (EU Commission
representatives, FRONTEX, EDA, EUROSUR, etc)
Duration of Demo: 15 days (integration / test flights / certification /
demo)
Other Facilities required: accommodation, Cantonment facilities and
other equipment will be detailed by SUNNY partners during the
preparation for the activity execution based on NAMFI procedures.
Time of Demo: week 43 , 44 (Early November)

Dissemination
SUNNY DEMO will be disseminated within EU and International through the
following channels:
SUNNY User Advisory Group: Organizations (EDA Wise Pen Team, FRONTEX,
NATIONAL COAST GUARDS) will be involved as end users. The Consortium will
host two User Workshops to allow the advisory group to help direct the
development.
Web site: The project web site will report all the objectives of the project.
(Demonstration materials, validation and results)
Dissemination events & Papers in the scientific literature: SUNNY results will be
presented to leading European and international conferences, journals and
security events as a means of disseminating as widely as possible.
SUNNY developments and outcomes will be diffused to major European relevant
bodies. Contribution to ongoing initiatives like EUROSUR via the
improvement/use of surveillance tools for border surveillance. Exchange and
exploitation of SUNNY outcomes to FRONTEX needs and requirements in terms
of platforms and systems that can enhanced the border surveillance.

NAMFI R&D Opportunities

Horizon2020
activities

NAMFI POTENTIAL role:

1. UAS testing centre & End users for innovative Research
2. Integrator / Evaluator of services and trials

Targeted Instruments
Industrial
Leadership

- Contribute to UAS certification and

demonstration

- Disseminate & Exploit activities

- End user Validation & Verification
Targeted Research Areas

Societal
challenges

Certified demo environment

RIA, IA, CSA

Science with
& for Society

ICT

Space

Security

R&D Forthcoming Calls

Horizon2020 Programme: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/
Security Calls :
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/industry-forsecurity/
European Agenda On Security:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/european-agendasecurity/index_en.htm
Secure societies Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/securesocieties-%E2%80%93-protecting-freedom-and-security-europe-and-its-citizens
Aerospace & Defence
http://www.asd-europe.org/communication/useful-links/smi2g/

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