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Radio Technologies for Broadband Connectivity in a Rapidly Evolving Space Ecosystem: Innovating Agility, Throughput, Power, Size and Cost (REVOLVE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Radio signals are core to space systems and services; they are the backbone of satellite broadcasting & communications and further represent the primary underpinning technology of the nearly ubiquitous space-based radio navigation services as well as a large number of Earth observation instruments. Radio technologies are therefore central in defining the investment return for a wide range of missi ...
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High Efficiency Multistage Plasma Thruster – Next Generation (HEMPT-NG)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

...tion, 3. Unique large range of thrust offer enormous flexibility, 4. Minimal complexity of concept providing an excellent basis for economic competitiveness.The HEMPT-NG consortium is led by TES (Thales Electronic System GmbH), subsidiary of the Thales Group, worldwide leader in the development and production of space products, responsible for thruster equipment and integrated EPS. European indust ...
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Building the next generation high-speed data converters to strengthen European excellence and competitiveness on space applications and beyond (INTERSTELLAR)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

...te knowledge in space technology and will bring expertise to the project. E2V (F), coordinator, will be in charge of design, manufacturing and test activities. AIRBUS Defence & Space (UK) and THALES ALENIA SPACE (F), the two major European space companies, will make a key contribution as end-users of space data converters – guiding initial requirements and evaluating the devices under relevant con ...
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Consortium for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System (CHEOPS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

CHEOPS proposes to develop three different Hall Effect Thruster electric propulsion systems: a dual mode EPS for GEO applications, a low power for LEO applications and a >20 kW high thrust EPS for exploration applications. Each of these will be developed according to market needs and drivers applying incremental technology changes to existing EPS products. The development approach will follow the ...
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Deep sub-micron microprocessor for spAce rad-Hard appLIcation Asic (DAHLIA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

We propose the development of a Very High Performance microprocessor System on Chip (SoC) based on STM European 28nm FDSOI technology with multi-core ARM processors for real-time applications, eFPGA for flexibility and key European IPs, enabling faster and cost-efficient development of products for multiple space application domains. The performance is expected to be 20 to 40 times the performance ...
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Collaborative Robotics for Assembly and Kitting in Smart Manufacturing (ColRobot)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Manufacturing competitiveness depends largely on its productivity, flexibility and agility to react to market demands. Robots are a key element to achieve such competitiveness, especially if they are able to collaborate with humans in a shared workspace in the shop-floor, creating a co-working partnership. The paradigm for robot usage has changed from an idea in which robots work with complete aut ...
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Integrated 3D Sensors suite (I3DS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The I3DS platform (Integrated 3D sensors) is a generic and modular system answering the needs of near-future space exploration missions in terms of exteroceptive and proprioceptive sensors with integrated pre-processing and data concentration functions. It consists in state-of-the art sensors and illumination devices integrated in a coherent architecture as inter-changeable building blocks and tar ...
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Validation of European high capacity rad-hard FPGA and software tools (VEGAS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

VEGAS proposes to address the key challenge of European non-dependence and competitivness regarding rad-hard FPGA for space applications. VEGAS will evaluate (following ESCC rules) and validate the first rad-hard FPGA in 65nm to directly compete with the US offering and reach TRL 7. The VEGAS project sets clear and measurable main objectives to reach a TRL 7 from TRL 5 (end of BRAVE project) as fo ...
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5G Communication with a Heterogeneous, Agile Mobile network in the Pyunchang wInter Olympic competioN (5G CHAMPION)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

The 5G CHAMPION project ambitions to deliver the first 5G system proof-of-concept in conjunction with the 2018 South Korean Winter Olympics. Key novel 5G building blocks will be developed and implemented into a new architectural approach providing an efficient end-to-end system performance encompassing cutting edge 5G radio-access, core-network and satellite technologies.It will be the first time ...
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DEMETER

Start date: Sep 15, 2014, End date: Mar 15, 2018,

... must be free of export control. A newly available European origin innovative reprogrammable FPGA architecture has been assessed by Atmel and approved by the two main European Primes EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space. This technology will be also used for market segment dealing with harsh environment: Avionics, Transport and - Energy. Dynamic partial reconfiguration has been successfully experi ...
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Satellite Technology for Advanced Railway Signalling (STARS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The STARS project paves the way for the future EGNSS deployment in safety relevant railway applications. By evolving the highly developed and deployed ERTMS standard through the implementation of the satellite positioning functionality, it will be possible to reduce the cost of the future railway signalling systems, especially for lines with lower traffic density. The project deals with three main ...
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An EGNSS application providing an end-to-end solution based on the SAR/Galileo service and particularly using the Return-Link-Message (RLM), to improve the mobility and safety of citizens (SAT406M)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

...case.Increasing the data throughput will be achieved based on a mathematical method patented by Mobit and implemented in its present PLB (SAT406), and with the cooperation of a MEOLUT developer – Thales Alenia Space. This method could pave the way for an enhanced communication protocol between PLB and RCC, facilitating and improving the rescue operation. In the project, the specific application o ...
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architectuRe for an Internet For Everybody (RIFE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

RIFE addresses the major societal challenge of providing affordable Internet access to those who cannot afford it by solving the technological challenge to increase the efficiency of the underlying transport networks and the involved architectures and protocols. The RIFE solution will harness unused transmission capacity, combined with placing content caches and service functionality closer to the ...
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Flight Qualification of Deployable Radiator using Two Phase Technology (PEGASUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The main objective of this project is to develop a Deployable Thermal Radiator (DPR) based on Loop Heat Pipes Qualification Model. This includes the design, manufacturing and flight qualification testing to achieve a Technological Readiness Level (TRL) 8.The increasing demand of power rejection in current and future satellites requires the development of deployable radiator panels which can be sto ...
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SANDWICH MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE (SMS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

In the space industry, a growing demand is to make structures lighter, while optimizing the mass/stiffness/strength ratio.. To do so, the sandwich architecture appears to be the most efficient design. The main objective of Sandwich Material and Structure (SMS) project is then to develop an ultra-stable and low weight structure, based on such architecture. This optimized structure will combine inno ...
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Operational Network of Individual Observation Nodes (ONION)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Two trends have recently emerged in space systems and could even further strengthen in the future: small satellites, with the development of key modularisation and miniaturisation technologies, and the deployment of constellations and distributed networks of satellites. It is of primordial importance for Europe to properly analyse those trends and determine whether or not they could provide a comp ...
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5G Enablers for Network and System Security and Resilience (5G-ENSURE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

5G-ENSURE will define and deliver a 5G Security Architecture, shared and agreed by the various 5G stakeholders. It will specify, develop and release an initial set of useful and usable security enablers for 5G. These enablers will be selected for their relevance in addressing some of the foremost security concerns in order to generate the trust and confidence necessary for 5G to be widely adopted ...
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Galileo MEOSAR RLS Improvement for Better Civil Aviation Security (GRICAS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Recent drama in civil aviation leading to losses of several aircrafts (AF447, MH370, etc…) have shown first an incapacity of quickly dispatching rescue means for potential survivals, and second, a surprising incapacity of determining the position of the aircrafts wreck, generating major researches expenses.This situation led to the creation of a joint RTCA/Eurocae working area in SC229/WG98 group; ...
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Avionics Systems Hosted on a distributed modular electronics Large scale dEmonstrator for multiple tYpe of aircraft (ASHLEY)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

In search for a more competitive, multiple types of aircrafts, IMA based, avionics platform solution, the European aerospace industry has recently initiated the IMA2G paradigm thanks to the EC funded SCARLETT project.This latter successfully validated a first underlying set of IMA2G concepts (Separate Core Processing resources from I/O resources, introduce resource segments typology of electronics ...
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Global ATM security management (GAMMA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The GAMMA project stems from the recognition that while the SESAR initiative is effectively addressing some security issues in the new global ATM scenarios, there is a need to extend this scope to ensure a comprehensive assessment of the full set of security threats and vulnerabilities affecting ATM, considered as a system of systems and covering operational as well as technological aspects. In ad ...
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Embedded Multi-Core Systems for Mixed Criticality Applications in Dynamic and Changeable Real-Time Environments (EMC2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Embedded systems are the key innovation driver to improve almost all mechatronic products with cheaper and even new functionalities. Furthermore, they strongly support today's information society as inter-system communication enabler.Consequently boundaries of application domains are alleviated and ad-hoc connections and interoperability play an increasing role. At the same time, multi-core and ma ...
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Additive Manufacturing Aiming Towards Zero Waste & Efficient Production of High-Tech Metal Products (AMAZE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

The overarching goal of AMAZE is to rapidly produce large defect-free additively-manufactured (AM) metallic components up to 2 metres in size, ideally with close to zero waste, for use in the following high-tech sectors namely: aeronautics, space, automotive, nuclear fusion and tooling.Four pilot-scale industrial AM factories will be established and enhanced, thereby giving EU manufacturers and en ...
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Protection and Resilience Of Ground based infRastructures for European Space Systems (PROGRESS)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

"PROGRESS will focus on improving the security and resilience of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and its results will also be applicable to earth observation infrastructure and assets. At the start of the project a generic GNSS system will be designed and its associated augmentation system will be assessed with regards to vulnerability from selected attack threat risk scenarios. PROGRES ...
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Multi-Gigabit, Scalable & Energy Efficient on-board Digital Processors Employing Multi-core, Vertical, Embedded Opto-electronic Engines (ROBIN)

Start date: Oct 2, 2013, End date: Apr 2, 2017,

New multi-beam Tera-scale capacity satellites will require a disruptive approach to address digital on-board processors that rely on electronics which consume space, power and cost and reach their capacity saturation. The disruptive solution must combine scalability, technical feasibility, power-efficiency and cost-effectiveness. ROBIN aims to provide this solution realizing multi-gigabit optical ...
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HIGH-POWER PHOTONICS FOR SATELLITE LASER COMMUNICATIONS AND ON-BOARD OPTICAL PROCESSING (HIPPO)

Start date: Sep 20, 2013, End date: Apr 1, 2017,

Photonics is transforming from a highly-focused telecom technology into a pervasive “enabling” technology. Photonics has the potential to play a critical role in space missions and Europe has the opportunity to lead. In this context, HIPPO aims to lead the “high power photonics” trend and develop a new generation of high-power optical components and modules. HIPPO will do this guided by a leading ...
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Multiplying In Africa European Global Navigation Initiatives Fostering Interlaced Cooperation (MAGNIFIC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

...es the ones with the highest growth foreseen for the next 5 years. Certainly, one of the key aspects of the proposed solution is the possibility of the consortium of simulating EGNOS signal thanks to Thales Alenia Space SPEED platform.Other key aspects from our solution to be highlighted are:• Full range of partners allowing networking among European SMEs, European Industry European Research Centr ...
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Joint EUropean Project for International ITS/EGNSS awareness Raising (JUPITER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

JUPITER aims at EGNSS awareness raising, capacity building and promotion activities for fostering business development of EGNSS based applications worldwide in response to the H2020 societal challenges at stake for mobility and transportation.In order to ensure that EGNSS comes to prominence in the ITS sector, the added value of EGNSS, compared to or in combination with GPS/Glonass/Beidou constell ...
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Demonstrator of EGNSS Services based on Time Reference Architecture (DEMETRA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

DEMETRA aims to demonstrate the feasibility of delivering early EGNSS timing services to end users by utilising an operational demonstrator and conducting tests with pilot applications. Based on the current practice of national metrological laboratories, DEMETRA will define and develop a prototype of a European time disseminator, based on EGNSS., An array of important service features that are nec ...
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Plastic Components for Advanced Microwave Equipment of New Generation SatCom PAyloads (PAMPA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Plastic packaging solutions are foreseen as a good candidate to drastically reduce the cost of microwave equipment for future telecom satellite payloads. The objective of PAMPA project is to develop a plastic component technology, from the supply of the packaged microwave component with a reliability level compatible with space constraints up to its assembly on board using SMT (Surface Mount Techn ...
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High speed, high frequency electro-PHotonic Adc for Space Enabled Routers (PHASER)

Start date: Sep 13, 2013, End date: Oct 1, 2016,

The vision behind the PHASER project is to provide the European Space Industry with a new Analog to Digital conversion system that allows the direct digitalization of typical RF signals from K up to Ka band. PHASER will develop a space-grade, high speed digitizer capable of direct RF-sampling up to Ka band signals, exhibiting an improvement of more than two order of magnitude in the digitizer freq ...
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Thermal Overall Integrated Conception of Aircraft (TOICA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Thermal behaviour of aircraft has recently become a crucial subject due to many factors: increasing number of complex systems required by modern, more electric, commercial aircraft, the introduction of hotter engines with higher by-pass ratios, the increased use of composite material in aircraft structures, or the confinement of highly dissipative equipment and systems in smaller areas to earn spa ...
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Mitigation of space weather threats to GNSS services (MISW)

Start date: Nov 19, 2013, End date: Aug 1, 2016,

MISW (Mitigation of space weather threats to GNSS services) will tackle the research challenges associated with GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and Space Weather to bring practical solutions right into the forefront of European Industry.Space Weather can affect many modern technologies that we take for granted. One of the most common technologies found across many systems today is navig ...
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Critical System Engineering Acceleration (CRYSTAL)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

CRYSTAL aims at fostering Europe’s leading edge position in embedded systems engineering in particular regarding quality and cost effectiveness of safety-critical embedded systems and architecture platforms.Its overall goal is to enable sustainable paths to speed up the maturation, integration, and cross-sectoral reusability of technological and methodological bricks of the factories for safety-cr ...
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Boosting the European Innovative Satellite Technologies with In-Orbit Demonstrations (GOTOFLY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

...e stakeholders of the European Space sector.Therefore, the GOTOFLY! project gathers a teams of 5 enterprises of the European Space industry coming from 4 different countries: - 3 national branches of Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in France, Italy and Spain. TAS is a major satellites manufacturer and a leading player in the field of the Space R&D. It knows accurately the constraints for launching vario ...
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European Location As A Service Targeting International Commerce (ELAASTIC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

...tream European companies working in the sector. The ELAASTIC proposal has been built through collaboration of five global leaders in location technology: Telespazio France, ST-microelectronics, Thales Alenia Space France, Rx Networks, and Novero, three of them listed as major actors in Berg Insight 2013 LB
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ACTUATION 2015: Modular Electro Mechanical Actuators for ACARE 2020 Aircraft and Helicopters (ACTUATION2015)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

The All-Electric Aircraft is a major target for the next generation of aircraft to lower consumption of non-propulsive power and thus fuel burn. To eliminate hydraulic circuits, pumps and reservoirs, Electro Mechanical Actuators (EMA) are mandatory but now need to meet cost, reliability and weight requirements from the airframers.ACTUATION2015 aims to develop and validate a common set of standard ...
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Broadband in EU Regions via satellite (BRESAT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Project BRESAT will define guidelines for the successful deployment of high speed broadband via satellite across regions of Europe to assist with the objective of 100% EU broadband coverage. It will support the objectives of the EU Digital Agenda and assist national regional initiatives. Project BRESAT will include following objectives:1.\tLeveraging previous experience, it will identify the cond ...
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AIRBorne information for Emergency situation Awareness and Monitoring (AIRBEAM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The AIRBEAM project proposes a situation awareness toolbox for the management of crisis over wide area taking benefit of an optimised set of aerial (unmanned) platforms, including satellites.The number of unmanned air- and space-borne platform available and their associated sensors present a new set of challenges to end users involved in the effective management of emergencies and actions of law e ...
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Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems (BATS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

BATS addresses the integrated delivery of BroadBand (BB) future Internet services for European coverage according to the EC Digital Agenda objective to reliably deliver >30Mbps to 100% of European households by 2020. In order to accommodate the 'unserved' and 'underserved' areas of Europe, an ultra high speed satellite system is researched that provides order of magnitude cost/bit reductions and s ...
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Pulsed Chemical Rocket with Green High Performance Propellants (PulCheR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

PulCheR (Pulsed Chemical Rocket with Green High Performance Propellants) is a new propulsion concept in which the propellants are fed in the combustion chamber at low pressure and the thrust is generated by means of high frequency pulses, reproducing the defence mechanism of a notable insect: the bombardier beetle.The radical innovation introduced by PulCheR is the elimination of any external pres ...
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