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Analysis System for Gathered Raw Data (ASGARD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

ASGARD has a singular goal, contribute to Law Enforcement Agencies Technological Autonomy and effective use of technology. Technologies will be transferred to end users under an open source scheme focusing on Forensics, Intelligence and Foresight (Intelligence led prevention and anticipation). ASGARD will drive progress in the processing of seized data, availability of massive amounts of data and ...
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Standardisation of GNSS Threat reporting and Receiver testing through International Knowledge Exchange, Experimentation and Exploitation (STRIKE3)

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

GNSS is being used for an ever increasing number of safety, security, business and policy critical applications and GNSS functionality is being embedded into many parts of critical infrastructures. International economies are now dependent on GNSS positioning and timing services. At the same time, GNSS vulnerabilities are being exposed and threats to denial of GNSS service are increasing. There ...
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SOURCE - Virtual centre of excellence for research support and coordination on societal security (SOURCE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The aim of the SOURCE Network of Excellence is to create a robust and sustainable virtual centre of excellence capable of exploring and advancing societal issues in security research and development. The SOURCE Network of Excellence is built upon five types of activities: networking activities, research, information gathering, education and training, and knowledge-sharing. These five areas togethe ...
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Technological and Methodological Solutions for Integrated Wide Area Situation Awareness and Survivor Localisation to Support Search and Rescue Teams (INACHUS)

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

Crisis incidents result in difficult working conditions for Urban Search-and-Rescue (USaR) crews. INACHUS aims to achieve a significant time reduction and increase efficiency in USaR operations by providing:1.Simulation tools for estimating the locations of survival spaces (after a structural collapse) and identify the location of survivors for different construction types and building materials2. ...
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Future Sky Safety

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

The EC Flight Path 2050 vision aims to achieve the highest levels of safety to ensure that passengers and freight as well as the air transport system and its infrastructure are protected. However, trends in safety performance over the last decade indicate that the ACARE Vision 2020 safety goal of an 80% reduction of the accident rate is not being achieved. A stronger focus on safety is required. T ...
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DRiving InnoVation in crisis management for European Resilience (DRIVER)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

DRIVER starts from the experience that neither successful R&D nor strong end-user demand always lead to innovation in the Crisis Management (CM) domain. This is a problem since as societies become more complex, increasing scope and unpredictability of potential crises and faster dynamics of major incidents put increasingly stringent demands on CM. European CM capabilities already constitute a matu ...
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"""2nd Generation Active Wing“ – Active Flow- Loads & Noise control on next generation wing" (AFLONEXT)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

AFLoNext is a four year EC L2 project with the objective of proving and maturing highly promising flow control technologies for novel aircraft configurations to achieve a quantum leap in improving aircraft’s performance and thus reducing the environmental footprint. The project consortium is composed by forty European partners from fifteen countries. The work has been broken down into seven work p ...
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Consistently Optimised Resilient Secure Global Supply-Chains (CORE)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

CORE will consolidate, amplify, extend and demonstrate EU knowledge and capabilities and international co-operation for securing supply chains whilst maintaining or improving business performance, with specific reference to key Supply Chain Corridors.CORE will be driven by the requirements of:• the Customs, law enforcement authorities, and other agencies nationally and internationally to increase ...
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Harmonized Evaluation, Certification and Testing of Security Products (HECTOS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Today physical security equipment and systems are very diverse in technology, concept of operations, application areas and performance. Similar security products are difficult to compare in terms of performance, accuracy, usage, trust and validation of functionality. Currently, there are very few certification procedures in Europe mutually recognized by differentMember States. This leads to fragme ...
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GREEN ADVANCED HIGH ENERGY PROPELLANTS FOR LAUNCHERS (GRAIL)

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

Solid rocket motors are today the most cost effective, competitive and reliable propulsion technology for space launch systems. State of the art solid rocket propellants are based on the oxidizer ammonium perchlorate, AP, and aluminium powder, embedded in a polymer binder matrix. Unfortunately, AP has a negative impact on the environment and on personal health due to ozone depletion, thyroid gland ...
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Replacement of hydrazine for orbital and launcher propulsion systems (Rheform)

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

"The project deals with the replacement of hydrazine within space propulsion systems. It improves significantly the ADN-based propellants currently existing and enables the replacement of hydrazine within the whole operational area of currently used hydrazine propulsion systems. The objectives of the project are:1.) Replacing hydrazine by adapting the propellant to currently existing materials ava ...
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Generic Integrated Forensic Toolbox for CBRN incidents (GIFT CBRN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"Forensic investigation is a key component in the fight against crime and the protection of EU societies. At present it is hampered by a lack of protocols and training in carrying out forensic analysis on CBRN-contaminated materials. The aim of GIFT-CBRN is to develop a forensic toolbox for investigating CBRN incidents. This toolbox would provide (1) procedures, sampling methods and detection of C ...
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EXplosives PrEcursor Defeat by Inhibitor Additives (EXPEDIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"The objectives of the EXPEDIA project are both to inhibit some frequently used explosive precursors and to increase the knowledge about “garage chemistry”. With this we mean, increasing the understanding of how terrorist’s create homemade explosives (HME), what chemicals they start from and where they find them in the open market. But also, to increase the understanding of how easily a HME can be ...
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Accelerated Checkpoint Design Integration Test and Evaluation (XP-DITE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

The aim of the XP-DITE project is to develop, demonstrate and validate a comprehensive, passenger centred approach to the design and evaluation of integrated security checkpoints (CPs) at airports. The approach encompasses a variety of different types of requirements, relating to security, airport operations and societal aspects. An ethical framework will be defined which enables designers and op ...
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SECURE EUROPEAN COMMON INFORMATION SPACE FOR THE INTEROPERABILITY OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND POLICE AUTHORITIES (SECTOR)

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

The management of crisis is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. The ever growing human, economic and environmental losses due to natural and man-made disasters evidence the need for a systematic approach to the management of crisis. A multi-disciplinary understanding and disaster risk management is required. In such situations, Collaborative Crisis Management (CCM) is usually coordina ...
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"Reconstruction and REcovery Planning: Rapid and Continuously Updated COnstruction Damage, and Related Needs ASSessment" (RECONASS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2017,

"This work will provide a monitoring system for constructed facilities that will provide a near real time, reliable, and continuously updated assessment of the structural condition of the monitored facilities after a disaster, with enough detail to be useful for early and full recovery planning. The above assessment will be seamlessly integrated with automated, near real-time and continuously upda ...
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Single European Secure Air-cargo Space (EUROSKY)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

EUROSKY will deliver a high impact programme for advanced air-cargo security and facilitation measures to safeguard international supply chains and the security of citizens while fostering international co-operation and a broad stakeholder engagement from all segments of the air-cargo industry.The main outputs will be:1. The EUROSKY Blueprints to provide a Europe wide cooperative model for air car ...
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Intelligent Piracy Avoidance using Threat detection and Countermeasure Heuristics (IPATCH)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

The IPATCH project addresses Security Topic SEC-2013.2.4-2: Non-military protection measures for merchant shipping against piracy. The goal of the IPATCH project is three-fold:(1) To perform an in-depth analysis of the legal, ethical, economic and societal implications of existing counter piracy measures.(2) To produce a manual to aid in the usage and further development of counter-piracy measures ...
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Concealed Objects Stand-Off Real-Time Imaging for Security (CONSORTIS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

"The project will develop a demonstrator for stand-off real-time concealed object detection for future implementations of high throughput security screening for European mass-transit markets and infrastructure security. The technological approach will incorporate a multi-frequency passive submillimetre-wave video camera, coupled with an active 340 GHz 3D imaging radar system. Both systems will be ...
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Pandemic Risk and Emergency Management (PANDEM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The European Union (EU) faces a growing health security threat posed by pandemics due to the convergence of risk factors driving disease emergence, amplification and dissemination of pathogens with pandemic potential. Protecting the health and security of citizens in the EU in the face of these pandemic threats requires a coherent response by all stakeholders driven by effective pandemic risk mana ...
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Privacy Preserving Perimeter Protection Project (P5)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The goal of the P5 project is an intelligent perimeter proactive surveillance system that works robustly under a wide range of weather and lighting conditions and that has strong privacy preserving features. The system will monitor the region outside the security area of critical buildings and infrastructure, and give early warning if terrestrial or airborne threats are detected. The system will s ...
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More Affordable Aircraft structure through eXtended, Integrated, and Mature nUmerical Sizing (MAAXIMUS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Even though composite materials are more and more used in modern airframes, many significant improvements are still achievable. Firstly, the substitution of the assembly of many small composite parts by a single one-shot large part provides additional weight reduction. Secondly, the final assembly line process must be adapted to composite properties (lack of ductility, stiffness). Thirdly, if the ...
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Reuse and development of Security Knowledge assets for International Postal supply chains (SAFEPOST)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

SAFEPOST aims to raise the current level of postal security by integrating innovative screening solutions suitable for uninterrupted flow of the enormous volumes of parcels and letters with operational postal processes and the criminal and customs intelligence work in a European wide cooperative distributed model.Starting from the perspective of the partner postal operations, the project will firs ...
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Suicide Bomber Counteraction and Prevention (SUBCOP)

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

SUBCOP sets out to develop technologies and procedures that can be applied by the Police Security Forces when responding to a suspected PBIED (Person Borne Improvised Explosive Device). It addresses the course of action to take when an alert to a possible PBIED has been issued, and an attack may be imminent. SuBCoP is insensitive to how the alert is raised, should it be based on detection of explo ...
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Cybercrime and cyberterrOrism (E)Uropean Research AGEnda (COURAGE)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

The COuRAGE (Cybercrime and cyberterrOrism (E)UropeanResearch AGEnda ) consortium will deliver a measured, comprehensive, relevant research agenda for Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism (CC/CT) guided by the knowledge and experience of the highly experienced and exceptionally qualified consortium (16 partners, 11 countries) and Advisory Board members (14 organisations including EUROPOL, JRC and ERA). ...
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Demining tool-BOX for humanitarian clearing of large scale area from anti-personal landmines and cluster munitions (D-BOX)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

Landmines and the cluster munitions still kill or maim civilians every day in an indiscriminate manner even long after conflicts are over. At the current rate of clearance of about 500,000 mines per year and assuming no additional mines are laid from now on, it could still take hundreds of years to find and clear all the landmines around the world.D-BOX will tackle the burning issue of anti-person ...
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Fast and trustworthy Identity Delivery and check with ePassports leveraging Traveler privacy (FIDELITY)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Significant efforts have been invested to strengthen border ID checks with biometrics Travel Documents embedding electronic chips (ePassport). However, problems appeared regarding fraud in the ePassport issuing process, citizen losing control on their personal data, difficulties in certificates management, and shortcomings in convenience, speed, and efficiency of ID checks, including the access to ...
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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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Experimental TRansonic Investigations On Laminar flow and Load Alleviation (ETRIOLLA)

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

"The proposal tackles the CfP JTI-CS-2012-1-GRA-02-019. Within the project a Wind-Tunnel-Model is designed, built and tested that is capable of being tested with two main purposes:- access the extend of laminarity on the wing- evaluate the performance of LC&A system in the trailing edge of the wingIn order to do this the project tackles different points:- a model design is performed that creates a ...
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Explosive Neutralisation and Mitigation Countermeasures for IEDs in Urban/Civil Environment (ENCOUNTER)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

"The objective for the ENCOUNTER project is to identify, explore and validate both existing and innovative techniques for mitigation and neutralisation of found Improvised Explosive Devises (IED) in urban/civil environment.ENCOUNTER will start off with revisiting actual practices. Relevant scenarios will be developed where different types of IEDs and different stand-off distances will be considere ...
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Hyperspectral imaging IED and explosives reconnaissance system (HYPERION)

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

The objective with the HYPERION project is to develop and test a system concept for the on-site forensic analysis of an explosion. The forensic tools and procedures used will in majority be at safe stand-off detection distances. This will also include tools for identification of unexploded IEDs. The on-site data provided by the HYPERION system will be the type and amount of explosive used in the a ...
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Aero-Thermodynamic Loads on Lightweight Advanced Structures II (ATLLAS II)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

ATLLAS II is a logical follow-up of a recently finalized FP6 project which has as objectives the identification and assessment of advanced light-weight and high-temperature resistant materials for high-speed vehicles up to Mach 6.The material requirements are first defined through an in-depth feasibility study of a Mach 5-6 vehicle. The consortium has now this capability at hand as they can rely o ...
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Achieve QUieter Oceans by shipping noise footprint reduction (AQUO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Recent directives outline the need to mitigate underwater noise footprint due to shipping, to prevent negative consequences to marine life. In that context, the final goal of AQUO project is to provide to policy makers practical guidelines, acceptable by shipyards and ship owners. The list of solutions will be split into solutions regarding ship design (including propeller and cavitation noise), a ...
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Robustness of distributed micron-sized roughness-element for transition control (RODTRAC)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

"Transition control in three-dimensional flows by means of distributed Micron-Sized Roughness-elements (MSR) has been under focus during the last decade. The successful experiments of Prof. Saric and his research group have created lot of attentions and interest. In the reported work by Saric et al. always a significant positive effect of MSR on delay of transition has been observed. Similar attem ...
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Grey Area Mitigation for Hybrid RANS-LES Methods (Go4Hybrid)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

The aeronautical industry lacks confidence in the accuracy of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in areas of highly non-linear, unsteady flows close to the flight envelope borders, which demands advanced approaches and methods. The family of Hybrid RANS-LES Methods (HRLM) is the best candidate for the next generation of CFD methods for increased fidelity at industrially-feasible expense. While HRL ...
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Nanostructured materials and RF-MEMS RFIC/MMIC technologies for highly adaptive and reliable RF systems (NANOTEC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

RF communication and remote sensing (radar/radiometric) systems are facing the demands ofincreasing complexity/number of frequency bands, increased bandwidths and higher frequencies forhigher data throughput, while at the same time the power consumption, the form factor of the systems,and the overall system costs need to be reduced. Smart micro-/mm-wave systems will have to achieveself-reconfigura ...
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Cryogenic Hypersonic Advanced Tank Technologies (CHATT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

"Topic: Cryogenic propellant management and advanced tank design for hypersonic and advanced future aviation systemsIn future aviation and particularly in hypersonic systems new propellants will be used, such as liquid hydrogen, liquid methane and possibly even liquid oxygen. These systems will require complex technology, ultra light-weight, and reusable propellant tank systems. Challenging techno ...
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MobIle Laboratory Capacity for the Rapid Assessment of CBRN Threats Located within and outside the EU (MIRACLE)

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

Background: In case of major intentional, accidental or natural CBRN incident, fast in field identification of agents is crucial for optimal risk assessment, risk management, and counter measures. A determining factor is to bring a rapidly CRBN deployable diagnostic and forensic capacity as close as possible to the crisis area.Objective: To harmonize the definition of a CBRN mobile laboratory and ...
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RECEPTivity and amplitude-based transition prediction (RECEPT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

"The RECEPT project will deliver upstream aerodynamics research that will contribute (i) to the drive to strengthen the competitiveness of European manufacturing industry, (ii) to the need to improve the environmental impact of aircraft with regards to emissions.Within the RECEPT project, knowledge about transition phenomena and theoretical/numerical tools obtained during the last 50 years since t ...
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Container Security Advanced Information Networking (CONTAIN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

CONTAIN will specify and demonstrate a European Shipping Containers Surveillance system which will encompass regulatory, policy and standardisation recommendations, new business models and advanced container security management capabilities. CONTAIN will:1. Support transport security stakeholders in managing container security threats as part of an integrated approach to the management of transpor ...
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