CORDIS · BorderUAS

Semi-autonomous border surveillance platform combining next generation unmanned aerial vehicles with ultra-high-resolution multi-sensor surveillance payload

Code

BorderUAS

Programme

H2020

Call

SU-BES02-2018-2019-2020

Status

CLOSED

Period

2020-06-01 – 2024-05-31

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Participants

Description

The project will combine for the first time a multi-role lighter-than-air (LTA) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with an ultra-highresolution multi-sensor surveillance payload supporting border surveillance as well as search & rescue applications, andspecifically rough terrain detection. The sensor payload will include synthetic aperture radar (SAR), laser detection andranging (LADAR), shortwave/longwave infrared (SWIR/LWIR) and acoustic cameras for direct target detection, as well asoptical and hyperspectral cameras for indirect detection (via vegetation disturbance).The project will use the ground-based infrastructure of border police units (command & control centres), innovative datamodels (to identify illegal crossing patterns and preferred routes) and advanced audio/video analytics and storage (toprovide additional detection capabilities).The technology concepts will be validated in the field by 6 border police units (Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova,Ukraine, Belarus) covering 3 major illegal migration routes into Europe (Eastern Mediterranean, Western Balkan and EasternBorders Routes), which represent 58% of all illegal border crossings detected and are also the most used for smuggling ofdrugs, weapons and stolen vehicles.The combined solution will provide high coverage, resolution and revisit time with a lower cost (4 EUR/kg/hr) than satellitesand higher endurance (100 kg payload for 12 hours) than drones. Based on the field trial results, the consortium expects todevelop a solution that can be deployed further by European border polices after project completion. The project will alsoinvolve the contribution of NGOs working with illegal migration and human right protection issues, as well as regulatoryexperts dealing with the ethics and privacy requirements of border surveillance solutions

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