Creating Safer, More Secure Railways. Briefing Document

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1 Creating Safer, More Secure Railways Briefing Document

2 In real time. OptaSense Monitoring Your Network

3 Key point brief OptaSense Building The Earth s Nervous System OptaSense is a virtual nervous system for infrastructure. Imagine if a motorway, railway, pipeline or the perimeter of a military base had its own virtual nervous system. Imagine if assets such as these had the ability to detect threats and to record information by sensing changes in movement, sound and temperature. Imagine having real-time, central access to this information to inform immediate responses and future business decisions. This is the unique capability that OptaSense This real time acoustic sensing can help prevent incidents, monitor performance and guide responses, all of which delivers outcomes at reduced cost. Take for instance theft of rail signalling infrastructure. OptaSense drives down costs of acquiring a complete picture of activity on long assets and oil wells. The enhanced information it provides is transforming business processes. Its applications are diverse, and are already used in and defence. Replacing expensive and often less public and private sector cost-savings. OptaSense cable and can plug straight into pre-existing networks such as those that run alongside motorways or railways. OptaSense delivers real time threat information across the length of these vital assets by turning cable of distinguishing between human footsteps and animal tracks. OptaSense : Real time threat protection

4 OptaSense on the Railway OptaSense has the largest installed network of used to the challenges that will be faced during any long installation. Through our work with Shell, multiple pipeline partners, and our contracts on rail networks internationally we have experience in tackling problems which it is not possible to simulate on a locations since that time. The OptaSense system is in use in over 40 countries and we work with a number of local partners to deliver the system into key markets. The advantages of 24/7 monitoring on every section of track have already been seen on several installations around the world. Applications for the technology on the railway are numerous and go well beyond the obvious security aspects. OptaSense monitors:

5 Key Rail Projects Year Result Location 2008 First rail installation personnel detection and trackside security United Kingdom 2010 First operational rock fall detection system deployed United States 2011 First operational system looking for track and train defects deployed United States 2012 First metro installation for metal theft security United Kingdom 2013 First installation on a mining railway Australia 2013 Rock fall system integration with client dispatcher approved United States 2013 metal theft security Europe QinetiQ Rail OptaSense is able to call upon our parent company expertise. The QinetiQ Rail Team is unique within the rail industry across the full spectrum of complex rail programmes. QinetiQ blends its rail expertise with the knowledge, resources and capabilities across the QinetiQ group to It supports the full product and project lifecycle from concept to disposal, with strengths in requirements capture, system engineering, programme management and assured delivery. to deliver a successful system integration, safety assurance and acceptance, supported by a range of proven tools and methodologies. The QinetiQ rail team brings extensive knowledge and experience of the rail industry, each with 20+ years of practical and very recent experience of dealing with the full range of issues inherent in complex rail programmes. The QinetiQ core team have experience in large Rail programmes with London Underground, Network Rail, and Global Railway Signalling Companies. They have strengths and experience covering all the skill areas mentioned above.

6 International partnership delivering value of distributed acoustic sensing, OptaSense has the intelligence of advanced acoustic algorithm to create the OptaSense System. Already we have systems being deployed globally in over 40 countries, creating new jobs in the UK and in our client countries through knowledge transfer to enable local companies to install, maintain and operate the OptaSense systems locally. With Government support, in the UK and Saudi Arabia, there is the potential for thousands more. Reducing the cost and increasing the Prevention is better than detection When monitoring a long asset like a railway it is crucial that both intruders and the train/track combination are monitored in reals time

7 OptaSense follows every train, every second along every metre of track

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