RPAS for European Border Surveillance

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1 RPAS for European Border Surveillance Piotr MALINOWSKI Zdravko KOLEV FRONTEX JRC UNOSAT - Unmanned Aerial Systems for Rapid Mapping Geneva, Switzerland 9/19/13

2 OUTLINE Frontex mission Development of a EUROSUR Challenges for European border surveillance Possible roles for RPAS Conclusions 2 9/19/13

3 FRONTEX EU agency to coordinate activities related to border management Independant legal body with management board of MS border chiefs 298 staff and growing Operational in Warsaw since Oct. 05 Council Regulation (EC) 2007/2004/ ( , OJ L 349/ ) Mission While considering that the responsibility for the control and surveillance of external borders lies with the Member States, the Agency shall facilitate and render more effective the application of existing and future Community measures relating to the management of external borders. contributing to an efficient, high and uniform level of control on persons and surveillance of the external borders 3 9/19/13

4 FRONTEX Structure 4 9/19/13

5 Frontex Research and Development Mission Follow up on developments in research relevant for the control and surveillance of external borders and disseminate this information to the Commission and the Member States. LINK BETWEEN RESEARCHERS AND USERS AND INDUSTRY Input from Research and Technology Potential Capabilities Research Community FRONTEX R&D Assessment and translation Border Guards MS Authorities Commission User needs EU Research Programmes User Needs Requirements 5 9/19/13

6 END-USER NEEDS Platforms and sensors for the collection of data and information 24/7 all weather surveillance border and pre-frontier Platforms and sensors to facilitate interception Systems to exchange information Systems to exploit the information and react quickly to evolving threats All the above: Affordable and Integrable 6 9/19/13

7 Current main challenge: Detection & tracking of small boats, used for cross-border crime & irregular migration 241 search and rescue cases and 23,192 lives saved from Frontex coordinated assets were involved in saving 64 persons per day. 7 9/19/13

8 EUROSUR SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF BORDER AREAS DG JLS/HOME Communication in Feb 2008, Roadmap with 3 National Coordination Centre (NCC) All relevant authorities National Situational Picture Reaction capability Frontex Common surveillance means European Situational Picture (ESP) Common Pre-frontier Intelligence Picture (CPIP) phases and 8 steps Legislative Proposal by Dec11 aiming to make EUROSUR operational Node Node Node in COM(2011) 873 final, 12/12/2011: EUROSUR regulation Node Node proposal Node Node 8 9/19/13

9 EUROSUR The Network project to create a persistent connection between a number of National Coordination Centres of IT, FI, FR, PL, SP, SL and Frontex, using a fully extensible information sharing system, which supports secure information trade between connected National Coordination Centres and Frontex. NCC Local System NCC Local System NCC Local System NCC Local System NCC Local System NCC Local System NCC Local System 9 9/19/13

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11 RPAS for Rapid Mapping Support to planning of joint operations Identification and monitoring of long range migration routes Topographic information updating Analysis(border vulnerability and permeability, cross country mobility, economical situation of MS, etc) Evaluate the easiness of walking in specific terrain and time needed to cross specific distance Identification of the areas that can be reach by walking person in definite periods of time 11 9/19/13

12 Satellites and RPA for border surveillance Satellites with imaging radar (SAR) or optical sensors are useful for intelligence gathering, but not for real time tracking RPA have potential but must prove : cost effectiveness compared to manned flights integration into normal airspace 12 9/19/13

13 PRAS - roles SEA SURVEILLANCE MISSION wide area surveillance detection at longer distances detection of smaller vessels, fast vessels (speedboats) reconnaissance missions to coastline spots identification of suspicious objects SAR missions all weather and day/night conditions long endurance, speed and altitude adaptability providing real- and near real- time operational data integration with other existing surveillance networks (radars, satellite.. ) share/operate PRAS synthesize operational information, efficiency and costs radar sensors, optical sensors or possibly imaging radar. AIS, SIGINT 13 9/19/13

14 PRAS - roles LAND SURVEILLANCE MISSION detection of human presence and vehicles at the borders all weather and day/night conditions different lengths of the border to deal with different topographical / climate characteristics providing real- and near real- time operational data integration with other existing surveillance networks (radars, satellite.. ) optical sensors (EO/FLIR HD) 14 9/19/13

15 Demonstration of mini RPA and Aerostats Workshops «RPA and Land Border Surveillance» 2009 & 2010 Imatra, Finland PATRIA MASS LIVE DEMO SELEX ASIO + HYDRA SENSORINTEGRATION LIVE DEMO LIVE VIDEO FROM MOBILE TO MOBILE OVER IP, AHORTEC LTD LIVE DEMO AERONAUTICS SKYSTAR 180 Tactical aerostat All weather conditions SIM SKYEYE + QUATTRO VIDEOTRANSMISSION SYSTEM RAFAEL ORBITER LIVE DEMO + AERONAUTICS AEROSTAT SYSTEM, NOT LIVE DEMO 15 9/19/13

16 RPAS Demonstration sessions Aktio and Istres 2011 ISTRES, FRANCE DA-42 with EO/IR OPA HERON 1 AKTIO, GREECE PATROLLER SkyLite + Remote Video Terminal (RVT) PUMA AE FULMAR 16 9/19/13

17 Mission planning Mission Execution LOS BLOS Lite Situational Awareness & Video Portal based GIS viewer 17 9/19/13

18 RPAS Workshop and Demonstration II (20-21 October 2011, Istres, France) 18 9/19/13

19 Conclusions Frontex works closely with the Commission and MSs in the development of EUROSUR RPAS could play a significant role in EUROSUR RPAS do not replace manned aviation, but make it possible to accomplish missions that would not be possible with manned aircraft (long and very long endurance). RPAs have potential Maritime surveillance Long range and long endurance Land RPAs need to prove Usefulness (legal / insertion into civil airspace) Cost-effectiveness 19 9/19/13

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