Galileo and EGNOS as an asset for UTM safety and security

GAUSS (Galileo-EGNOS as an Asset for UTM Safety and Security) is a H2020 project1 that aims at designing and developing high performance positioning systems for drones within the U-Space framework focusing on UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) VLL (Very Low Level) operations. The key element within GAUSS is the integration and exploitation of Galileo and EGNOS exceptional features in terms of accuracy, integrity and security, which will be key assets for the safety of current and future drone operations. More concretely, high accuracy, authentication, precise timing (among others) are key GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) enablers of future integrated drone operations under UTM (UAS Traffic Management) operations, which in Europe will be deployed under U-Space [1]. The U-Space concept helps control, manage and integrate all UAS in the VLL airspace to ensure the security and efficiency of UAS operations. GAUSS will enable not only safe, timely and efficient operations but also coordination among a higher number of RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) in the air with the appropriate levels of security, as it will improve anti-jamming and anti-spoofing capabilities through a multi-frequency and multi-constellation approach and Galileo authentication operations. The GAUSS system will be validated with two field trials in two different UTM real scenarios (in-land and sea) with the operation of a minimum of four UTM coordinated UAS from different types (fixed and rotary wing), manoeuvrability and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) operational categories. The outcome of the project will consist of Galileo-EGNOS based technological solutions to enhance safety and security levels in both, current UAS and future UTM operations. Increased levels of efficiency, reliability, safety, and security in UAS operations are key enabling features to foster the EU UAS regulation, market development and full acceptance by the society.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Improving Resilience of Transport Instrastructure to Climate Change and other natural and Manmande events based on the combined use of Terrestrial and Airbone Sensors and Advanced Modelling Tools

The project PANOPTIS, funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Programme, aims at increasing the resilience of the transport infrastructures (focusing on roads) and ensuring reliable network availability under unfavourable conditions, such as extreme weather, landslides, and earthquakes. The main target is to combine downscaled climate change scenarios (applied to road infrastructures) with structural and geotechnical simulation tools and with actual data from a multi-sensor network (terrestrial and airborne-based), so as to provide the operators with an integrated tool able to support more effective management of their infrastructures at planning, maintenance and operation level. During the first stage of the project, the consortium will develop advanced technologies to monitor and control transport infrastructures, such as a Geotechnical and Structural Simulation Tool (SGSA) to predict structural and geotechnical risks in road infrastructures; drone-technologies applied to road upkeep and incident management; improved computer vision and machine learning techniques for damage diagnosis of infrastructure, and early warning systems to help operators identify and communicate emerging systemic risks. At the same time, experts in climate modelling, will analyse the possible short and long term effects of climate change on transport infrastructure (e.g. flooding, heavier snows). All the information from the different sensors, models and applications will be integrated and processed through a unique Resilience Assessment Platform that will support operators in the introduction of adaptation and mitigation strategies based on multi-risk scenarios. During the second stage of the project, ACCIONA Engineering will implement the developed technologies and methodologies in a section of the Spanish A-2 motorway, in the province of Guadalajara. PANOPTIS integrated Platform will help optimize the management and maintenance of the Ministry of Public Works' concession for a 77.5-km section, all in collaboration with ACCIONA Infrastructure Maintenance (AMISA) and ACCIONA Concessions. In parallel, PANOPTIS platform will also be implemented in a section of 62 Km of a Greek motorway, renowned for its seismic activity. The trials in Greece hosted by the operator Egnatia Odos will integrate the motorway that serves the Airport of Thessaloniki. So the scenario will integrate a modal transfer segment.Le projet PANOPTIS, financé par la Commission européenne dans le cadre du programme H2020, vise à accroître la résilience de l'infrastructure de transport et à permettre une disponibilité fiable du réseau dans des conditions défavorables, telles que les conditions météorologiques extrêmes, les glissements de terrain et les tremblements de terre. L'objectif principal doit être associé à un réseau multi-capteurs (terrestre et aéroporté) pour permettre une gestion plus efficace de leurs infrastructures au niveau de la planification, de la maintenance et de l'exploitation. Au cours de la première phase du projet, le consortium développera des technologies avancées pour surveiller et contrôler les infrastructures de transport, telles que l'outil de simulation géotechnique et structurelle (SGSA) permettant de prévoir les risques structurels et géotechniques dans les infrastructures routières; technologies de drones appliquées à l'entretien des routes et à la gestion des incidents; la vision par ordinateur et les techniques d'apprentissage automatique pour le diagnostic des infrastructures et les systèmes d'alerte précoce. Dans le même temps, des experts en modélisation du climat analyseront le potentiel du changement climatique sur les infrastructures de transport (par exemple, les inondations, les neiges plus lourdes). Toutes les informations provenant des différents capteurs, modèles et applications seront intégrées dans un scénario unique comportant plusieurs risques. Au cours de la deuxième phase du projet, ACCIONA Engineering mettra en oeuvre les technologies et les méthodologies dans une section de l'autoroute espagnole A-2, dans la province de Guadalajara. La plate-forme intégrée PANOPTIS contribuera à optimiser la gestion et la maintenance de la concession du ministère des Travaux publics pour une section de 77,5 km, le tout en collaboration avec ACCIONA Infrastructure Maintenance (AMISA) et ACCIONA Concessions. Parallèlement, la plate-forme PANOPTIS sera également mise en oeuvre dans une section de 62 Km d'une autoroute grecque réputée pour son activité sismique. Les essais en Grèce organisés par l'opérateur Egnatia Odos vont rejoindre l'aéroport de Thessalonique. Le scénario intégrera donc un segment de transfert modal

Disaster reduction potential of IMPRESS platform tools

In our paper we will present the IMPRESS Platform tools that have been used for tests and validation purposes in the case of Palermo Demo. The demo has been part of a national Italian field test exercise for civil protection authorities and all related services along. The system validation and tests procedures have been fulfilled in alignment with the authorities remarks. The outcomes and results from each tool in the platform will be described and the added value for the users who worked with them

Providing Evidence-Based, Intelligent Support for Flood Resilient Planning and Policy: The PEARL Knowledge Base

While flood risk is evolving as one of the most imminent natural hazards and the shift from a reactive decision environment to a proactive one sets the basis of the latest thinking in flood management, the need to equip decision makers with necessary tools to think about and intelligently select options and strategies for flood management is becoming ever more pressing. Within this context, the Preparing for Extreme and Rare Events in Coastal Regions (PEARL) intelligent knowledge-base (PEARL KB) of resilience strategies is presented here as an environment that allows end-users to navigate from their observed problem to a selection of possible options and interventions worth considering within an intuitive visual web interface assisting advanced interactivity. Incorporation of real case studies within the PEARL KB enables the extraction of (evidence-based) lessons from all over the word, while the KB’s collection of methods and tools directly supports the optimal selection of suitable interventions. The Knowledge-Base also gives access to the PEARL KB Flood Resilience Index (FRI) tool, which is an online tool for resilience assessment at a city level available to authorities and citizens. We argue that the PEARL KB equips authorities with tangible and operational tools that can improve strategic and operational flood risk management by assessing and eventually increasing resilience, while building towards the strengthening of risk governance. The online tools that the PEARL KB gives access to were demonstrated and tested in the city of Rethymno, Greece

Galileo and EGNOS as an asset for UTM safety and security

GAUSS (Galileo-EGNOS as an Asset for UTM Safety and Security) is a H2020 project1 that aims at designing and developing high performance positioning systems for drones within the U-Space framework focusing on UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) VLL (Very Low Level) operations. The key element within GAUSS is the integration and exploitation of Galileo and EGNOS exceptional features in terms of accuracy, integrity and security, which will be key assets for the safety of current and future drone operations. More concretely, high accuracy, authentication, precise timing (among others) are key GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) enablers of future integrated drone operations under UTM (UAS Traffic Management) operations, which in Europe will be deployed under U-Space [1]. The U-Space concept helps control, manage and integrate all UAS in the VLL airspace to ensure the security and efficiency of UAS operations. GAUSS will enable not only safe, timely and efficient operations but also coordination among a higher number of RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) in the air with the appropriate levels of security, as it will improve anti-jamming and anti-spoofing capabilities through a multi-frequency and multi-constellation approach and Galileo authentication operations. The GAUSS system will be validated with two field trials in two different UTM real scenarios (in-land and sea) with the operation of a minimum of four UTM coordinated UAS from different types (fixed and rotary wing), manoeuvrability and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) operational categories. The outcome of the project will consist of Galileo-EGNOS based technological solutions to enhance safety and security levels in both, current UAS and future UTM operations. Increased levels of efficiency, reliability, safety, and security in UAS operations are key enabling features to foster the EU UAS regulation, market development and full acceptance by the society.Peer Reviewe

Galileo and EGNOS as an asset for UTM safety and security

Trabajo presentado en la 25th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference, celebrada en Sorrento (Italia), del 30 de septiembre al 2 de noviembre de 2019GAUSS (Galileo-EGNOS as an Asset for UTM Safety and Security) is a H2020 project1 that aims at designing and developing high performance positioning systems for drones within the U-Space framework focusing on UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) VLL (Very Low Level) operations. The key element within GAUSS is the integration and exploitation of Galileo and EGNOS exceptional features in terms of accuracy, integrity and security, which will be key assets for the safety of current and future drone operations. More concretely, high accuracy, authentication, precise timing (among others) are key GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) enablers of future integrated drone operations under UTM (UAS Traffic Management) operations, which in Europe will be deployed under U-Space [1]. The U-Space concept helps control, manage and integrate all UAS in the VLL airspace to ensure the security and efficiency of UAS operations. GAUSS will enable not only safe, timely and efficient operations but also coordination among a higher number of RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) in the air with the appropriate levels of security, as it will improve anti-jamming and anti-spoofing capabilities through a multi-frequency and multi-constellation approach and Galileo authentication operations. The GAUSS system will be validated with two field trials in two different UTM real scenarios (in-land and sea) with the operation of a minimum of four UTM coordinated UAS from different types (fixed and rotary wing), manoeuvrability and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) operational categories. The outcome of the project will consist of Galileo-EGNOS based technological solutions to enhance safety and security levels in both, current UAS and future UTM operations. Increased levels of efficiency, reliability, safety, and security in UAS operations are key enabling features to foster the EU UAS regulation, market development and full acceptance by the society.This project receives funding from the EU H2020 Research & Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 77629

AUMENTO DE LA RESILIENCIA DE LAS CARRETERAS MEDIANTE EL USO COMBINADO DE TECNOLOGÍA MULTISENSOR Y MODELOS CLIMÁTICOS

VI Congreso Cuidades Inteligentes, Madrid, ESPAGNE, 15-/09/2020 - 15/09/2020Le projet PANOPTIS, financé par la Commission européenne dans le cadre du programme H2020, vise à accroître la résilience (capacité d'adaptation) des routes aux conditions météorologiques défavorables, telles que les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes ou les inondations, et à d'autres événements à risque comme les tremblements de terre ou les glissements de terrain. L'objectif principal du projet est de combiner des scénarios de changement climatique régionalisés (appliqués aux infrastructures), avec des outils de simulation structurels et géotechniques et des données réelles tirées directement des infrastructures routières (ponts, pentes, routes) par un réseau multi-capteurs comprenant des capteurs au sol, des drones et des satellites, afin de fournir aux gestionnaires d'infrastructures de transport un outil de contrôle intégré, capable d'améliorer la gestion des infrastructures dans les phases de planification, de maintenance et d'exploitation. Le projet PANOPTIS a débuté en juin 2018, et pendant la première phase du projet, qui couvre approximativement les deux premières années, toutes les technologies innovantes qui composent l'outil PANOPTIS sont en cours de mise au point. Au cours de la deuxième phase du projet, qui débutera à l'été 2020, ACCIONA Engineering mettra en oeuvre toutes les technologies et méthodologies développées dans la section 2 de l'autoroute A-2, qui est longue de 77,5 km et qui traverse la province de Guadalajara. Il s'agit d'une section de concession d'autoroute de première génération gérée par ACCIONA Concessions et entretenue par ACCIONA Maintenance