the smat project: an advanced environment monitoring system
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The SMAT Project: an Advanced Environment Monitoring System , from Phase 1 to Phase 2- Aerospace and Defence Meetings 2013TRANSCRIPT
The SMAT Project:
an Advanced Environment Monitoring
System, from Phase 1 to Phase 2
Bruno Tranchero
Torino, 2013 October 23rd
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SMAT: Introduction
SMAT is a research project funded by the Regione Piemonte (Italy), managed by Finpiemonte and promoted through the Comitato Promotore del Distretto Aerospaziale Piemonte. It is also co-funded by Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale (F.E.S.R.) within the operative regional program 2007/2013.
SMAT main objective is to define, design and develop an Advanced Environment Monitoring System, based on Unmanned Air Systems (UAS).
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SMAT: A System of Systems
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SMAT: Surveillance Needs
• Monitoring of specific areas aimed at prevention
– Monitoring of power transmission lines (power lines, gas and oil pipelines)
– Monitoring of areas subject to fire hazard
• Territory monitoring aimed at planning
– Monitoring of rural districts
– Monitoring of rivers/watercourses
– Data gathering on urban areas
– Traffic monitoring, both urban and suburban
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• Surveillance of areas subject to natural disasters(landslides, floods, earthquakes, …)– Continuous monitoring of areas hit by natural
disasters– Support to the intervention forces with the
possibility of providing a back-up communication facility to the damaged area
• Border patrol– Border and coastline patrolling against illegal
activities and illicit immigration– Search and rescue support
• Surveillance of areas subject to human intervention– Areas with high industrialization and high
pollution risk – Surveillance of major events
SMAT: Surveillance Needs
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SMAT: Architecture
SMAT is organized into three segments: aerial, ground and communications. Its architecture will be integrated with the existing surveillance network.
SMAT main components
Innovative UAV platforms:
• Male
• Mame
• Light UAV
• Mini UAV
Payloads (e.g. EO/IR, hyperspectral,radar, …)
Aerial Segment Ground Segment
• Control
Stations
• Supervision
and
Coordination
Station
Communications
• Wireless (data-link)
• Landlines and control centres
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SMAT: Main Components
MALE
Light UAV
MAME
GCS
SSC
Male– surveillance of wide areas at high
altitude and high speed
Light UAV – rapid dislocation and
possibility to hold over a critical point at
very low altitude and speed
MAME – monitoring of limited areas at
medium altitude and medium speed,
rapid intervention, possibility to monitor a
single point
GCS – Controls the aircraft, route
planning; first data analysis. Transmits
data to SSC
SSC – Data analysis. Disseminates data to Operative Centres. Transmits mission data to GCS
Operative Centres –Centres already present on the territory
Operative
Centers
GCS
GCS
Mini UAV – low altitude and low speed
missions, very easy management and
transportation
Mini UAV
GCS
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SMAT: Components & Links
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SMAT: Mission Profile
• The aerial surveillance system will consist of:
– a tier at regional level, based on a MALE UAV system
– a tier at local level, composed of a MAME UAV system and of a Light UAV system
– a further “ready-to-use” local tier based on mini-UAV.
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SMAT Networking
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SMAT: Phases
• Requirements
• Supervision e Coordination station (SSC)
• Integration of UAS and SSC
• Flight Demonstration
• On-board Autonomous systems for UAS
• Sensors & Payload Management
• Data Exploitation
• End-user interfaces & Services
• AirSpace Integration
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SMAT F1: Objectives
General Objective
To demonstrate the integration of the three UAS with the Supervision and Coordination Station (SSC)
Specific Objectives
– Define system requirements
– Design and develop the SSC
– Integrate the UAS with the SSC
– Demonstrate the system operability by performing a specific mission
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SMAT F1: Technologies
• Integration of a complex and
distributed system
• Autonomous Flight
• High altitude and high
endurance flight
• Diesel/Hybrid Propulsion,
power generation system
• Innovative materials
• Navigation systems based on
EGNOS/Galileo
• Remote sensing Sensors
• Communication Network
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Selected test area main features:
• Mountains
• Hills
• Plain terrain
• Tanaro Basin
• Agricultural Areas
• Industrial Areas
• Freeways
• Railways
SMAT F1: Demo
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SMAT F1: Results European Record.
The demonstration of the SMAT F1 project
was conducted successfully on Friday 30
September 2011 over Cuneo with 3 UAS:
•Flying jointly and at the same time in the
same civil air space
•Taking off from, and landing at, a civil
airport
•In an area located over land.
Sky-Y Route
Falco RouteC-Fly Route
Demo Route
Definition of the requirements of a
surveillance system based on UAS, for
different types of civil scenarios.
Design and development of a Station of
Supervision and Coordination (SSC), the
central node of the architecture of SMAT
for the management of information
gathered by the UASs and for the data
processing.
Integration of the Control Stations (CS) of
each UAV with the Station of Supervision
and Coordination (SSC).
Demonstration of the operation of the
entire system on a representative
scenario, relevant for the Piedmont
Region.
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SMAT F1: Working Team
ISMB
Polito
Unito
Sepa
Spaic
Digisky
Synarea
Auconel
Alenia Aermacchi
Selex ES
Altec
SME
SME
UniversitiesUniversitiesUniversitiesUniversities
Research Centres
Big industry
Big industry
Big Industry
technology SME
SME
SMEtechnology Nimbus
Axis
Nautilus
Blue group
Envisens
Carcerano
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SMAT F2: Objectives
To continue SMAT F1, moving from a conceptual demonstration to an optimized solution aimed to find answers to the end-users needs.
To develop enabling technologies for the system SMAT, for a short-medium term market view.
To address procedural issues, in order to develop the capacity to operate in realistic situations.
To demonstrate the functional capabilities of the system, able to meet the end-user needs in different applications.
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SMAT F2: Project structure
The SMAT-F2 project is designed to address a number of
technological and procedural macro-themes:
UAS autonomy
Development of autonomous capabilities to support the Remote Pilot,
which will allow the system to perform certain tasks autonomously,
according to well-defined logics.
Sensor & Payload Management
Development and Integration of sensors and related management logic, to
carry out the monitoring mission.
Data Exploitation
Development of the processing capabilities of the acquired data.
End-user Interfaces & Services
Definition of the interfaces for the end-user.
Integration into the airspace
Rules and procedures for the integration of the UAS into the airspace.
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SMAT F2: Working Team
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