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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