AIRBEAM - AIRborne information for Emergency situation Awareness and Monitoring

Project Description

AIRBEAM is an Integrated Project, answering to the topic SEC 2010.4.2.3 “Information acquisition using dedicated platforms, including UAV, aerostatic platforms (balloons) and satellites” proposed within FP7 Security call 3.

With an approach based on a multiplatform system for situation awareness and through an effective collaboration between industrial partners, research organisations, stakeholders and end users, AIRBEAM intends to:

• Provide and demonstrate value to end users involved in crisis management
• Provide an integration framework serving security applications to the multiple related initiatives
• Develop the technological bricks and standards allowing for the rapid take up of this multiplatform approach by Member States

Collaborating Companies or Organisations

Indra's Role

Leadership of the "Situation Awareness" work package including "Information extraction" and "Information handling and presentation" as well as contributions towards the following WP's: "System requirements analysis", "Radar processing”, “Assessments of new business models" and “project management”

Universities and Technological Centres

Technologies used

• UAV (Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles)
• Sensors and platforms
• Air-ground communications (UAV-control center)
• Geospatial Processing
• Dissemination Web

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no FP7-261769