ASPRID - Airport System PRotection from Intruding Drones
Obiettivo
Drone intrusions at airports regularly hit the headlines and airports are taking measures in the short term to mitigate these, from keeping aircraft on ground when drones are detected to reducing speed of aircraft on approach in order to limit damage in the event of a collision. Drones can therefore have significant impact on airport operations.
Research and development are underway on a broad range of systems that are able to impede such so-called rogue-drone flights over non-authorised areas by detecting and neutralising drones. While innovative, these solutions are not necessarily interoperable or customised with airports environments in mind.
ASPRID aims at developing a service-oriented operational concept and system architecture to protect airport operations from unwanted drones. For this purpose, the project will analyse aircraft and airport (runway and ground) operations to pinpoint possible vulnerabilities. Such analysis will derive possible technologies, procedures and regulations that could help better safeguard against drone incursions and/or to recover from any disruptions as quickly and as efficiently as possible, thus enabling a more integrated and coordinated approach to handling drone incursions.
The benefits of having an integrated approach to addressing drone incursions are manifold:
- Increased airport operational and cost efficiency, by managing the operational flow and minimising the cost of disruptions in case of drone intrusions.
- Enhanced safety and security, by increasing awareness about threats and preventing/mitigating their effects.
- Enabling environmental and economy, fostering the safe and secure use of drones for airport services and arising new market opportunities related to drones and airport protection systems from drones.
- Supporting drone & U-space regulations with the definition of characteristics for zones where drones are (not) allowed to fly under any circumstances or restrictions due to the risk for the airport in terms of safety and security.
Attività nel progetto CIRA
The main role of CIRA in ASPRID is to perform risk assessment activities of airport operational scenarios against threats represented by unauthorized drone intrusions. In detail, CIRA is the coordinator of WP1 (“Scenarios and study cases definition"), which will provide a systematic evaluation of:
- the features of the threats related to unauthorized drone intrusions;
- the vulnerabilities of airport operations with respect to unauthorized drone intrusions;
- the possible operational mitigations for the prevention/mitigation of impacts related to unauthorized drone intrusions at airports.
To achieve these objectives, WP1 will also perform a detailed analysis of historical data and of the available reports about drone intrusions in airports.
Lastly, CIRA will provide also the following contributions to the other WPs:
- WP2 (“System/Solution definition") – Support to the definition of the mechanisms for Detection, Identification, Tracking, Alerting and Neutralization.
- WP3 (“System Integration and Validation") – Coordination of the task for the safety & security assessment of the identified solutions for the protection.
Programma
The project is funded by SESAR Joint Undertaking in the frame of “Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Programme" (Call: SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research 4, H2020-SESAR-2019-2; Topic: Innovation in Airport Operation) con Grant Agreement No 892036.
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data inizio:
Monday, November 2, 2020
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durata:
24.00
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
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Thursday, May 13, 2021
ASPRID
Safety and Security
ASPRID aims at developing a service-oriented operational concept and system architecture to protect airport operations from unwanted drones.
