We are looking for innovative keys to build secure and robust information transmission in distributed and harsh environments.
Apply before the 14th of August
We are looking for approximately 5 innovative companies with solutions that can complement and develop secure and robust data transmission that works in complex environments and conditions (e.g. very cold and remote).
Be one of the contributors and share €200K in total
The challenge focuses on realizing secure (unaltered and tamper-proof) transfer of large data volumes from any platform to a cloud-agnostic environment and onward to receiving nodes, reducing the need for physical storage.
The solution shall enable robust data handling from autonomous systems, manned platforms, and sensors, even in degraded or disrupted communication environments.
Aggregated data shall be curated, quality assured, structured, and analyzed using ontology-based models for interoperability and data fusion.
The solution must operate north of the Arctic Circle in winter conditions.
A fleet of autonomous drones is deployed in a hard-to-access forest fire area with limited infrastructure, in a disrupted and challenging environment.
• Sensors and situational awareness: The drones continuously map the spread and intensity of the fire. Sensors (EO/IR) identify hotspots and fire fronts through smoke and darkness.
• Information, information transfer, and information-centric operations: The collected information is continuously transmitted via a robust communications solution to the command center to build a shared situational awareness (SA) picture, which is shared with ground forces and water-bombing aircraft.
• Communications relay: The drones also function as airborne communications relays in areas where regular mobile coverage is limited or unavailable.
• Rapid information transfer: When a drone flies over a base station or lands for a rapid battery swap/refueling, the platform’s health data and system status are automatically offloaded in real time.
• Predictive maintenance under stress: The system analyzes historical and current data to detect whether smoke particles, extreme heat, or wear have damaged the drone’s motors or sensors. Deviations and upcoming maintenance needs are identified before the drone is sent back into the air.
• Coordinated planning: Data is integrated directly with maintenance and logistics systems. If a drone indicates a hidden fault, spare parts are ordered automatically and the command center is redirected to deploy another drone so that the situational picture is not lost.
• Security and interoperability: The entire information flow meets strict military and civilian requirements for data security, traceability and encryption as the operation requires collaboration between rescue services, defense organizations and civilian actors.
The developmental progress of each companies own solutions (sub solutions to the projects solution) will be owned by the company itself. All IP that companies bring with them to the project will also be owned by each company.
The learnings, findings and results will be owned by Saab who finance the project. Directly linked results to each companies sub solutions will not be.
For questions feel free to reach out to Robin and Robin:
Robin Hughes
