3rd ARTES Workshop - Maritime Surveillance Surveillance Session ... CASA CN Information captured ... Observations, imagery as well as position details transmitted to system. -235 Aircraft

www.skytek.com

3rd ARTES Workshop (18th/19th April, 2013)

Maritime Surveillance Session

Next Generation – Recognised Maritime Picture

Presenter: Paul Kiernan, Skytek

4/22/2013

4/22/2013 www.solarismobile.com

19/04/2013 www.skytek.com

Skytek - Company Profile

Skytek is an SME with HQ located in Dublin, Ireland. Contractors to European Space Agency & NASA iPV designed for the International Space Station to replace all manuals and ‘walk’ astronauts through complex processes and assist with trouble shooting. (iPV project) Strong involvement in EU Security 7th framework R&D. Irish industry representative on the EU Security Crisis Management and Recovery industry advisory group

Additional Clients include:

Astrium USA (Boeing & Lockheed Martin), EADS Cassidian Lufthansa Technik



Introduction – NG-RMP Users Needs RMP area of interest for the Irish Naval Service (INS),

based on Ireland Exclusive Economic Zone

Search and Rescue (SAR) Shadowing Vessel of Interest Covertly Identifying Vessel Environmental Protection



NG-RMP Concept

Next Generation – Recognised Maritime Picture (NG-RMP) Concept:

Provide a near-real time RMP system that can be deployed in operations centres and on board vessels. Visualisation of single RMP on Admiralty vector charts. Accessible through dedicated workstations and mobile devices. Integration of both terrestrial and space based data sources to generate a single RMP from multiple sources. Integrate supporting information such as CCTV footage from major ports and vessel data from port and shipping authorities. Provide an automated decision support system using advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Neural Networks to automate identification and alerting of suspect vessels backed with an advanced decision support system. Provision of detailed reporting capabilities for usage by organisations in follow up activities for example legal court cases following interception of illegal activity.



NG-RMP Project Partners

Skytek Ireland http://www.skytek.com

Exact Earth Canada http://www.exactearth.com

Irish Naval Service Ireland http://www.defenseforces.ie

Luxspace Luxembourg http://www.luxspace.lu

National Space Centre (NSC) Ireland http://www.nationalspacecentre.eu

University College Cork Ireland http://www.ucc.ie



NG-RMP Data Sources - AIS

Image above from the Irish Coast Guards (IRCG) Terrestrial Automatic Information System (AIS). AIS receiving stations located around the Irish Coast. Maximum range of approx 100 nautical miles (nm).



NG-RMP Data Sources – VMS

Vehicle Monitoring System (VMS) is a system which processes information from fishing vessels using onboard satellite communications regarding their position and catch. All fishing vessels above 15 metres have a transponder fitted since 1st Jan, 2005. Approx. 400 vessels active in Irish waters every day.



NG-RMP Data Sources – Satellite AIS

Image above shows the field of view of a S-AIS satellite. NG-RMP project has two partners provided S-AIS feeds.

exactEarth Luxspace

Additional satellite launches shall provide more frequent coverage updates.



NG-RMP Data Sources - LRIT

The long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) of ships was established as an international system on 19 May 2006 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Requested by INS and used for SAR missions

LRIT Participating countries



NG-RMP External Data Sources

Information captured from visual observations by the Irish Naval Service (INS) integrated into the NG-RMP system. Observations, imagery as well as position details transmitted to system.

CASA CN-235 Aircraft



NG-RMP Data Sources – Earth Observation

Radarsat-2 image

The EO information is delivered to the NG-RMP via an external interface to a system provided by the ESA ‘ANISTIAMO’ (Addressing new challenges in satellite based maritime surveillance and Arctic monitoring ) project. Contract No. 4000106262/12/I-LG. Information pre-processed to match visual observations with other data sources information such as AIS.



NG-RMP Data Sources – Support Information

29 major ports in Ireland each which could provide CCTV system feed for integration. Provides an observer the ability to visually check information at a port against details stated for a vessel. Additional provide information from third party databases such as:

Insurance companies/ship owners Open source, crowd source information



NG-RMP High Level Architecture

Communication networks for NG-RMP



NG-RMP – Visualisation of RMP

Key challenge to merge multiple data sources into a single RMP hiding the complexity of the information sources. Usage of vector charts, in preference to maps by NG-RMP Within Europe, S-63 is an International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) standard for encrypting, securing and compressing electronic navigational charts (ENC) data.



NG-RMP – Data Mining

NG-RMP system provides an automated alerting system for suspect vessels detection based on user defined criteria.

Includes standard rules such as entry to exclusion zones Meeting of vessels in open waters Deviation from standard course

Expanded to provide modelling of vessel behaviour in an unsupervised way where operator doesn’t require to provide a priori knowledge

Gaussian Mixture model (GMM) for anomaly detection Self Organised Mapping (SOM) in anomaly detection



NG-RMP – Data Mining

NG-RMP system provides trajectory analysis with Neural Networks Future position of a vessel is predicted. Each grid location corresponds to a neuron Connected weights between neurons maintained for velocity states.



NG-RMP Project Current Status

NG-RMP is an ongoing project under ARTES 20 (IAP). Project has completed requirements definitions and is finalising the detailed architecture and design. Component implementation has started in preparation for system integration and qualification in August, 2013. Project then enters Demonstration phase preparation with support of the INS and Irish Coast Guards.

Installation within INS operations centre Selected INS warships



NG-RMP Demonstration Site

Demonstration site at INS HQ operations centre



NG-RMP Demonstration Site

INS current strength is eight offshore patrol vessels Communicates via VSAT to operations centre



In Conclusion…

Through the ARTES 20 - IAP programme supported development of NG-RMP which integrates multiple space assets including:

S-AIS Intelligent decision support tool via iPV system of Skytek Communication of information to vessels via VSAT

NG-RMP system being demonstrated in an operational environment this year. Directly addresses identified needs and demonstration supported by the INS and Irish Coast Guard end users. System adaptable to needs of other European maritime organisations.



Contact Details…

For further information please contact:

[email protected] Questions…

Documents

3rd ARTES Workshop - Maritime Surveillance Surveillance Session ... CASA CN Information captured ... Observations, imagery as well as position details transmitted to system. -235 Aircraft