WSS 2010 Call for abstracts

29 Jan 2010 -- New specializations are emerging in the measures that militaries, governments, corporations, and individuals take to deter or stop terrorist attacks and criminal activity on the waterside in ports, coastal waters, and inland waters. The 2nd International Conference on Waterside Security, WSS 2010, organised by the Centre, seeks to review the state-of-the art in this area. The Scientific Committee has issued a call for abstracts. WSS 2010 is scheduled for 3-5 November 2010 in Marina di Carrara.

NURC is a technical associate at UDT-Europe 2010

25 Jan 2010 -- The Centre continues its partnership with the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) Europe Conference and Exhibition as a technical associate. UDT-Europe covers many of the research areas that NURC is engaged in, and the Centre's scientists had presented regularly at past conferences.

Technologies for harbour security

13 Oct 2009 -- The Centre has been investigating the use of different sonars for detecting and tracking underwater intruders in ports. The sonars' performance under realistic conditions was evaluated to develop guidance on their optimal use and, equally important, to develop modes of rapid response once an intruder has been detected. The need for improved response options has led to the development of unmanned response craft automatically vectored into response position above an underwater intruder, to provide rapid response with constant high readiness, and to provide the forward reach needed for confident resolution of an underwater intrusion. Automatic behaviour patterns have been developed for these unmanned craft to simplify their control and to increase their effectiveness. Some of these technologies and approaches will be shown in a series of harbour security demonstrations scheduled later in the month.

Molfetta: Danger on the seabed (in NATO's video reports "Six Colours")

31 March 2009 -- A story on the Centre's work in Molfetta, Puglia has just been released by NATO HQ's Public Diplomacy Dept. as one of 6 video reports in its series "Six Colours". The series is aimed at showing the impact of NATO's activities on citizens of member nations. "NATO is well-known but people, especially the younger generation, do not know what NATO does. The purpose of these stories is to show that, with the expertise of NATO.with the capabilities we have., we are able to create a better, more secure environment for the citizens", said Jean-François Bureau, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy. The segment on Molfetta shows how NURC is working with the Italian authorities to locate submerged munitions left on the seabed after World War II, using new technologies that are more effective and affordable. The video reports are available online at http://www.nato.int/multi/sixcolours and on Youtube

 

Upcoming Events

NATO RTO lecture series "Multisensor Fusion: Advanced Methodologies and Applications", 15-16 April 2010

SAUC-E '10 (5th Annual Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge Europe), 3-4 July 2010

WSS 2010, 3-5 November 2010

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