LOTUS

Localisation of Threat Substances in Urban Society

Coordinatore	TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT    more  Organization address address: Gullfossgatan 6 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 164 90 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Sara Cognome: Wallin Email: send email Telefono: +46 8 5550 4097 Fax: +46 8 5550 3949
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Sweden [SE]
Sito del progetto	http://www.lotusfp7.eu
Totale costo	4˙298˙597 €
EC contributo	3˙189˙146 €
Programma	FP7-SECURITY Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security
Code Call	FP7-SEC-2007-1
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-01-01   -   2011-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT  Organization address address: Gullfossgatan 6 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 164 90 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Sara Cognome: Wallin Email: send email Telefono: +46 8 5550 4097 Fax: +46 8 5550 3949	SE (STOCKHOLM)	coordinator	826˙981.00
2	PORTENDO AB  Organization address address: POSITIONEN 123 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 11574 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Pierre Cognome: Strömbeck Email: send email Telefono: +46 734 433632 Fax: +46 8 6632515	SE (STOCKHOLM)	participant	541˙852.00
3	BRUHN NEWTECH A/S  Organization address address: GLADSAXEVEJ 402 city: SOEBORG postcode: 2860 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Erik Cognome: Bakke Email: send email Telefono: +45 39558009 Fax: +45 3955 8080	DK (SOEBORG)	participant	480˙063.00
4	RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LABORATORY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES  Organization address address: Adrianiou 2 & Papada city: Athens postcode: 11525 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Alexandra Cognome: Spyropoulou Email: send email Telefono: +30 210 668 2700 Fax: +30 210 668 2719	EL (Athens)	participant	284˙319.00
5	BRUKER DALTONIK GMBH  Organization address address: Fahrenheitstrasse 4 city: BREMEN postcode: 28359 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Norbert Cognome: Kloepper Email: send email Telefono: +49 341 2431448 Fax: +49 341 2431313	DE (BREMEN)	participant	260˙838.00
6	RAMEM SA  Organization address address: CALLE SAMBARA 33 city: MADRID postcode: 28033 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: María Teresa Cognome: Ramiro Arcas Email: send email Telefono: +34 914044575 Fax: +34 914034596	ES (MADRID)	participant	248˙796.00
7	UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA  Organization address address: GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585 city: BARCELONA postcode: 8007 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Santiago Cognome: Marco Email: send email Telefono: +34 934029070 Fax: +34 934021148	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	174˙440.00
8	SAAB AKTIEBOLAG  Organization address address: . city: LINKOPING postcode: 58188 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Charlotta Cognome: Bringlöf-Pedersen Email: send email Telefono: +46 8 5808 4603 Fax: +46 8 5808 7247	SE (LINKOPING)	participant	162˙723.00
9	NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO  Organization address address: Schoemakerstraat 97 city: DEN HAAG postcode: 2600 JA contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Huub Cognome: Keizers Email: send email Telefono: +31 15 2843378 Fax: +31 15 284 3958	NL (DEN HAAG)	participant	150˙931.00
10	SECRAB Security Research  Organization address address: ENGWALLS VAG 10 city: UTTRAN postcode: 147 63 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Bo Cognome: Janzon Email: send email Telefono: +46 8 420 18400 Fax: +46 8 519 89239	SE (UTTRAN)	participant	58˙203.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Terrorist acts committed using Home Made Explosives (HME) pose an increasing threat against our citizens. The usage of HME in the 2005 attacks in the London Underground is a frightening example. Our capability to deal with this threat is challenged by the terrorists’ capability to easily manufacture explosives from common components. LOTUS will address the critical issue of detecting bomb (and drugs) factories. The concept and objectives of the LOTUS project are to create a system by which illicit production of explosives and drugs can be detected during the preparation and production phase of a terrorist plot. LOTUS provides intelligence of a sort that is otherwise not available. This intelligence covers a gap where little information is available from other sources. Detection in this phase has advantages compared to detection of the explosives themselves during e.g. the transportation phase. The LOTUS project main activities are measurement of the dispersion of pre-cursors at production and surveillance system development. The system capability will be demonstrated by adapting existing and emerging sensors for detection of selected precursors, and integrating the sensors in a networked system. By using existing global infrastructures for positioning (GPS) and networking (GSM) the LOTUS system can be used more or less anywhere in the world with small costs for supporting installations and personnel. The final outcome of the LOTUS project is a field test and demonstration. The demonstration system will be based on mobile sensors (3-5) mounted in law enforcement vehicles. Findings from the sensors (type and amount of substance, position and time) are automatically sent to an operations centre display unit where data is collected and evaluated for further action. The LOTUS consortium consists of three research institutes (FOI, TNO, AIT), two industries (SAAB, Bruker), three SMEs (Portendo, Ramem,Bruhn NewTech), the University of Barcelona, and a group of End Users.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

The threat of terrorist acts using homemade explosives (HMEs) calls for an innovative approach allowing for the early detection of such devices. An EU-funded project is addressing this critical issue with a view to evolving a system whereby the illicit production of explosives and drugs can be detected during their preparation and production phases.