- An iNteropErable multidomain CBRN SysTem -
NEST is an European research and development project for strategical security in civil protection to protect against CBRN attacks. The WoePal GmbH is one of 8 partners from Germany, Poland, Portugal and Spain. CBRN stands for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. Often this term is used to describe incidents that involve one of these materials, ranging from an industrial accident to a terrorist attack. The main objective is to ensure responders have robust planning and response strategies to reduce the likelihood and impact of these kinds of incidents.
NEST will design and implement a novel and unique standoff system with the capability to detect multiple threats amongst which CBRN threats or pandemic viruses. It will support owners, operators, and security staff by providing (i) threat indications and warnings, and (ii) guidance for facility security by developing appropriate information-sharing and analysis mechanisms. The system concept facilitates economical monitoring of wide areas inside.
NEST will help in the early detection of CBRN threats in real time and also provide complementary information – such as location of threats, temperature, humidity, time, operators involved, etc. – useful for auditing or investigation purposes. These functionalities will be achieved by using an IoT platform capable of acquiring, processing, and merging data from internal and third-party services. Artificial intelligence will be applied to support decision process for securing facilities and for generating automatic alerts. Furthermore, augmented reality will be used to display threats and hazards in a manner that minimize distraction and cognitive failures.
The project with duration of 36 months (May 2021 - May 2024) brings together a well-balanced European consortium. It consists of industrial and SME partners: WoePal GmbH (Germany), Thales (Portugal), Dynamic Safety Corporation (Poland); Academic and research institutions: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain), University of Lodz (Poland), Asociación Española de Normalización (Spain); end-users partners from commercial and transportation facilities: Comboios de Portugal (Portugal), Lech Poznań (Poland), and Atiram Hotels (Spain). Moreover, NEST has initiated a Security Advisory Board which consists of Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalonia, Spain) as Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) and experts in the CBRN field. In addition, an Ethics Committee will assess ethical aspects of the project.
Further information can be obtained on the webpage NEST. Please follow the project on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101018596.