PROJECTS
Funding
European
Duration
-
Status
Complete
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€2 678 163
EU Contribution
€1 925 714
Project Acronym
GRIMASSE
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport mode
Transport policies
Safety/Security
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport
Overview
Link to CORDIS
Background & Policy context
Based on the observations that:
- Most of the aeronautical accidents involve General Aviation (GA) aircrafts, particularly the ones with a significant survival rate.
- Most of the GA aircraft are not equipped with costly ELT but only not adapted PLB.
- GA accidents generate the majority of the workload of RCC and the operations where the response delay is the most critical to save lives.
Considering also that:
- ICAO and C/S are making significant standardization efforts to improve the in-flight transmission capability and performance for commercial aviation.
- There is now a new requirement for each flight to carry on-board an installed ELT or a PLB.
- The ICAO projects that evaluate the feasibility of an ADT adapted to aircrafts other than commercial ones (see GADSS ADT007 – Assess extending applicability to other aircraft operations).
GA SAR issue appears to be critical. GRIMASSE proposes to develop operational concepts based on anchoring the Galileo SAR service in the SWIM information sharing concept implemented all around the world and in Europe in particular as SESAR.
Objectives
The main objectives of the projects are:
- To improve the SAR detection and response to GA aircraft and helicopter distress.
- To optimize the responsiveness of RCCs.
- To adapt the MCCs and MEOLUT to the data distribution of ELT-DT SAR alerts.
The project intends to develop 3 products:
- SWIM applications to optimize the exchange of SAR information by RCCs and MCCs.
- MCC ELT-DT implementing functions to distribute ELT-DT messages.
- A cost-effective ELT-DT for GA including the ADT functionalities, easy to plug into the aircraft and with minor or no alterations to the aircraft.
Methodology
The project is structured into 4 phases:
- Collection of the needs (RCC, pilot, aero-club, MCC).
- Definition and development of the system.
- Experimentations and demonstrations phase.
- Dissemination.
GRIMASSE will promote Galileo as the main actor of worldwide aviation safety.
Funding
Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
H2020-EU.3.4.2.2.
H2020-EU.3.4.1.2.
H2020-EU.2.1.6.3.
H2020-EU.2.1.6.1.2.
Partners
Lead Organisation
Organisation
Thales Alenia Space France
Address
26, AVENUE JF CHAMPOLLION, 31037 TOULOUSE, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€752 500
Partner Organisations
Organisation
The British Light Aviation Centre Limited
Address
50A CAMBRINDGE STREET, LONDON, SW1V4QQ, United Kingdom
EU Contribution
€120 000
Organisation
Elta
Address
15 AVENUE DU DOCTEUR MAURICE GRYNFOGEL ZAC DE BASSO CAMBO, 31035 TOULOUSE, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€475 788
Organisation
Agence Pour La Sécurité De La Navigation Aérienne En Afrique Et À Madagascar
Address
Avenue Jean Jaures 32-34, 9999 Dakar, Senegal
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€50 000
Organisation
Pildo Consulting S.l.
Address
Marie Curie, 08042 Barcelona, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€415 363
Organisation
Aero Club Barcelona Sabadell
Address
AEROPUERTO DE SABADELL, 08205 SABADELL, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€29 988
Organisation
Stmicroelectronics Srl
Address
VIA C.OLIVETTI 2, 20864 AGRATE BRIANZA, Italy
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€82 075
Technologies
Technology Theme
Safety systems
Technology
Safety and certification testing
Development phase
Research/Invention