The document summarizes a workshop on Search and Rescue (SAR) applications using European GNSS systems like Galileo and EGNOS. It discusses the HELIOS program which aims to develop second generation beacon devices compatible with MEOSAR to improve flight tracking and rescue people at sea. The objectives are to define new beacon products meeting regulations, validate the end-to-end system, and certify approved designs for commercialization to help save more lives.

1. EUROPEAN GNSS APPLICATIONS
IN HORIZON 2020
SAR WORKSHOP
JUNE 02ND, 2016
ALAIN BOUHET, PROGRAM COORDINATOR
COSPAS-SARSAT BEACONS FOR GALILEO/EGNOS
SEARCH & RESCUE APPLICATIONS

2. 1 WELCOME IN SEARCH AND RESCUE ECO
SYSTEM
2 WELCOME IN HELIOS PROGRAM
3 FOCUS ON AVIATION
4 FOCUS ON MARINE
5 NEXT STEPS
AGENDA
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3. WELCOME IN THE NEW SEARCH AND RESCUE ECO SYSTEM
BY COSPAS-SARSAT & EUROPEAN COMMISSION

4. END TO END EMERGENCY READINESS AND RESPONSE
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Distress Beacons
Aviation, Maritime safety,
Land, Armed Forces Worldwide
SAR Payloads
MEOSAR
Ground station
Mission Control Centers
Rescue Coordination
Centers
Communication
for SAR Operators
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3
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5
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5. MEOSAR & SEARCH & RESCUE COMPONENTS
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Emergency Distress
Beacons
Ground Stations
(Local User Terminals)
Mission Control
Centers
Rescue Coordination
Centers

6. WHAT IS MEOSAR IN BRIEF ?
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Initiative led by Cospas Sarsat international program
35 000 lives saved since 1982, 6 rescue per day
MEOSAR System
MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) constellation Satellite located
between 19 000 km et 24 000 km and new ground segment
Will use until 72 satellites, including 30 GALILEO
MEOSAR advantages
Near instantaneous detection with global coverage
Enhanced Location accuracy
High speed mobile localization
Signal robustness against Interferences
Return Link Service
Trigger In Flight
Cancellation function against false alert

7. FOCUS ON MEOSAR GALILEO SYSTEM AND RLS (EC SCHEME)
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8. WELCOME IN HELIOS PROGRAM

9. PROGRAM ID CARD
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Name: Second Generation Beacon for GALILEO/EGNOS EGNSS Search And Rescue applications
Acronym: HELIOS
Total Cost: 4.9 M€ EU Contributions: 3.4 M€
Start Date: March 2016 End Date: June 2019
Coordinator: Scientific Officer:
Alain Bouhet Carmen Aguilera as Project Officer and Aviation expert
OROLIA
France Supported by Manuel Lopez for RLS and Marine

10. WORLD-CLASS CONSORTIUM
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Partners Countries Key knowledge and added value
FR HELIOS Program coordinator
World leading Distress Beacons designer and manufacturer
Full Search & Rescue knowledge and expertise
FR Expert in all type of antenna multi-function
FR COSPAS SARSAT Space segment specialist
Representative Space Strategy owner for France / Mission Control Center and signal design
expertise / GNSS knowledge / RLS field validation
BE Manufacture all type of clothing –“apparel” used by seaman, fireman, military, lumberjacks
and sports people sold globally
FR Major Aircraft operator with its own fleet / User of ELT and ELT/S / Modification center with
DOA / MRO & Pool management for third parties airlines
GER World’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturer / User of ELT Fixed and Survival / Key role
in Avionics and aircraft integration
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Stakeholders:

11. WHAT ARE HELIOS OBJECTIVES ?
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From the benefits of GALILEO SAR system and other systems within the COSPAS SARSAT
MEOSAR deployments, the key objectives of the HELIOS program are:
1. Defining, developing and prototyping the products compatible with EGNSS & SAR services,
and more broadly with all MEOSAR components, with latest end-users’ requirements
2.GALILEO EGNSS & SAR End-To-End System Validation in flight and at sea
3. Certifications for commercialization of approved products for the Market
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12. WHAT ARE HELIOS RESULTS ?
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In details, HELIOS program aims at supplying the following results:
Second Generation range of Beacons
Maritime EPIRB type (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon)
Maritime / Land PLB type (Personal Locator Beacon)
Aviation Distress Tracking ELT system (Emergency Locator Beacon)
Associated antennas
Internal
External high speed fuselage antenna for Aviation Distress Tracking system
For contributing to save more lives at sea and on land by a better localization of the focused
Search & Rescue area. │June 2nd, 2016

13. SHAPING AND DEFINING THE FUTURE IN STANDARDS
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European
Organisation
for Civil
Aviation
Equipment
Radio Technical
Commission for
Aeronautics
Radio Technical
Commission for
Maritime Services
(Board Member)
Comité
International
Radio-Maritime
(Board Member)
Worldwide Standards Definition
European
Aviation
Safety
Agency
COSPAS-SARSAT Federal Aviation
Administration
Industry Governing Organizations
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration
International
Maritime
Rescue Federation
…also thanks to HELIOS contributions with a specific Work Package
International Civil
Aviation
Organization
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Delegations
& Research Lab

14. FOCUS ON AVIATION AND FLIGHT TRACKING

15. FOCUS AVIATION & FLIGHT TRACKING
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Situational Escalation principle
And addressed with:
Requirements for improvement
of Flight Tracking in various modes
Requirements and Guidance for
the “Location of an aeroplane in
distress”
Guidance for Flight data recovery
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16. SCOPE: COSPAS-SARSAT ELT TO MEET ICAO GLOBAL AERONAUTICAL
DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GADSS) REQUIREMENTS WITH THE
CAPABILITY TO BROADCAST FOR DISTRESS SITUATIONS, INDEPENDENT OF
AIRCRAFT POWER OR SYSTEMS, AIRCRAFT TRACKING INFORMATION,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING DISTRESS MODE FUNCTIONS:
- PROVIDE A SYSTEM WITH ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION:
Automatic (New for before crash)
Manual
Manual from ground (NEW & TBC)
By,
Trigger In Flight system
Cockpit Remote Control Panel
Return Link Services (NEW & TBC)
- PROVIDE OR ALLOW TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF THE A/C IN
DISTRESS PHASE IN FLIGHT
Location of an aeroplane in distress by an independent system for
Autonomous Distress Tracking (ADT)
Use of independent GNSS acquisition and transmission
- PROVIDE FLIGHT DATA PARAMETERS FOR TO THE BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATIONS THROUGH THE OPERATOR
before the crash = Triggered Transmission of Flight Data
Mandatory implementation: 2021
FOCUS AVIATION & FLIGHT TRACKING
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ELT - ”Distress Tracking” system
Source ED-237
Source ICAO

17. FOCUS ON MARINE & RESCUE PEOPLE AT SEA

18. FOCUS ON MARINE
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SCOPE: COSPAS-SARSAT PLB to meet use case of Man Over Board (MOB) with the capability to broadcast a
distress situation with a full integrated device in Life Preserver and Life Raft
including the following distress MODE functions:
- Provide distress emergency signal for MEOSAR
- Provide on-scene signal (121.5MHz)
- Provide, thanks to the GALILEO Return Link Service, indication to the survivor the acknowledgment of SAR
alert

19. FOCUS ON MARINE
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SCOPE: COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB to meet Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) regulation and Global Maritime
Distress & Safety System from IMO with the capability to broadcast a distress situation with an automatic
activation and floating capability at sea
including the following distress MODE functions:
- Provide distress emergency signal for MEOSAR
- Provide on-scene signal (121.5MHz) with enhanced intelligent transmission
- Provide, thanks to the GALILEO Return Link Service, indication to the survivor the acknowledgment of SAR
alert

20. NEXT STEPS

21. 1. GATHERING ALL END USER’S REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFINING
THE BEST PRODUCTS TO ANSWER THE MARKET AND
REGULATIONS REQUIREMENTS
2. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ADVANCED RETURN LINK SERVICES
AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATIONS ACTIVITIES FOR
DEFINING NEW SPECIFICATIONS
3. DESIGN THE COMPONENTS MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND
REGULATIONS OPERABLE WITH COSPAS SARSAT MEOSAR
SYSTEM, INCLUDED GALILEO EGNSS ADDITIONAL FEATURES
4. APPLIED THE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION PLAN FOR
APPROVAL PROCESSES, INCLUDING END TO END TRIALS AND
PERFORMANCES ASSESSMENTS IN FLIGHT AND AT SEA
5. DEVELOP MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND START
DEPLOYMENT ON THE MARKET
NEXT STEPS OF THE PROGRAM
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22. 22│6/7/2016Innovation Project Application

23. SAR WORKSHOP
JUNE 02ND, 2016
ALAIN BOUHET, PROGRAM COORDINATOR
ALAIN.BOUHET@MCMURDOGROUP.COM
+33 6 08 12 53 84
EUROPEAN GNSS APPLICATIONS
IN HORIZON 2020
COSPAS-SARSAT BEACONS FOR GALILEO/EGNOS
SEARCH & RESCUE APPLICATIONS