1. newsSpring 2014
#37
www.sea.co.uk
What’s inside
04 Bespoke Information System Development for Network Rail
05 Human Factors at work
06 Augmented Reality in the Real World
Defence Virtual Simulation ITEAP
07 Delivering Dismounted Effect
08 Support and Charity work
The only complete solution to traffic enforcement
ROADflow two page special (pages 2 - 3)
ROADflow reduces dangerous
parking outside schools

2. Next generation of ROADflow enforcement cameras
SEA launches its next generation of ROADflow enforcement cameras at Intertraffic 2014 in Amsterdam.
Designed to meet the needs of major cities, SEA’s new generation of enterprise-class ROADflow bus lane enforcement camera
capability, ROADflow Flexi-HD will address the complex challenges of traffic enforcement in major cities. It builds on the advanced
capabilities of existing ROADflow cameras to support deployment within large networked systems.
ROADflow is an automated enforcement system that uses
ALPR (automatic license plate recognition) to deter violators
from misuse of bus lanes, keeping these vital lanes free
for public transport and emergency vehicles. The result is
reduced traffic congestion making bus travel faster and more
reliable and greater surety that emergency vehicles can
respond quickly to an incident.
Automatic enforcement in major cities is not easy given varied
the physical arrangements for bus lanes and the complex
rules surrounding when a vehicle is permitted to enter a bus
lane or not, allowing turns or passenger curb-side drop offs.
SEA uniquely addresses these challenges through use of a
sophisticated Traffic Rules Engine TM embedded in its new
ROADflow Flexi-HD camera system. The Traffic Rules Engine
TM in real time captures and analyses information from
multiple camera locations to accurately identify violations.
The new and improved ROADflow Flexi-HD camera system
now includes High Definition imagery capability to better deal
with a wide range of lighting conditions and to enhance the
verification of key vehicle details including make, model, colour and state marking.
ROADflow Flexi-HD has been specifically designed for large installations in the world’s
major cities with built-in remote diagnostics and online condition health monitoring
features. This allows a centralised service centre to efficiently manage the entire network
of cameras in timely manner to ensure effective operation.
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High definition images make it easier to verify violating vehicles
ROADflow reduces dangerous parking outside schools
A principal reason for adoption of mobile enforcement by local authorities has been improvements to road safety.
The AXA Roadsafe Schools Report, published June 2013 showed there have been 557,200
collisions near schools over six years. Mobile approved devices have been shown to be extremely
effective in reducing dangerous parking outside of schools and other “no stopping” areas, such as
pedestrian crossings, where the use of a Civil Enforcement Officer is not practical. Indeed, there
is widespread public approval for such systems, when adequately publicised.
• Overall, there have been 557,200 vehicle collisions near schools over 6 years;
• There are, on average, six collisions per school per year;
• There have been a total of 130,659 pedestrian casualties – that’s 21,777 per year;
• 37 per cent of local school areas have had at least one child casualty each year;
• 85,814 children have been casualties on local roads around British schools – equating
to as many as 1,190 every month;
• Fortunately, 5,831 schools (20 per cent) have reported no child casualties in the past
six years.
Figures from a report by AXA Car Insurance

3. If you are interested in trialling a ROADflow
system free of charge please contact us
roadflow@sea.co.uk or 01373 852 022
Wherever you look, there appears to be a backlash against camera enforcement
systems; yet some local authorities have been more successful than others in gaining
public support for parking enforcement cameras, and there is increasing interest in
promoting best practice to ensure mobile and bus lane enforcement systems maintain
a positive impact for our communities.
As the leading parking enforcement camera provider in the UK, SEA has taken the
initiative through its ROADflow User Group meetings to establish a forum where Parking
Managers can share experiences - both good and bad – to develop and promote best
practice across the industry.
SEA’s Customer Support Manager, Les Finnemore, believes the benefits gained by
customers openly sharing their experiences are clear. He explained “ROADflow users
have shown that negative publicity, generated by recent news stories, can largely be
overcome by applying attention to detail at the planning and policy stages, and by
focussing on big improvements in safety and sustainable transport targets”.
ROADflow customers have seen between 30% and 80% improvement in motorist
behaviour, up to 5 minutes improvement in public transport times and significant reductions
in school and bus passenger injuries. Yet very rarely are these benefits publicised.
SEA’s ROADflow User Groups are designed to:
• Build parking management relationships and partnerships;
• Develop and share best practice;
• Improve industry and external perception of enforcement technology benefits;
• Help understand evolving customer needs and priorities
The next User Group meetings are currently being planned for Spring/Summer 2014.
For further information, contact the ROADflow team on 01373 852000 or email
roadflow@sea.co.uk
Leading the way on enforcement best practice
There is little doubt that television and newspaper headlines continue to love
attention-grabbing slogans such as “Parking Mad” and “Highway Robbery”.
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Top Ten Best
Practices in
Parking Camera
Enforcement
10Share experiences, good and
bad, and be open to making
further improvements based
on lessons learnt.
1Create a sound implementation
plan highlighting improved road
safety and sustainable transport
objectives.
2Show transparency through
early and regular media
engagement.
3Ensure camera enforcement
is only used where Civil
Enforcement Officer (CEO)
based enforcement is sensitive,
difficult, impractical or in a
remote location.
4Ensure a detailed enforcement
policy and code of practice is in
place and published.
5Ensure sufficient and appropriate
signage in place wherever
cameras are used.
6Support Tribunal appeals with
clear statements on policy,
approved device certification,
signs and road markings, library
photos and video evidence.
7Ensure signs, road markings
and policy documentation are
regularly reviewed for validity
and accuracy.
8Avoid criticism of double
standards by not parking
mobile enforcement vehicles
in contravention to the
regulations in force.
9Provide online access to stills
and video footage enabling
appellants to view evidence
before deciding whether to
appeal.

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Bespoke Information System Development
for Network Rail
NROL3 (Network Rail Online Logistics) is a business critical, time-sensitive
web application developed by SEA and used by Network Rail, its contractors
and suppliers for the ordering, planning and performance management of
heavy resources e.g. material delivery & recovery trains, on-track machines,
seasonal treatment trains, track monitoring trains.
Over £800m of resources and more than 46,000 trains per annum are currently managed
through NROL3 by Network Rail’s National Delivery service (NDS), engineering contractors
and train haulage operators.
NROL3 currently has around 1750 active users both internal and external to Network Rail
and supports significant concurrent usage.
NROL3 enables the highly complex process required to ensure that resources reach the
right destination on time, while fitting around passenger schedules, and re-planning when
the unavoidable delays occur.
Deployed on the complex Network Rail IT estate, NROL 3 is integrated with numerous
existing and new Network Rail applications, including the E-Business Suite, Train
Management System, Possession Planning System and Train Planning System, to provide
comprehensive planning, controlling, reviewing and reporting functions.
Built specifically to meet Network Rail’s requirements using ORACLE, IBM and Adobe
technologies, NROL3 provides an Enterprise grade Rich Internet Application with heavily
customised interface and workflow that meets the end user’s unique requirements utilising
Network Rail’s Group Business Services strategic technology toolset.
Image by James Barke.
more than 46,000 trains
per annum are currently
managed through NROL3

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The first project deals with very real and
important human factors integration
challenge: identifying the key factors
to be addressed in order to achieve
successful integration of personnel into
military vehicles. Aimed at the current
acquisition programmes and vehicle
upgrades, SEA is working in cooperation
with the Dutch research organisation
TNO and SEA’s sister Cohort company,
SCS. This work examines the present
human performance, safety and comfort
challenges associated with current
equipment and design concepts, and
investigates how emerging technologies,
e.g. advanced sensor systems, could
impact such human-system integrations
in the future.
The second project, a much shorter
study, involves SEA working with DIEM
Consulting, TNO and HFE Solutions.
It directly supports broader Dstl C4ISTAR
work investigating how to enhance and
optimise the human contribution within
command management and decision
making tasks. The focus of this study is on
understanding why existing technologies,
developed as support tools, might not be
providing the level of utility on operations
anticipated at the design stage. The project
team are exploring a range of human
factors that could contribute to this e.g.
usability, training, doctrine and procedures
with a goal to develop guidance that helps
ensure relevant human considerations
are incorporated into future Command
and Control (C2) requirements across the
Defence Lines of Development (DLODs).
The final project, a much more strategic
piece, is part of the DHCSTC Training
theme and is investigating training-related
considerations within Through Life
Capability Management (TLCM). Working
in collaboration with SVGC, Corda and
TFD Europe, the primary objective is to
identify the processes, tools and guidance
needed to ensure that the Training Line of
Development (TLOD) is fully considered
by the Front Line Commands and DE&S
as they manage through life capability.
This will involve the team identifying
the TLOD SQEP requirements and
associated Defence Staff competencies,
and developing trial interventions to
address specific challenges identified.
SEA’s contribution is focussed primarily on
identifying the required staff competencies
to make such TLOD capability
management effective.
Human Factors at work
SEA’s Human Factors team continues its long-standing involvement in the MOD’s research programmes.
Members of the team are currently working on a three projects funded through the Defence Human Capability
Science and Technology centre (DHCSTC: www.defencehumancapabilty.com) that together illustrate the
breadth of the SEA’S human factors capability and the range of collaborative work undertaken.

6. Augmented Reality in the Real World
As prime contractor for the Joint Focus Experimentation
3 (JFX3) project for the Defence Science and Technology
Laboratory (Dstl), SEA, with its project partners CGI and
QinetiQ, is leading research into Augmented Reality (AR)
technologies for Defence.
The team recently conducted a field evaluation of AR technologies,
which aim to ‘augment’ a user’s real world environment with valuable
supplementary information.
The JFX3 project is being conducted as part of the Dstl Synthetic
Environments (SE) Tower of Excellence programme, which enables
the Ministry of Defence (MOD), industry and academia to work
together to build capability through research into future training and
simulation needs.
The field evaluation of AR technologies was
completed in early September 2013, with Dstl
providing a trials area and support staff. The
evaluation assessed how AR could be used
to support soldiers in a range of tasks, such
as navigation in day and night conditions,
directional cueing and threat avoidance. The AR
technologies evaluated included visual displays,
audio augmentation and a novel prototype haptic
belt device provided by Affective State. SEA
also developed a ‘see-through’ vehicle concept,
whereby passengers in the rear of a Land Rover
were provided with an augmented view of the
outside world via a 360° camera system linked to
a number of displays using COTS Android tablets.
The performance of each of the AR technologies
was assessed against the current baseline for
each task. For example, did the use of AR provide
any benefits for navigation over the use of a
map, compass and GPS locator? The operator
workload and usability of the technologies was
also assessed. The project team has now analysed the results of the field evaluation and initial insights were presented to stakeholders
at a presentation day at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham, in early October.
SEA is now investigating how AR technologies could be employed to support other Defence applications and markets.
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SEA has vast experience in ITEA planning covering multiple domains and platforms,
applying our systems engineering experience of designing a variety of sensors,
instrumentation and communication equipment. Together with our deep knowledge
of the MOD’s Acquisition Operating Framework this enables us to develop practical
ITEA plans which add real value to the successful delivery of programmes.
Defence Virtual Simulation ITEAP
SEA is delighted to be selected by MOD DE&S to develop and
deliver the Defence Virtual Simulation (DVS) Integrated Test,
Evaluation and Acceptance Plan (ITEAP) for the Training and
Simulation Systems Programme.
The JFX3 Augmented Reality (AR) field evaluation assessed visual, audio, haptic AR concepts and a see-through vehicle concept
(Photographs: © Crown Copyright 2013)

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Over the last six months DDE has
concentrated on ways to enhance the SA80
weapons system through power and data
enablement. These enhancements will
provide the SA80 with capabilities similar to
the Colt Network Power and Data System
(Colt NPDS) and will enable future STA
concepts to become a reality. In support of
this, SEA’s DDE team has been working on
two system concepts that will, once fully
developed, significantly improve the overall
lethality of the British soldier:
• Collaborative targeting concepts help
soldiers to pass target information to
soldiers and assets enabling targets to be
engaged more effectively;
• Targeting Support System (TSS) concepts
seek to deliver weapons sights that
enhances individual soldier DRI within
the lethality system. The concept uses
automatic target detection and augmented
points-of-aim to improve the probability of
first and subsequent shots on target under
challenging conditions. This work is the
result of collaboration between Qioptiq
and Chemring. It has exploited the
hardware developed under the Digital
Optical Weapons Sight (DOWS)
demonstrator programme and also
developed change detection software.
These concepts have been developed
and tested using a number of war gaming
methods, including rapid operational
analysis and detailed system analysis to
determine key requirements for technical
research and inform on future capability
acquisition and procurement activities.
Building on this, the 2014 programme
will see DDE research produce a range
of technical and concept demonstration
systems for future lethality capability and will
culminate in support trials in the autumn.
The next three months will also see the
development of the ‘Soldier Vision’ models.
The vision is aimed at the future dismounted
soldier in ten years and will be developed in
accordance with Directorate Combat (D Cbt)
plans for the current, funded (2014-2023),
future (2023-2030) and concept (2030+)
soldier. These models will provide the DCC
research community with a contextual
platform to present future soldier based
research themes to the wider stakeholders.
These physical mannequins will place
the soldier at the centre of the research
space and will act as pragmatic, realistic
mechanisms to demonstrate what can be
achieved based on maturing research and
‘commercial off the shelf’ technologies.
Delivering Dismounted Effect
SEA’s successful Delivering Dismounted Effect (DDE) research programme continues to enhance the lethality of
soldiers and is ready to embark upon exciting new challenges over the next two years.
To help meet the challenges of the next
two years, SEA is pleased to announce
the appointment of three new additions
to its Research & Technical Support (RTS)
Team; Peter Warden, Laurence Bedford
and Edmund Bennett.
Peter has joined SEA from DE&S
Abbey Wood where he was the
Assistant Director Soldier Systems
and Programme Manager for
specialist dismounted capabilities.
He was previously the Team
Leader for the Light Weapons IPT
bringing into service a number of UORs
and new weapon projects including the
Sharpshooter rifle and the Glock 19 pistol.
Prior to that he served with the Royal
Logistic Corps in a wide variety of jobs
and operational tours, including Tactical
Nuclear Missile support, the formation of
16 Air Assault Bde, Project Manager for
the MAN Support Vehicle, Chief of Staff of
the Counter Terrorist S&T Centre in DSTL
as well as postings with the Royal Marines
and Australian Army. Peter has taken over
as RTS Programme Manager.
Laurence joined from Dstl,
where he was a Military
Advisor supporting trials
and experimentation in
land battlespace systems
department investigating the
effects of soldier burden on agility and
accuracy.
Laurence also worked on various projects
as the Analysis for Dismounts and Soldier
Performance Programmes providing
specialist domain expertise. As an Army
Officer, he spent 16 years in the Infantry,
including Commanding Light Role Rifle
Companies on Operations in Afghanistan,
Iraq and Northern Ireland and delivering
Herrick 13 training at OPTAG. Laurence will
provide DDE with DCC domain expertise.
Ed has joined SEA from
Edinburgh University where
he has just completed his PhD
in Theoretical Physics. He will
be working on the systems
analysis and mathematical
modelling components of DDE.

8. Proud to support SOS & CHSW
Over the last year SEA was delighted to be
able to support both Save our Soldier and the
Children’s Hospice South West in the fantastic
work that they do.
Bristol Half
Marathon
A team of SEA employees also ran
the Bristol half Marathon on behalf of
the National Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
who help stop our society’s most
vulnerable and defenceless members
being cruelly treated and abused.
Through hard work and dedication
in training the SEA team completed
the half marathon in amazing times.
The runners, Caroline Arrowsmith,
Catherine Brogan, Cat Rees, Peter
Binham, Derek Hacker and Stuart
Robin, raised an amazing £2060.00 for
the NSPCC.
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Mo Bros and Mo
Sistas
Our MOvember team was headed
up by MO Sista’s Cat and Emily of
the SEA charity committee and they
mobilised large MOvember teams
at both SEA offices. They played
the all-important role of head MO
Sista making sure all MOvember
rules were followed, that donations
kept coming in and that enthusiasm
levels were kept high within each
team. The result was a very wide
range of different style MO’s grown
throughout November, some much
more frightening than the others!
The SEA MOs can be congratulated
for raising an incredible £2537 for
the MOvember foundation.
a Cohort plc company
The fruits of the many and varied
staff fund raising activities were
presented to Lee Hayward of Save
our Soldier and Janey Hellman of
Children’s Hospice South West at
the SEA Christmas party. Lee and
Janey happily gave us a brief about
each charity’s work which was
much appreciated.
Wonderfully SEA staff
managed to raise £25,000
for charitable causes during
our anniversary year!
Andy Thomis, Chief
Executive of Cohort, said:
“I have been astounded
by the feats of endurance
that some have undertaken
in raising extraordinary
amounts for good causes
in the process.”
Rob Marshall and Cat Rees presenting the cheques
to our nominated charities.