Catapult Technology ProgrammeCoE Launch Event, April 2016

Paul Febvre, CTO

Our Programmes

Programmes

provide direction

and coherence

Engagement with

user communities is

essential

Catapult Threads – expanding new market opportunities

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• Food: Fishing/ Aquaculture• Energy Efficiency• Seamless Freight Logistics

• Ecall/ Civil Protection• Public Transport• Infrastructure maintenance• Autonomous systems

• Effective government services • Environmental monitoring• Crop Yield Enhancement• Food supply chain management

Blue Economy

IntelligentTransport Systems

Sustainable Living

Explore Technology

• Nano Satellites & Mega-constellations• IOT & M2M Convergence• Integration of Satellites & Terrestrial Systems • Network Function Virtualisation • Artificial Intelligence & Big Data• Augmented Reality & Visualisation

Programmes embrace threads with £1Bn+ service opportunities by 2030

Access to these markets is enabled by new and emerging technologies

Blue Economy

Projects:

• Illegal fishing

• SEMDAC – Chile

• IPSP Australia

• IConIC

• STAR-FISH

COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

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Blue Economy: Example: Eyes on the Sea

• Expert Fisheries and

Enforcement Analysts

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• Productivity Enhancing

Technology=

• Analytical Support and

Capacity Building

Planned Global Interventions

2016/17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz9xysVIrUU

Intelligent Transport Systems

Projects:

• I_HeERO

• Daedalus

• GNSS Centre

• TrucTyre

• ATLAS

COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

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Intelligent Transport Systems: Example EU-wide E-call

Vehicle in incident

MNO

MSD MSD

Most AppropriatePSAP

Voice (112) Voice (E112)

GNSS

• Current eCall based on ETSI and CEN standards (>12 years ago) – uses in-band modem for eCall data in a CS 112 call

• Regulation (EU) 2015/758 – mandatory fitting of 112 based eCall in-vehicle system from 31st Mar 2018 onwards

Sustainable Living

Projects:

• CORSAIR

• CEMS

• HiVaCROM

• SUMO

COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

Sustainable Living: Example: Satellites & UAVs in Agriculture

Data and Agriculture

Increase productivity and sustainability

Reduce risk of crop failure

Early identification of disease vectors

Observing local weather effects

Explore Technology

Our Technology Programme

activities looks to exploit

innovations that enable new

services to be developed for

market led programmes, reach

across businesses and academia

through Business Support and

Knowledge Exchange.

Satellite Applications: Waves of Innovation

First Space Age

Prestige Science

1962

Kennedy Speech

1969

Moon Landing

Which technologyinnovations

will facilitatechange?

Second Space Age

Institutional Commercial

1979

Inmarsat

1964

Intelsat

1978

Navstar 1

New Space Age

Disruption Mass Market

2004

- X-Prize Flight

- Commercial Space Launch

Amendments Act

2007

Economic downturn

2015-2020: Technology, Service and Applications Enablers

GNSS and augmentation systems• 4 GNSS systems; • Low power devices, integrated inertial measurement• Ubiquitous sub-10cm accuracy positioning

GNSS augmentations

Mega-constellations

Mega-Constellations

• Massive capacity & performance increase• Low-cost mobile terminals• Lower-latency ubiquitous services

Advent of near-real-time EO

Near-Real-time EO services

• Technology miniaturisation• Reduced-cost access to space• Commercial satellite-based relay systems

2015-2020: Technology, Service and Applications Enablers

Power of the Cloud• Shift to virtualisation in Global IT systems • Real time data analytics• Image recognition / cognitive computing

5th Generation & seamless connectivity• Reduced device power consumption and wireless tech• Connectivity of Everything: Internet of Things• Innovation to leverage 5G seamless connectivity

Mobile Communities: drive towards autonomy• Smarter applications – demand for connectivity • Innovation to leverage connected vehicles• Intelligent Infrastructure

Cloud

Seamless Communications

Connected Vehicles

2020 - 2025 Technology Enablers

• New Materials science• The use of new material such as Carbon nanotubes & graphene

radically change power electronics capability• Antenna evolved to be embedded within material

• Self-organising networks ( 6G)• Networks adapt to communications needs (6G)• Millimetre wave provide unprecedented throughputs (100Gbs)

• Artificial intelligence/ Neural processor technologies• Advanced signal processing – image recognition• Advanced robotics become a reality

Graphene

Carbon Nano Tube

Artificial intelligence

2025-2030 Technology enablers

• Hybridisation of robotics and new materials science• Deployable and Reconfigurable structures• Repairable/ replenishable / upgradeable space-craft• Re-useable launch and orbit-transfer vehicles

• Stratellites/ city-satellites High altitude platforms• Exceptional duration flight times, 20km altitude• Very stable observation and communications platforms• Optical communications

• Fractionated and co-operative constellations• Communications, distributed processing, precision positioning

allow complex constellations of satellites to act in concert• Ubiquitous high-performance communications and imaging

HAPs

Fractionated Spacecraft

Deployable structures

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Catapult Technology, Platforms, Skills

Technology Domains

Core Competencies

Development and

Operational Platforms

Technology & Missions

Networks and Systems

Applied Digital Intelligence

Applications and Solutions

• Platforms & Payloads• Device Technology• Sensors &

Instrumentation

• M2M & IoT systems• Hybrid Networks, 5G• Autonomous systems• Resilience

• Artificial Intelligence• Big Data Analytics• Geo-spatial systems• Integrity & assurance

• Visualisation, Graphics• Augmented Reality• Scalable Architecture• Privacy

Satellite Technology & Missions Competencies

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Nano-satellite Platforms &

Payloads

We build nano-satellites and provide services for software and hardware integration, testing. We also undertake mission design and planning for new service concepts.

Satellite Devices & Sensors

We support evaluation and in-orbit testing of

new device technology for space, for instance

for on-board signal processing, nano-satellite avionics,

photonics, optronics, & deployable structures.

Advanced Mission Concept

We perform evaluation & development of

future satellite mission concepts, for new

services & applications.

Expertise in modelling, systems engineering,

space environment and regulatory matters.

Ground Segment Operations

We provide and manage end-end operational infrastructure which

supports all phases of satellite lifecycle. In collaboration with

partners we orchestrate in-orbit demonstration mission platform and payload operations.

Satellite Technology & Missions

Networks and Systems Competencies

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M2M, IOT and Edge Computing

We adapt M2M platforms and optimise

the processing and delivery of information as part of IoT systems

Hybrid Wireless Networks & 5G

We integrate satellite and terrestrial wireless

networks to create seamless, ubiquitous coverage for mission critical applications

Resilient positioning

We support the integration of GNSS

with other technologies for resilient, precise

positioning in support of applications

Robotics & Autonomy

We support the remote operation of robotics

and autonomous systems in remote or

hazardous environments.

Networks & Systems

Applied Digital Intelligence Competencies

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Satellite Earth Observation Data Fusion

We select, acquire and manipulate earth

observation data sets, including optical, IR,

hyperspectral and SAR, combining with other data to create viable

applications

Machine Learning & AI

We work with research community to develop new ways of analysing

complex data to extract information from

complex temporal and spatial data

Big Data Analytics

We use a range of high performance and cloud computing platforms to manipulate and analyse

the vast data sets to provide near-real-time

decision support applications

Geo-spatial Standards

We are advocates and experts in the use of geo-spatial standards for discovery, access,

interoperability & dissemination of

information for real-world applications.

Applied Digital Intelligence

Visualisation & Applications Competences

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Scalable, Secure Software

Our software is engineered to be highly secure and scalable for a broad range of end

user applications, supported by both

relational and NoSQL databases and analytics

engines.

DevOps & Deployment

Our software design and deployment

approach embraces automation and quality assurance throughout

the software development lifecycle.

Visualisation & Motion Graphics

We use the latest gaming engines to

render high resolution imagery in real-time to

ensure applications meet the needs of

customers

Augmented & Virtual Reality

We believe that the next generation of

commercial applications involving human

machine interaction will exploit virtual and augmented reality

systems.

Visualisation & Applications

Satellite Application Catapult

New waves of Innovation

Enabled by technology translationPowered by applications business innovation

Creating a new economy of space

Disruptive business modelsInvestment and Entrepreneurship

Collaborating regionally and internationally Enabling growth through collaborationInternational partnerships for global growth

Thank You!