1. EDA IAP03 Optical Sensor Systems & Signal Processing
Marijke Vandewal
Royal Military Academy
16 Feb 2011

2. EDA CapTech Structure CNC: CapTech National Coordinator (1)
CGE: CapTech Gouvernmental Expert
Information Acquisition & Processing (IAP)
Guidance, Energy & Materials (GEM)
Environment, Systems & Modelling (ESM)
IAP1 Components
Patrick Merken (CISS)
GEM1 Materials & Structures
Luc Rabet (COBO)
ESM1 Naval Systems & their Environment
Jean-Paul Marcel (Y. Dupont Sep 09?)
IAP2
F Sensor Systems & Signal Processing
Thierry Gerard
GEM2 Energetics, Missiles & Munitions
Michel Lefebvre (CHIM)
ESM2 Aerial Systems & their Environment
(Fernand Rouvroi)
IAP3 Optical Sensor Systems & Signal Processing
Marijke Vandewal (CISS)
GEM3 Ground Systems & their Environments
Erik Van de Schoor
ESM3 Systems of Systems, Space, Simulation & Experiment
IAP4 CIS & Networks
Patrick Verlinde (CISS)
GEM4 Guidance & Control (Fernand Rouvroi)
ESM4 Human Factors & CBR Protection
Johan Vereycken

3. Overview of the Belgian participation to IAP03
Belgian CNC:
Dr Ir Marijke Vandewal (RMA)
CGE’s:
Prof. Xavier Neyt (RMA)
LtCol Bart Scheers (RMA)
Prof. Walter Bosschaerts (RMA)
CPF IMM Jean-Paul Marcel (KHID)
Michal Shimoni (RMA)
Vinciane Lacroix (RMA)
Participation to EDA projects
To be added 3

4. BE participation in Projects
DUCAS (Cat B project): Planning of the field trial has required intensive work and the next PAMG meeting will take place in Nov
Prof Chris Perneel, Michal Shimoni and Dirk Borghys

5. Next CapTech Meetings
The 17th CapTech meeting takes place in Brussels February 2011
Main topic: European Framework Cooperation initiative on Situation Awareness
The 18th CapTech meeting takes place in Sweden (TBC) 30 June July 2011

6. IAP03 Why bother participating a cat B project?
International collaborations
Possibility of organizing measurement campaigns
Why not bother participating a cat B project?
Long and slow administrative procedure

7. General Comments Niches
- Low activity rate within IAP03
- Not a lack of ideas, lack of enough supporting countries to go through with the proposal
- General impression that economic crisis has decreased the research budgets in optics/optronics domain
Niches
- Hard to identify
- National needs are not always international needs

8. Questions ?