
NARAS is an ESA project carried out by S.A.T.E. Srl (as prime contractor), MARIN (the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands), and Planetek Italia Srl, aiming at the improvement of safety in critical maritime operations.
Benefits
Limit human error in navigation
With the use of AI assistance NARAS can significantly reduce the possibility or the consequences of human error in navigation
Improve existing risk assesment models
Improve maritime risk assessment models and mitigate the risk of collision with early warning
Iceberg monitoring and route optimization
NARAS can detect and monitor icebergs and optimize the route to avoid dangerous routes that could cause issues in the transportation
Features
Key technology for safe navigation
GNSS and its augmentation systems will represent the key enabling technology to attain safety of navigation, especially considering systems providing accuracy and integrity information
Improvements on the AIS system
EO data can be used to detect sailing vessels with no AIS receiver and to compare the AIS position versus position detected in optical and SAR images
Real-time updates on preferred routes
NARAS aims at expanding the Preferred Route concept by exploiting the combination of EO and GNSS to improve navigation risk modelling and provide near real-time updates on preferred routes for navigating ships