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The surveillance of the maritime traffic is a major issue for defense contexts (e.g., surveillance of specific zones, borders,...) as well as security and monitoring contexts (e.g., monitoring of the maritime traffic, of fisheries activities). Spaceborn technologies, especially satellite ship tracki

The human tolerance limits under impact loadings has been studied mainly in the automotive safety. In addition to problems related to road safety, another aspect which has to be considered is the defense topic. Recent military conflicts and terrorist actions are multiplying worldwide as seen recentl

Acute high dose irradiation accidents occur every year worldwide, either resulting from the loss of radioactive sources or from over-irradiation following radiotherapies or interventional radiology procedures. In addition, the risk of a terrorist attack has also been seriously considered for recent

Supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) are widely used in numerous application domains (industrial manufacturing processes, energy distribution, etc.). They are often at the heart of critical infrastructures. Therefore, the security of such systems is a crucial issue, in particula

The BLOC-PRINT project is focused on the autologous grafts availability problem in the field of reconstructive surgery, mainly for the grafting of skin and cartilage. The innovative approach of the project is the use of 3D printing of biopsy extracted cells, in which partner ICBMS and LabSkin Creati

Fluxes between the oceanic surface layer and atmosphere is one of the main difficulty to solve so as to ensure realistic results for the numerical models of marine circulation. This is particularly true in the coastal region. Indeed, the upper mixing layer is often a weakness of numerical modelling

The shape and mass optimization can make the submerged structures, for instance hull appendages of ships and components of marine renewable energy systems, particularly sensitive to external loads. This sensitivity influences several properties, including wear, fatigue and stealthiness. The related

Acoustic discretion is an important problem in the field of naval operations for new ships as well as in the air domain, for example for planes, rail cars... More particularly, the RAMSES project deals with the noise radiated by periodically stiffened metallic structures when they are excited either

Increasing number of regional conflicts associating civil and military human damages in poorly accessible places raises the problem of short and medium-term survival of injured persons and of the secondary impact of aftereffects. Among usual damages in these circumstances, hemorrhagic shock and rhab

Time or frequency reference sources are essential technologies in both fundamental and applied science, their applications spanning from atomic clock and quantum metrology to GPS, telecommunication systems, radars and electronic warfare systems. The most promising architectures are nowadays based on

Electrical energy is essential for the devices efficiency and safety, either in civilian or military applications. Prospects for very significant gains in terms of energetic efficiency, compactness, power and robustness are highly expected for power electronic systems. Such systems evolution, requir

Chemical warfare agents (CWA) such as the nerve agent VX (organophosphorous OPCs) and the vesicant sulfur mustard (organochlorines OCCs), have been used recently in conflicts, but also in terrorist acts targeting civilian. Liquids or droplet aerosol forms of CWA can be absorbed through the skin, but

The NA²S²A project deals with the development of a new reconfigurable antenna architecture with a simplified power supply circuit. This project is in the context of 5G and Satcoms applications where beamforming needs are directly linked to problems of energy efficiency, size and cost. These sector

Piezoelectric materials are essential for numerous military, spatial or civil applications such as communication systems, defense systems, medical diagnostics, ultrasonic non-destructive testing, actuators, sensors or energy harvesting. The most efficient and most used materials belong to the Pb(Zr,

The current state of the art for communication/surveillance systems show a need for complex radiating frontends. Such systems should be able to handle multiple beams in order to cover large areas with a high antenna gain. 3D integrated multi-beam antennas can represent a breakthrough for military an

Project EOFIL proposes an experimental and theoretical study of dual-frequency, dual-polarization fiber lasers. Within the ANR/ASTRID call for proposal, it adresses different topics relevant to defence issues, like sources and laser systems, microwave-photonics links, and lidar detection. EOFIL aims

TAPAS is a collaborative project involving two academic partners, LIPhy and IES, a private company, Thales R&T, and a subcontractor, RENATECH technological facility at LPN. The goal of TAPAS is to investigate the potentialities of a new class of pulsed laser, so-called Talbot lasers, for communicati

MetaStress is a study of the impact of stress on metacognition. Metacognition, or second order cognition, collectively designates the processes through which agents access and control their own cognitive processes. Confidence judgments are typical instances of metacognition. It is now acknowledged t

Rationale: Bacterial infections of the lower respiratory tract, i.e. pneumonia represent a major cause of mortality worldwide. The high rate of mortality and morbidity is due to debilitating effects on respiratory functions and the frequent evolution of pneumonia into sepsis, a severe disease with p

The proposed research project is motivated by civil and military clinical needs pertaining to the repair of large bone defects which is still a challenge for the orthopaedic, reconstructive and maxillo-facial surgeon. Availability of pluripotent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and the potential of i

Recent technological advances created a new generation of hyperspectral sensors, be it for satellite remote sensing or in situ monitoring. The corresponding data open the door to numerous potential applications with a high societal impact (defense and security, biomedical imagery, monitoring of the

High frequency/high power microwave devices can contribute to answer to the increasing demand in terms of security, sensors and communications. The aim of this project is to demonstrate GaN based devices on Silicon substrate with high output power density and efficiency as well as reduced propagatio

This project is aligned with the "fluid, structures" axis along with "fluid dynamics" and "propulsion and energy flow" sub-axes’ themes of the DGA. Its principal aim is to assess the pressure and force in the near and far fields from non-intrusive volumetric measurements of velocity. Despite the s

In this research project, we start from two experimental results obtained recently: 1- ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) coatings obtained by compression / sintering, provide an exceptional protection for the blades of marine propellers against cavitation erosion 2- preliminary resul

The main innovation of CABS project is the development of a wide band ultra-thin absorber material controllable that can become transparent, absorbing or reflecting on demand. In this project, we will use localized components inserted into metasurfaces to control the transmission, the reflection and

The objective of SIMUMOPS is to develop high-fidelity LES (Large Eddy Simulation) tools, in the field of propulsion (helicopter, aircraft, missile) for reacting two phase flows, in moving geometries, taking into account liquid film formation on walls. It is an HPC project because the resources neede

Several diseases spread between persons via the interaction of our bare hands with the outside world. Indeed, a large number of pathogens can survive on inert objects and surfaces and be later transferred onto a person hand who will then auto-contaminate herself. High morbidity or high mortality dis