Title :
COSMO-SkyMed: The Dual-Use Component of a Geospatial System for Environment and Security
Author :
Lazzaro, Massimo Di ; Angino, Giuseppe ; Piemontese, Matteo ; Capuzi, Arnaldo ; Leonardi, Roberto
Author_Institution :
Thales Alenia Space Italia, Rome
Abstract :
A new consciousness of national security is spreading worldwide, due to the imperative necessity to guarantee the safety of citizens and the integrity of strategic infrastructures and services, counteracting against hidden, less predictable, and lethal threats stemming from regional conflicts, organized crime, and terrorism. Also, security involves not only Defence, but also several civilian institutional entities, such as police forces, magistrate, civilian protection, coast guards, etc. These new political scenarii of multi-national cooperation require state-of-art technologies and global systems of surveillance and protection.
Keywords :
aerospace safety; national security; safety systems; surveillance; COSMO-SkyMed; civilian institutional entities; environment; geospatial system; lethal threats; multinational cooperation; national security; safety; strategic infrastructures; surveillance; Earth; Monitoring; National security; Protection; Safety; Satellites; Space technology; Surveillance; Synthetic aperture radar; Terrorism;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1487-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2008.4526278
