The AVIS project aims to improve navigation for autonomous vessels along Europe’s Inland Waterways (IWW) by using European Union space systems such as the European Global Navigation Satellite System (EGNSS) and Copernicus. In addition to improving navigation in inland waterways, the project is expected to help create new applications for autonomous vessels, as well as contribute to the European Union’s goal of transforming transportation systems to make them more sustainable and less polluting.
Further goals of the AVIS project include:
- defining (operating) requirements for autonomous vessels in European inland waterways
- developing a prototype for onboard equipment; providing proof of concept for the AVIS solution through several pilot tests on European inland waterways to prove its feasibility and added value
- creating new standards establishing the minimum requirements to guarantee safe navigation as a contribution to the European Committee for Drawing Up Standards in the Field of Inland Navigation (CESNI)
- participating in outreach work to share the results of the project.
The project is run under the authority of the European Commission’s DG MOVE, and the consortium behind this project consists of GMV, EY, Germany’s Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), the Hungarian National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Info communications (RSOE), HA Consulting Ltd. (HAC), Tresco, Bergmann Marine (BM), and GMV’s subsidiary in Romania.
