Blue Box Porbeagle VMS

Blue Box Porbeagle dual frequency VMS (“Vessel Management System”) shipborne equipment

Blue Box Porbeagle VMS (“Vessel Management System”) was born with the goal to develop a complete shipborne integrated equipment (TRL 7), compliant with regulatory standards for Vessel Monitoring Devices and to reach TRL 7.

Its key features of anti-spoofing cybersecurity protection technology and improved accuracy with dual frequency target upending the market, leveraging EGNSS Galileo Open Service to outperform current solutions.

The Blue Box Porbeagle project aims to create a close-to-market trusted dual-frequency VMS as a cost-effective line-replaceable unit (LRU). The Blue Box Porbeagle VMS shipborne equipment decodes dual frequency position, velocity, and time (PVT) information from E1/E5a E-GNSS signals and performs autonomous GNSS data messages authentication based on Galileo OSNMA.

Challenge and technical solution

The Blue Box Porbeagle project has addressed numerous challenges posed by the maritime regulatory and specifications environment. Among the activities aiming to overcome such challenges it is worth highlighting: 

• completion of VMS shipborne following identified functional and regulatory requirements
• dissemination of expected impact and activities among main fisheries policy stakeholders
• development shipborne equipment architecture and allocate requirements to internal circuit boards
• manufacture efficient prototypes
• validation campaign installing devices in fishing vessels 
• deep dissemination of technical results.