AIMS is a collaborative project between two Normandes SMEs, Sinay and SoyHuCe and the GREYC laboratory of the University of Caen. It is a project labeled by the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique. AIMS was also the winner of the SME-Biodiversity Initiative call for projects of the ADEME and the Commissariat Général à l’Investment. In this context, a first co-financing was awarded for part of Sinay’s tasks. The purpose of this ERDF co-financing application is to finance the other partners of the project and to finance the Sinay tasks not covered by ADEME. AIMS is at the TRL6 development stage and is therefore very close to its market.At the level of the European Union, a study on blue growth commissioned by DG/MARE (2012) estimated the market value of environmental studies in all its applications (EMR, port development, oil and gas industry, marine protected areas, etc.) at EUR 4 billion per year, with an increasing trend and an estimated expansion potential of 5 out of 6 (1 being the weakest potential and 6 the strongest).In the context of Normandy alone, with its 3 wind farm projects, 2 pilot hydropower farms, 3 Grand Ports Maritimes, 510 fishing vessels, its network of marine protected areas, this market represents more than 30 million euros.The problems encountered in this market are linked to the diversity and volume of data. This poses problems such as collection, storage, computational capacity, standardisation of methods of analysis, evaluation and interpretation of results. From a logistical and economic point of view, this translates into heavy and sometimes rather artisanal field logistics and high implementation costs. Indeed, according to the European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, "the data collected during the campaigns can stimulate knowledge and innovation if engineers and scientists manage to find ways to collect, disseminate, merge and exploit this data efficiently and quickly. At present, this is not the case overall. The AIMS project aims to provide an adequate response to the problems described above, offering an innovative approach to effectively integrate the collection, storage, processing and visualisation of marine data. The project consists of developing an integrated turnkey technology solution combined with a range of innovative services. The offers are intended to be applied to the various areas related to the sustainable management of blue growth. AIMS is therefore made up of two main pillars. A product integrating a network of data acquisition systems, a storage and calculation platform, a bank of algorithms to analyse noise levels and associated environmental risk A range of services, such as the deployment and maintenance of acquisition systems, storage and calculation, training, and the conduct of studies on the marine environment. With this disruptive offer, it is envisaged to generate a turnover of EUR 6.8 million (22 % of the Normand market) by 2020, and to create 16 jobs in the territory and maintain 20.
