PROGRESS project: Improving the resilience of satellite ground station infrastructures: High power microwaves threat detection system and protection strategies

The FP7 project PROGRESS aims at improving the security and resilience of European space systems such as GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems). It focuses on the detection and mitigation of attacks on ground-based infrastructures from highly educated attackers whose numbers may increase in the near future. This paper outlines the main project objectives and presents the work achieved in this framework considering the High Power Microwaves (HPM) threats. Development and characterization of a HPM detector are reported as well as the work carried out in terms of infrastructure protection.