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• FADA: private non-profit foundation that manages:

– CATEC: Technological Center oriented to applied research, experimental development and technological innovation www.catec.aero

– ATLAS: Experimental Flight Center for RPAS www.atlascenter.aero

FADA-CATEC-ATLAS

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UAS/RPAS experience

• CATEC has a large experience developing UAS/RPAS technologies – More than 20 engineers and

technicians working on RPAS/UAS

– 8 active H2020 and SESAR projects related to UAS/RPAS

– Participating in more than 15 active projects related to UAS/RPAS in 2017/2018

– Direct collaboration with the major companies of this sector in Spain

– State of the art equipment and facilities

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International excellence

• Overall Innovation Radar Prize winner 2017

• 1st aerial team in Europe (EUROC)

• 5º position in Challenge 1 at the MBZIRC competition (130 teams worldwide)

• Special Innovative Prize of the 1st EU Drones Award

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UAS regulation

• Member of the Informal Drone Expert Group (European Commission; DG MOVE)

• Regular contributor to comments of JARUS documents

• Leading SORA Focus Team within WG-105 of EUROCAE

• FAS Ad Hoc Group on adaptation of DO-178/ED-12 to sUAS (RTCA and EUROCAE)

• Member of the Expert group of EASA RMT.023 (non-presence group)

• Member of UAS group of AENOR (CTN 28)

• Member of AESA Adviser Committee for RPAS; leading SGT1.2 (Minimum Requirements for RPAS systems)

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Research on UAS

CATEC is developing novel technologies related to: • Autonomous behaviours (AI) • Aerial contact • Sense & avoid for small UAS • Multi-UAS coordination and cooperation • VLL integration of UAS into airspace

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Autonomous navigation

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Autonomous navigation

• Transport of light components using drones – Novel drone application for aeronautical factories

• Special Innovation Prize at the 1st EU Drones Award

• One of the two finalist (from more than initial 30 teams) within EUROC FP7 project

– Pilot implementation at Airbus CBC Factory

• First time in Europe of a real pilot implementation on a working aeronautical factory

• Reduction in lead times and logistics-related costs

– Autonomous and indoor navigation functionalities validated

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Sistema de Seguimiento de Personas

Detección automática de

personas usando Deep

Learning (AI)

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• Landing on a mobile platform using a tether-based system and without GPS.

– Landings achieved on a mobile paltform moving at 40km/h with Z movement without GPS

Autopilot: applications

www.ec-safemobil-project.eu

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• Multi-vehicle trajectory planning

Autopilot: applications

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• Coordinated flights with ATC

Integration in airspace

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• Located in Villacarrillo, Jaén (Andalucía) www.atlascenter.aero

• Available for the industry and academia

• Ground installations + segregated air space (30x35km up to 5.000ft)

• Technology validation center; RPAS (MTOW < 650 kg), avionics and other technologies (on board sensors/systems, ATM, ATC)

• Main runway: 600m x 18m. Auxiliary runway: 400m

• Control center for mission operations (surveillance radar)

• Independent hangars for different customers

• Ideal weather conditions: >300 operational days a year

Experimental Flight Test Center

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Experimental Flight Test Center

Gracias por vuestra atención!

Inteligencia Artificial y robotización en

drones para aplicaciones duales: Detect &

Avoid, Drone Swarms, Intelligent Indoor

Navigation…

Antonio Jiménez

ajimenez@catec.aero