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CATUAV
IndustryUnmanned aerial vehicles services
Founded2007
HeadquartersMoià, Spain
Key people
Jordi Santacana, CEO
Websitewww.catuav.com

CATUAV S.L. is a technology-based private company that offers aerial services using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Its headquarters are located in the Moià airfield, 40 km north of Barcelona, Spain.[1]

History

CATUAV is a company involved in developing UAV technologies for aerial image acquisition purposes in Europe.[2] The first UAV prototype was built in 2003, as a new business line within Aeroplans Blaus S.L, a company dedicated to experimental and sport aviation equipment[3]. During this period some surveillance UAV systems were developed as part of a strategic agreement with Proytecsa and Indra[4].

In 2007 the UAV business line had grown enough to create a new company, CATUAV, founded to provide all the services offered with these systems. In 2008 the company signed a strategic agreement with AURENSIS, a Telespazio/Finmeccanica company[5][6][7]. Since then CATUAV has performed more than 100 commercial missions in the civil market.

Technologies

The Atmos6 unmanned aerial vehicle, for civil applications

Since 2003 CATUAV has developed different technologies in order to perform its services:[8]

  • Atmos series: Mini-UAV that weighs less than 2 kg and can carry a payload of up to 500g. Powered with an electric motor this is a platform that is used primarily for mapping projects. The current version is Atmos-6, which is an evolution of the five previous models (from Atmos-1 to Atmos-5)
  • Furos: UAV that weighs less than 11 kg and can carry a payload of up to 5 kg (including fuel). Powered with a fuel engine it can fly for up to 6 hours.
  • Argos: Evolution of the Furos, this UAV weighs less than 12 kg and can carry a payload up to 6,25 kg (including fuel). Powered with a fuel engine it can fly for up to 14 hours, making it CATUAV's longest enduring platform.
  • Telemetry data link: CATUAV has its own telemetry protocol that ensures the security and safety of all the communications. The UAVs can be controlled in a 15 km radius with a radio frequency link. This range can be extended using a satellite link.
  • Ground control station: In order to operate the UAV, CATUAV has developed a towable ground station with all the equipment required to deploy and operate the UAVs and read all the telemetry data. It has also has a portable ground station for missions that do not have path access.
  • Mission software: CATUAV is operating its own planning and control mission software, specially adapted to its UAV platforms and application requirements.

CATUAV also operates third party products that play a role in its activity, such as:

Services

Some of the services that the company can offers include:[9][10]

  • Orthophoto in visible, near infrared and thermal spectrum for GIS applications.
  • Digital elevation models for GIS applications.
  • Remote sensing for different applications such as: precision agriculture[11], energy efficiency, environtment studies.
  • Non metric oblique aerial images.
  • Surveillance.
  • Lorca earthquake: In May 2011 CATUAV performed a series of flights over Lorca (Spanish town in Murcia) 38 hours after it was stuck by a strong earthquake. The high resolution orthophoto created from the town allowed the emergency services to evaluate and quantify the damages in buildings. This is the first known application of a mini-UAV in a civil emergency in Europe.[12]
  • SAFEDEM project: CATUAV is participating in the SAFEDEM project of the ESA to develop a system capable of helping in the demining works in Bosnia.[13]

Awards

CATUAV has been awarded the Galileo Masters European GNSS Agency (GSA) special topic prize and regional prize in 2011 for its TCAS for mini UAV project.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Servicios UAV". CATUAV. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  2. ^ CATUAV, vehículos aereos no tripulados (PDF) (in Spanish), Aviación Deportiva, 2009, retrieved 02/4/2012 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |obra= (help)
  3. ^ "Aeroplans Blaus". Aeroplans Blaus. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  4. ^ "Indra Desarrolla Un Nuevo Sistema De Detección De Intrusión En Espacios Abiertos - Seguritecnia [Editorial Borrmart]". Borrmart.es. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  5. ^ "ThermoUAV". ThermoUAV. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  6. ^ Aurensis firma un acuerdo estratégico con CatUAV (in Spanish), Aurensis, 2008, retrieved 2/4/2012 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |obra= (help)
  7. ^ Trabajos aéreos con mini-UAV en España (PDF) (in Spanish), Avion Revue 334, 2009, retrieved 02/4/2012 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |obra= (help)
  8. ^ "Servicios UAV". CATUAV. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  9. ^ "Servicios UAV". CATUAV. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  10. ^ Avions no tripulats per observar el territori (in Catalan), Catalonia Television (TV3), 2008-11-18, retrieved 02/4/2012 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |obra= ignored (|work= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Spying on Europe’s farms with satellites and drones, BBC, 8/2/2012, retrieved 31/3/2012 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |obra= (help)
  12. ^ "Los aviones no tripulados de CATUAV ayudan a evaluar los daños del terremoto de Lorca". Aerotendencias.com. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  13. ^ "CATUAV participa en el programa SAFEDEM de la ESA". Aerotendencias.com. 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  14. ^ European Satellite Navigation Competition Results 2011, Agència Espacial Europea (ESA), 11/2012, retrieved 02/4/2012 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |obra= (help)
  15. ^ "Premis internacionals per a Catuav". EL9NOU.CAT. 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
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