CATUAV

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CATUAV
Industry Unmanned aerial vehicles services
Founded 2007
Headquarters Moià, Spain
Key people
 Jordi Santacana, CEO
Website www.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

File:Atmos6.jpg
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 services the company 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, environment studies.
  • Non metric oblique aerial images.
  • Surveillance.

Featured missions

  • 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

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