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The University of Huelva trains its RPAS master's students at CEUS
The University of Huelva (UHU) offers a specialized master’s degree in unmanned aerial systems with a total of 30 places. This course is closely linked to the Testing Center for Medium and Large Unmanned Systems, CEUS, where the University is training students. The goal is to project their professional future and help them learn about the ecosystem of companies in the national and international aeronautical sector.
Source: Info Dron
The CEUS Project in Huelva will become a reality in November
The first unmanned vehicle will take off from CEUS in November. The works are progressing on schedule, so the Ministry of Defence expects the facility to be operational before the end of the year. November is the target date. All earthworks have been completed, the foundations for the hangar area are practically finished, and the taxiways and launch strips are awaiting the base layer before subsequent asphalting.
Source: Huelva Información
The Regional Government highlights that CEUS (Huelva) will "consolidate" Andalusia's position in the aerospace sector worldwide
The Regional Minister for Universities, Research and Innovation, José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, and the Regional Minister for Industrial Policy and Energy, Jorge Paradela, stated that the CEUS project to be developed in the province of Huelva “will consolidate Andalusia’s position in the aerospace sector as Europe’s third hub, after Toulouse and Hamburg.”
Source: Europa Press
Airbus tests in-flight refueling of its most advanced drones in Huelva
Airbus Defence and Space and the company-owned subsidiary Airbus UpNext have achieved autonomous in-flight guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT, a tanker aircraft for aerial refueling.
Source: Huelva Información
Unmanned aircraft over Huelva: What is the CEUS project?
The CEUS project is one of the most important strategic investments for the future of the province of Huelva. It is a testing and research center for unmanned aircraft operated by INTA (National Institute for Aerospace Technology). It covers an area of 75 hectares within the municipality of Moguer and has a budget of 28 million euros.
Source: Huelva Información
Why should the Spanish Space Agency be based in Huelva?
Huelva’s candidacy to host the Spanish Space Agency brings together technical, economic and even historical arguments that make it one of the strongest options to house the headquarters of the new space body.
Source: Huelva Información
Understanding how the new U-space will enable the safe integration of drones in the European airspace
Source: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Aerocamaras drones, key to mine surveying in Angola
The mining industry is accelerating with the incorporation of drones as essential support for its activities. The Spanish company Aerocamaras is a benchmark in the provision of this service and is currently participating in several international projects with its drones, both in inspection activities and in topographic surveying and surveillance in mining areas.
Source: Interempresas.net – inGEOpres
What is needed to fly a drone in Spain?
Flying drones in Spain is a highly controlled activity that requires multiple permits in order to be carried out legally. For this reason, several industry experts gathered in a webinar where they explained the requirements needed to carry out this type of flight.
Source: Aviación Digital
Drones against poaching in O Grove, Pontevedra
“We have a problem with poaching that becomes especially pronounced when good weather and summer arrive,” says Víctor Prieto, head of the fisheries guards in O Grove (Pontevedra). For this reason, they have decided to take action, and the San Martiño fishermen’s guild has added a drone to its arsenal to combat the illegal harvesting of shellfish.
Source: Antena3 Noticias
What you need to know to fly an FPV drone
First-person view (FPV) flights have become an entry point into the sector for many enthusiasts. You have surely already seen hundreds of reels on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, or maybe you have come across an FPV pilot in a park and are eager to try it.
What few people know before getting started with these UAS is that they are not like standard drones, and they require a little more preparation and skill. Starting to fly drones can seem intimidating, so we created this article to tell you everything you need to know to fly an FPV drone.
Source: Aerocamaras
AERTEC leads the IMASAT project that will revolutionize avionics
The Spanish company AERTEC leads the European IMASAT project (Integrated Modular Avionics for Small Air Transport), which is developing a smaller, lighter onboard computer with high computing capacity compared to current systems on the market, improving the concept of integrated modular avionics (IMA, Integrated Modular Avionics) for aircraft carrying between six and 19 passengers.
Source: Actualidad Aeroespacial
The "handover" of the Ministry of Defence's future experimental aircraft
The Ministry of Defence will have, in the second half of next year, an advanced Airbus C295 aircraft specialized in experimentation, although until that time arrives, a “handover” ceremony for the platform has just been held for propaganda purposes.
Source: Moncloa
White Paper on R&D&I for unmanned aviation in Spain
Predicting the future has always been a utopian aspiration of humankind, and although in the early 1980s the possibility of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for civil and military uses began to be considered, no one could have foreseen at that time the exponential growth in UAS or drone applications.
Source: State Aviation Safety Agency
Drone company EHang and Catec successfully complete the BAUD project under ICEX's 'Invest in Spain' Program
Drone technology company EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (UAV) technology platform company, has successfully completed the BAUD project in close collaboration with the Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies (Catec).
Source: La Vanguardia
UAV Navigation launches a new version of its flight control system
The new Version 9 of UAV Navigation’s Flight Control System offers Automatic Mission Replanning, 4D Trajectory, Multi-GCS and Multi-UAV functionalities for advanced UAV missions. The flight control computer includes new features that enable UAS manufacturers to expand their platform capabilities.
Source: Avion Revue Internacional
The Secretary for Innovation visits the Fulmar at Grupo CPS facilities
The Secretary General for Innovation, Teresa Riesgo, visited last week the main headquarters of Grupo CPS, located in the Tecnogetafe technology park, which covers an area of 11,500 m². This consortium includes companies such as PSI, CP, Hormiebro, Sistem and Wake, the latter a manufacturer of unmanned systems such as the Fulmar, which was shown during the visit together with all the elements required for its operation both on land and on board.
Source: Info Dron
Sánchez highlights the commitment to placing Spain at the forefront of the aerospace industry and making the sector "a true State policy"
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, stressed the Government’s commitment to “placing Spain at the forefront of the aerospace transport industry” during his visit to the facilities of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) in Mazagón (Huelva). Sánchez emphasized the strategic importance of the aerospace sector for the productive and industrial transformation of our country, and the Government’s goal of making it “a true State policy.”
Source: La Moncloa
Pedro Duque says CEUS is “essential” for Spanish aeronautics
The former minister visits El Arenosillo and says he is proud to have promoted the collaboration between administrations that has made “this great project” possible.
Source: Andalucía Información
The Minister of Defence highlights the potential of the CEUS project in Moguer (Huelva), which “will be completed in 2023”
The Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, visited the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center on Monday, where she highlighted the potential of the CEUS project, which “will be completed in 2023.” It is a “very important project, an example of modernity,” she stressed.
Source: Europa Press
Airbus selects Aertec as a strategic design engineering supplier
Aertec has been selected by Airbus as a strategic supplier of engineering services, together with the Indian multinational Tech Mahindra. The EMES3 supplier selection process for design engineering, manufacturing engineering and customer service, promoted by Airbus Group, has resulted in the selection, among others, of this technological alliance of companies as a strategic supplier, through which both international firms combine their capabilities and specialization in aerospace and digital engineering.
Source: El Economista
Moguer Town Council (Huelva) and INTA formalize the sale of the CEUS land
The mayor of Moguer (Huelva), Gustavo Cuéllar, and the director general of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), José María Salom, signed this Wednesday in Madrid the agreement for the sale of 75 hectares of land in the municipality of Moguer, where construction work has already begun on the new CEUS aeronautical experimentation center.
Source: Europa Press
This is the cutting-edge drone facility that will put Andalusia on the European map
Huelva will be connected to the rest of the world with one of Europe’s most futuristic facilities. The new CEUS (Center of Excellence of Unmanned Systems) will be a UAV testing center for unmanned systems, unique in Europe and one of the most advanced in the world.
Source: Sputnik
Juanma Moreno wants to make Huelva the European capital of green hydrogen
The President of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, is committed to making Huelva the “capital of green hydrogen,” a step toward ensuring that “Andalusia is not energy-dependent on anyone” and a good opportunity to champion “research and innovation” both in the province and in the autonomous community. All of this in a place such as the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center (Cedea), which depends on the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) and, therefore, on the Ministry of Defence, far removed from his direct responsibilities.
Source: Huelva Información
The Spanish aerodromes chosen to test Europe's aircraft
In recent years, Spain has been chosen by some of its European neighbors as a testing ground for certain flying vehicle companies, thus becoming Europe’s “low-cost” aerospace runway.
Source: 20 Minutos
This is how the world's fastest aircraft, to be tested in Huelva, flies
It will fly at more than 18,375 kilometers per hour once fully operational, or in other words, at 15 times the speed of sound. It will remain on the edge of outer space, at an altitude of 60 kilometers, and is initially designed for freight transport.
Source: Huelva Información
The University of Huelva opens enrollment period for its RPAS master's degree
The University of Huelva (UHU) has already opened the enrollment period for its master’s degree specializing in unmanned aerial systems and has offered a total of 30 places.
This course is closely linked to the Testing Center for Medium and Large Unmanned Systems, CEUS, where the University will train students. The goal is to project their professional future and help them learn about the ecosystem of companies in the national and international aeronautical sector.
NATO and the EU confirm their participation in the seventh edition of UNVEX
The seventh edition of UNVEX, Spain’s largest drone event, which will take place from September 14 to 16 at the Fibes exhibition center in Seville, not only has the support and participation of national institutions, but numerous institutions from the European Union and NATO will also be present at the event through the conference program.
Source: Info Dron
Vertiports in the Urban Environment
Urban Air Mobility is fast becoming a reality and we all have seen some ideas about what transport could look like in our urban environment through mock-ups and videos.
EASA’s study on Urban Air Mobility has clearly indicated that use cases such as air taxis and deliveries for medical reasons have broad acceptance from EU citizens, and they will most likely be the first to be implemented.
Source: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
The National Action Plan for the Deployment of U-space, which will integrate drones into airspace, has been published
The extraordinary progress of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) sector worldwide demands a complete transformation of the air transport system as it has been known until now, based on automation and digitalization, with less dependence on the human factor.
Source: State Aviation Safety Agency
Drones and National Security – A multidimensional study
The 2019 National Aerospace Security Strategy includes among its lines of action the promotion of regulatory development for the civil use of remotely piloted aircraft that ensures the necessary balance between the safety of people, facilities and other airspace users, and the technological and economic development of a thriving sector of the Spanish economy.
Source: National Security Department
Airbus chooses CEUS for the certification of all its drones
Airbus is also backing the CEUS project. If a week ago it was the distribution giant Amazon which, as Huelva Información reported, expressed its intention to use the facilities of the unmanned vehicle center planned in the town of Moguer to certify its drones, now the European aeronautical company has contacted representatives of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology to inform them of its decision to use the same facilities for testing and certifying its drones.
Source: Huelva Información
Vodafone, the Red Cross and Altran use the 5G network with unmanned aerial vehicles for people rescue
The loneliness faced by many older people in Spain is an issue that brings negative consequences for their well-being, which can directly affect the health and quality of life of this group.
Source: AERTEC, Blog Máster RPAS
SCR target drones provide service in 15 different countries
The Estonian Ministry of Defence recently signed a framework agreement under which the Spanish company SCR will supply and provide aerial target services. The contract, awarded by the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments, will last seven years and includes the acquisition of aerial targets, as well as the provision of operation and training services by the SCR team in collaboration with the local company Bristol Trust OÜ.
Source: SCR Drones
EASA – European Union Aviation Safety Agency publishes results of first EU study on citizens’ acceptance of Urban Air Mobility
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published results of the first study conducted in the European Union on Urban Air Mobility, showing that the majority of those questioned broadly welcome the prospect of services such as air taxis, air ambulances and drone deliveries but have concerns about potential issues such as safety, security, noise and the impact on wildlife.
Source: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
The emergence of unmanned ground systems
Last April, the Russian Army announced the creation of a first unit equipped with unmanned ground systems (UGS). It is an experimental unit equipped with systems from the Uran family, including versions weighing up to 12 tons, to cover different tactical missions. The combat version includes a turret armed with a 30 mm cannon and four Ataka-class anti-tank missiles. The smaller versions were tested in operations in Syria for general support and demining tasks.
Source: Info Defensa
The Ministry of Science and Innovation publishes the program that will provide financial support for CEUS
The CEUS project to install an unmanned vehicle center in the town of Moguer has taken another step in recent days toward its consolidation over the coming months and its commissioning in early 2023.
Source: Huelva Información
EASA has released a document about the Means Of Compliance with the Special Condition for VTOL aircrafts.
Source: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Aertec and CATEC join forces to develop autonomous drone swarms and technologies
Aertec, an international technology company specializing in aeronautics and defence and a preferred supplier of the Airbus group, and the Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies (Catec) have created a Joint Innovation Unit (UIC) called NT-Share, an initiative focused on industrial research with the aim of developing new disruptive technologies related to UAS.
Source: Info Defensa
The Regional Government states that CEUS continues its administrative procedures and works are expected by the end of the year
The Regional Minister for Economy, Knowledge, Business and University in the Andalusian Government, Rogelio Velasco, highlighted on Monday the project for the Center for Testing and Experimentation of Unmanned Aircraft (CEUS), which will be installed in the municipality of Moguer (Huelva) and is pending the Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) by the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA). Thus, the project continues with its administrative procedures and works are expected to begin “at the end of this year.”
Source: La Vanguardia
Start of execution work on the CEUS project
The inauguration ceremony for the execution work on the CEUS project took place at El Arenosillo (Huelva), the UAV Testing Center that the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) will develop in the “La Atalaya” area, in the municipality of Moguer.
Source: INTA
SCR arrives at FEINDEF 2021 after surpassing the milestone of one thousand systems produced since its founding
The company, which designs and manufactures all its unmanned systems in San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid), has just surpassed one thousand units produced since its creation in 1994.
SCR specializes in the development of target drones, systems intended for Armed Forces training, and also has a high-performance UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) line.
SCR, a pioneering company in the national unmanned systems industry, attends the second edition of FEINDEF after recently reaching one thousand units produced since the company’s founding in 1994.
Source: scrdrones.com
The University of Huelva highlights its leading role in achieving the Ceus project
The University of Huelva is playing a “leading role” in the development of the future Center for Testing, Training and Assembly of Unmanned Aircraft (CEUS), which the Ministry of Defence, through the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), is building at its Arenosillo facilities in Moguer.
Source: Cope
ENAC accredits Alter Technology for drone assessment in the open category
The National Accreditation Body (ENAC) has granted accreditation to Alter Technology to assess the conformity of certain categories of drones, in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/945. Alter Technology thus becomes the first accredited body to carry out this activity in both Spain and Europe.
Source: Actualidad Aeroespacial
Easy Access Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and Regulation (EU) 2019/945)
This publication contains the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft displayed in a consolidated, easy-to-read format with advanced navigation features through links and bookmarks.
It covers the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, the related acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM), as well as the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems.
Source: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
European drone-airspace integration project kicks off
GMV has been awarded the SUGUS project (Solution for E-GNSS U Space Service), which aims to speed the adoption of GNSS and Galileo in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) segment and ensure safe airspace access by unmanned aircraft.
Source: GPS World
EASA publishes proposed standards for certification of light drones
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published a proposal of airworthiness standards for the certification of the vast majority of light unmanned aircraft. These standards will greatly contribute to the safe operation of drones for a wide variety of services, such as parcel delivery in urban environments, railways and power lines inspection or delivery of essential supplies into crisis zones.
Source: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
EASA published FAQs on European drones regulation
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency published its first set of FAQs on the European drones regulation: Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945. With the regulation becoming applicable on December 31, 2020, phase 1 of the FAQs focuses on the Open and Specific category and is designed to support the drone community in flying and operating drones safely.
Source: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
The Regional Government will allocate 60 million euros in European aid to promote CEUS
CEUS for the province of Huelva will play a priority role among the projects included in the first tranche requested by the Andalusian Government from the European Union under the Next Generation program. In total, the regional government will request funds worth 567 million euros to boost Andalusia’s aerospace industry. The development of the sector is a strategic axis of regional recovery policy.
Source: Huelva Información
Airbus develops a UAV launcher for the A400M aircraft
Airbus Defence & Space has presented a new feature for the A400M: a UAV launcher for launching this type of aircraft from the plane in mid-flight. The UAV Launcher project has been developed through cooperation between Airbus, DLR, Geradts and SFL.
Source: Info Defensa
Europe tests the future of urban air mobility with the AMU-LED project
The presence in our cities of air taxis, goods-delivery drones or unmanned emergency systems is increasingly close to becoming a reality. In this regard, urban air mobility (UAM) will help us create more sustainable and intelligent cities.
Source: Actualidad Aeroespacial
Minister Pedro Duque commits to financing and promoting the CEUS project
The project for a Center for Unmanned Aircraft Testing (CEUS), which has been intended for several years to be installed in the town of Moguer, has taken an unexpected turn in recent days with the appearance of a new player. As Huelva Información has been able to confirm, the head of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Pedro Duque, personally expressed at the end of last December his interest not only in the development and promotion of the project, but also in its financing.
Source: Huelva Información
Ángeles Martín Prats: “Science and technology need women”
María Ángeles Martín Prats. Seville, 1971. Daughter and granddaughter of military personnel, as a child she dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot. She changed plans, studied Physics, teaches Avionics at the University and leads a cutting-edge company that secures EU projects. And she keeps receiving awards.
Source: El Mundo
Embention and Dronetech collaborate in order to carry out the Pelican project
Embention collaborates with Dronetech to improve their hybrid aircraft concept, combining a dual engine fixed wing layout, with eight electric motors, enabling vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. These motors are installed on highly aerodynamic pods located under the aircraft wings, allowing both, conventional fixed wing and vertical takeoff and landing flight modes.
Source: Embention
The drone industry in Spain will exceed 1.5 billion euros in 2050
Spain is one of the countries in the world with the highest number of drone operators. The Strategic Plan for the Development of the Civil Drone Sector in Spain predicts that the fleet of professional-use drones could exceed 51,400 aircraft in 2035 and reach 53,500 in 2050, which would generate an economic impact of 1.220 billion euros in 2035 and 1.520 billion in 2050.
Source: Actualidad Aeroespacial
Application of fuel-cell-based hybrid power systems in unmanned vehicles
Unmanned vehicles are becoming key elements in numerous Defence-related missions. In these applications, mission requirements and the performance the vehicle must deliver are fundamental criteria to consider when selecting the onboard propulsion and energy storage system.
Source: Blog Máster RPAS
Amazon conveys to INTA its interest in the development of the CEUS project
The CEUS project is gaining momentum again with the arrival of a new player. According to Huelva Información, the distribution giant Amazon, through its representatives in Spain, has conveyed to the National Institute for Aerospace Technology its interest in developing the project in the town of Moguer.
Source: Huelva Información
Everis ADS and SCR will present the new Scrab III aerial target at FEINDEF
The International Defence and Security Fair, held from May 29 to 31 at Ifema (Madrid), will feature everis Aerospace, Defence and Security, which will bring its products and services to this first edition.
Source: Fly News
The Hy2Green project, led by UHU, is presented to other institutions
The `Hy2Green´ project, led by the University of Huelva and funded under Key Action 2 (KA203) of the Erasmus+ program, is approaching the end of the academic year after months of work in which progress has continued on the work previously carried out by the entire consortium of universities and companies that make it up, with the stated aim of improving theoretical and practical knowledge of hydrogen technologies and renewable energies as key systems within the green energy model proposed by the European Union.
Source: Huelva Ya
A selection of the most original and unique master's degrees
Learning leaves the classroom, specializes and diversifies to unsuspected limits. Theory matters, but there is a clear commitment to direct experience and practice. That is the added value of many master’s degrees and, above all, of some very singular ones because of their subject matter, their distinctive features, their novelty in responding to new market demands, their uniqueness or their design for students with different interests.
Source: ABC
Velasco: CEUS will position Andalusia “as one of Europe's main aerospace hubs”
The Regional Minister for Economy, Knowledge, Business and University of the Andalusian Government, Rogelio Velasco, stated this Thursday in parliament that the reactivation and renewed momentum given to the Center of Excellence of Unmaned System (CEUS) project on the grounds of El Arenosillo, in Huelva, “will position Andalusia as one of Europe’s main aerospace hubs, together with other benchmarks such as Toulouse and Hamburg,” given the specific weight that this sector already has in the autonomous community.
Source: La Vanguardia
High aeronautical technology against the Asian hornet
The Drone Velutina 2.0 project, developed by the company Aerocamaras, will receive nearly one million euros to promote the detection and neutralization of Asian hornet nests with drones. The Galician company Aerocamaras was selected this Friday among the winners of the BFAero (Business Factory Aero) business acceleration projects.
Source: La Voz de Galicia
Wake's Fulmar engineering platform chooses UAV Navigation autopilots
Fulmar is a marine-use UAV developed by the Spanish manufacturer Wake Engineering. This unique UAV can be launched from a ship and is currently used by the Spanish Army, among others.
Source: Hispaviacion
European Plan for Aviation Safety 2020 – 2024
The EPAS, a key component of the European Aviation Safety Programme, provides a coherent and transparent framework for safety management at regional and State level, supporting the goals and objectives of the ICAO Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP).
Source: sUAS News
Fada-Catec coordinates an autonomous air mobility project
Fada-Catec coordinates the iMOV3D project, which focuses on the development of advanced technologies and functionalities related to autonomous air mobility by applying a disruptive solution.
Source: Actualidad Aeroespacial
Major aeronautical and technology companies show interest in CEUS
A good example of the significance that the CEUS unmanned aircraft project will have for the province of Huelva is the names of the companies that have already expressed interest in using its facilities once they are fully operational.
Source: Huelva Información
José Manuel Andújar: “The CEUS project is the third industrial revolution in Huelva”
From his university perspective, the Professor of Systems and Automation Engineering at the University of Huelva explains the opportunities that the implementation of the unmanned aircraft center in the province will bring.
The four letters that will make up, if everyone plays their part, the unmanned flight experimentation center, the CEUS project, have never been pronounced more emphatically.
Source: Huelva Información
EMSA flies its RPAS in Huelva for SAR actions
The Ministry of Public Works has reported that the RPAS of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) are carrying out the first flights in Huelva for pollution control, search and rescue (SAR). These actions will be carried out until March. The specific flight scenarios are being carried out with the essential cooperation of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA).
Source: Info Dron
José Manuel Andújar: “Terminator science fiction? By 2050, robots will make themselves”
To begin with, let’s look back, specifically to 1984. James Cameron showed the world that year the story of “Terminator,” a killer cyborg sent through time from the year 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, played by Linda Hamilton. The basis of everything was that in 2029 the world would be dominated by machines, which would have pushed humans into a corner under their rule. A future of science fiction? Perhaps not so much.
Source: eldiario.es
The present of artificial intelligence points to a future of major changes
Artificial intelligence is a trendy, highly current topic. It is the future, but it is also the present. That is why it is one of the most interesting areas within the varied program of summer courses at the International University of Andalusia, at its La Rábida campus, which conclude today after several weeks of development.
Source: Huelva Información
The CEUS Project (Centre of Excellence for Unmaned Systems) and Aerospace Development will be located in Huelva
A few days ago, Deputy Ministers of the Andalusian Government visited INTA (National Institute for Aerospace Technology) in Madrid to agree on an action protocol and establish a monitoring committee for the CEUS project (Centre of Excellence for Unmaned Systems) in El Arenosillo, which is expected to have a major socioeconomic impact on the province of Huelva and the consequent demand for specialized professionals.
Source: Alter Technology Group
The new director of INTA gets involved in the CEUS project
The president of the Provincial Council of Huelva, Ignacio Caraballo, received yesterday the new director of INTA-Cedea (El Arenosillo Experimentation Center), aviation colonel Carlos Maestro Fernández, who recently took up the position. Both exchanged views on different projects of interest to the province of Huelva, especially the project for the Center for Testing and Experimentation of Unmanned Systems (CEUS).
Source: Huelva Información
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group II/71 led a Mistral missile exercise at Médano del Loro
Mistral Group II/71 of Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment No. 71, based in Fuencarral (Madrid), carried out the direction, coordination and execution of the annual live-fire exercise with Mistral missiles from March 19 to 22 at the “Médano del Loro” Maneuver and Firing Range facilities (Huelva).
Source: defensa.com
MIURA-1 will be launched from INTA’s El Arenosillo Experimentation Center in 2019
MIURA 1, the suborbital rocket developed by PLD Space, will be launched from «El Arenosillo» Experimentation Center (CEDEA), of INTA, during the third quarter of 2019. This technological demonstrator, whose development began in 2011, is designed to provide scientific and commercial access to space from Spain.
Source: Space Daily
A Spanish Army Chinook climbs to 17,000 feet to support an aerospace test
A Chinook from Maneuver Helicopter Battalion V climbed to 17,000 feet, an altitude never before reached by one of these helicopters in Spain, to assist in the recovery tests of a rocket being carried out by the National Institute for Aerospace Technology at the El Arenosillo facilities in Huelva on April 11.
Source: defensa.com
The Army tests the Fulmar RPAS at San Gregorio
The Spanish Army has carried out an intense flight campaign with the remotely piloted system (RPAS) Fulmar from Thales Spain during the recent exercises of the Headquarters Battalion (Boncg) of the Aragón Brigade at the San Gregorio maneuver field in Zaragoza.
Source: Info Defensa
Catec participates in the European ‘Domus’ project, which will conduct tests for drone integration into airspace
The Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies (FADA-Catec) is participating in the new European ‘Domus’ project, an initiative led by Enaire (the air navigation management company under the Ministry of Public Works), which aims to carry out in Spain, and more specifically in Andalusia, “one of the most advanced demonstrations” of operation of the so-called ‘U-space,’ the European drone traffic management system, which “will be responsible for integrating them with manned aircraft operations and access to airspace.”
Source: Europa Press
The University of Huelva designs the first smart power grid in Indonesia
Members of the Control and Robotics Research Group, TEP 192, of the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Huelva (ETSI), led by Professor José Manuel Andújar, are designing the first smart power grid (smart grid) to be built in Indonesia, which is also made up of exclusively renewable sources, so it will not pollute the environment. This grid will be implemented in the Asian country by the Huelva-based company Kemtecnia, which works with the University’s research group on numerous projects, transferring the group’s scientific and technological developments to the market and society in general.
Source: Diario de Huelva
Research projects at UHU take flight
More than seven unmanned aerial vehicles were exhibited today in the hall of the José Isidoro Morales lecture building during the presentation of the two projects that the University of Huelva, through the Higher Technical School of Engineering, the Master’s Degree in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) of the Ministry of Defence, have carried out jointly over recent months.
Source: Aula Magna
The Andalusian “Cape Canaveral” will launch rockets again
The company PLD Space may once again consolidate INTA’s base at El Arenosillo as a site for rocket launches. This firm, founded in 2011 within Miguel Hernández University of Elche by entrepreneurs Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, is backed by the JME Venture Capital fund (led by José Manuel Entrecanales), the aeronautical company Aciturri and the aerospace group GMV.
Source: ABC de Sevilla
Your mobile network can now be used to fly a drone
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a superdrone! At least when it comes to cutting-edge technology. When it lands among the olive trees of an estate in the Sevillian countryside, we see that it is a simple polyurethane aircraft with a wingspan of 1.3 meters. Appearances are deceiving: beneath its simple shell lies the technology of the future: a drone controlled through the telephone network.
Source: eldiario.es
General Salom (INTA): “The Milano is now ready to make its first flights”
Lieutenant General José María Salom Piqueres has headed Spain’s main Defence research organization, the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), since December. At its facilities throughout Spain, from Lugo to Huelva via Madrid, the center works in various fields such as land, naval, aeronautical and space.
Source: Info Defensa
Spain orders Thales unmanned air systems
Spain’s Directorate-General for Armament and Material (DGAM) has awarded Thales two contracts to supply unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms to the Spanish Navy and Army.
Source: Air & Cosmos International
Project Uses Drones to Scan the Needs of Every Tree
Olive groves in Huelva and Southern Portugal are the focus of Tecnolivo, a research project which examines the use of precision technology for the management and supervision of olive tree cultivation with a view to maximizing research, technological development and innovation to generate business in the olive sector.
Source: Olive OilTimes
Insitu presents its new Scaneagle 3 in Huelva
The North American manufacturer Insitu, owned by Boeing, presented today at INTA’s facilities in El Arenosillo, Huelva, the most advanced version of its Scaneagle drone, the 3, designed to develop civil applications.
Source: Fly News
Aertec's Tarsis 75 passes automatic operations at INTA
The unmanned aerial system (UAS) Tarsis 75 from Aertec Solutions has successfully tested its ability to carry out fully automatic operations from a non-conventional runway. Specifically, the flight was carried out from Mazagón beach, at the facilities of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) at the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center.
Source: Info Defensa
AERTEC’s TARSIS RPAS Completes Automated Operations from Sand
AERTEC Solutions has reached a new technological milestone in the RPAS sector in Spain with its unmanned fixed-wing aerial platform TARSIS 75. This RPAS, built in carbon fibre, has made a complete and automatic operation in the Arenosillo area, on the beach of Mazagón (Huelva) , thus expanding its range of capabilities in unconventional operation areas.
TARSIS 75 is the first RPAS in its category to successfully complete a full automatic operation on beach sand in Europe.
Source: sUAS News
El Arenosillo celebrates half a century with a growing scientific level
At the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center (Cedea) of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), a dozen multidisciplinary scientists work to measure meteorological parameters such as wind direction and speed, check coordinates and calculate trajectories.
Source: Huelva Información
Benito A. de la Morena (UHU): “We want to be a bridge between the university and companies in the sector”
The University of Huelva (UHU) has Spain’s only university master’s degree exclusively specialized in remotely piloted aerial systems. Its teaching staff, from the Huelva academic institution, the School of Aeronautical Engineers of the University of Seville, INTA and various international entities in the sector, maintains as one of its priorities the professional development of its students in the UAV/RPAS industry. Benito A. de la Morena, scientific director of INTA’s ‘El Arenosillo’ Experimentation Center for almost 40 years, is currently deputy director of the master’s degree. Despite his busy schedule, he agreed to discuss with Infodron.es some details and important aspects of this training program, which is so interesting for the sector.
Source: Info Dron
The University of Huelva wins a national intelligent control and robotics competition
A team from the University of Huelva (UHU), made up of professors José Manuel Andújar Márquez and Antonio Javier Barragán Piña, together with Electronic Engineering degree student Eduardo Camacho Ramos, won the Intelligent Control Competition held on June 22 and 24 at the University of Oviedo, within the framework of the 12th Intelligent Control Symposium in Gijón.
Source: Europa Press
The Regional Government highlights the “solid” base of Huelva's industry and describes the CEUS project as “strategic”
The Regional Minister for Employment, Business and Trade, José Sánchez Maldonado, highlighted this Tuesday the “solid and diversified” industrial base of the province of Huelva, made up of traditional and emerging sectors “that have not yet reached their ceiling and have high growth potential.” After highlighting the potential of the Huelva sector, the minister made clear the Regional Government’s commitment to the Center for Unmanned Aircraft (CEUS) project, which he described as “strategic.”
Source: 20 Minutos
Researchers from Spain and Portugal will use drones to study precision olive cultivation
A group of experts, made up of Spanish and Portuguese researchers, through the European project “Technologies for the management and supervision of olive cultivation” (TecnOlivo), will promote research, technological development and innovation in olive groves based on novel precision agriculture techniques using drones.
Source: Mercacei
100% of drone master's students are hired
The Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Huelva held this Thursday a presentation day for training and research projects in the hall of the José Isidoro Morales lecture building. Among them is the Master’s Degree in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), in which “100 percent of students are hired.”
Source: Huelva Ya
Job placement among drone master's students is around 100%
Job placement among students of the University Master’s Degree in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) at the University of Huelva “is practically 100%.” This was stated by the director of the postgraduate course, Juan Manuel Andújar, who indicated that “there is more demand from companies than we have students.” It is the only master’s degree specialized in medium and large RPAS in Spain and Europe.
Source: Huelva Información
The University of Huelva wins the National Intelligent Control Competition again
The team from the University of Huelva has achieved its third victory in the National Intelligent Control Competition, organized by the Spanish Committee of Automation (CEA), remaining undefeated in this competition, which it has won every time it has participated. As always, the University of Huelva team has been prepared, funded and presented by the research group Control and Robotics; TEP 192, led by Professor José Manuel Andújar.
Source: Aula Magna
UHU will use drones to research precision olive cultivation
The University of Huelva, through the European research project ‘Technologies for the management and supervision of olive cultivation (0115_TECNOLIVO_6_E), will promote research, technological development and innovation in this crop based on novel precision agriculture techniques using drones.
Source: Huelva Ya
The University of Huelva designs the first smart power grid in Indonesia
Members of the Control and Robotics Research Group, TEP 192, of the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Huelva (ETSI), led by Professor José Manuel Andújar, are designing the first smart power grid (smart grid) to be built in Indonesia, which is also made up of exclusively renewable sources, so it will not pollute the environment. This grid will be implemented in the Asian country by the Huelva-based company Kemtecnia, which works with the University’s research group on numerous projects, transferring the group’s scientific and technological developments to the market and society in general.
Source: Diario de Huelva
Thales tests its identification, surveillance and reconnaissance systems at INTA's El Arenosillo facilities
Thales Programas carried out this week at the facilities of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) in El Arenosillo, Huelva, demonstration sessions of its identification, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. During the tests, the capabilities of the Fulmar unmanned aerial vehicle, the GECKO long-range electro-optical sensor, the Ground Observer GO80 radar, the Catherine family thermal cameras and the Advance command and control system were presented. These tests were attended by units of the State Security Forces and Corps, private companies and foreign Armed Forces, as well as units of the French parent group Thales with a view to marketing them in third countries.
Source: defensa.com
Spanish scientists design a simpler and more economical hydrogen fuel cell
The University of Huelva research describes the construction process of the device, with applications for the automotive sector, and simplifies cooling and hydrogen pressure at the fuel cell inlet.
Source: ABC
The president of aerospace firm Skylife Engineering, María Ángeles Martín Prats, chosen among Spain's Top 100 Women Leaders
The president of the aerospace company Skylife Engineering, María Ángeles Martín Prats, has been chosen among Spain’s Top 100 Women Leaders, a recognition awarded each year to the most outstanding and influential women in our country, intended to recognize and reward their careers in their different fields of activity.
Source: Euro Medio Grupo
Students visit INTA and Airbus
The group of students from the Master’s in RPAS visited the INTA facilities in Torrejón de Ardoz and Airbus in Getafe as part of the training program they have been receiving since the start of the course. The students were accompanied by the Master’s director, University of Huelva professor José Manuel Andújar, Deputy Director for Coordination and Companies Benito de la Morena, and professor Antonio Mesa Fortun.
Source: Huelva Ya
Leading aeronautical and space engineering companies seek talent among RPAS master's students
The Andalusian “Historias de Luz 2014” awards include two finalist research projects from the University of Huelva. This regional call, in its first edition, aims to recognize and reward people who, personally or through their participation in companies, groups, institutions or public or private organizations, contribute innovative projects at a scientific level in the areas of Culture, Education, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Health, Solidarity, Sustainability and Tourism.
Source: Huelva Hoy
Two research projects from UHU's Control and Robotics group are finalists in the “Historias de Luz 2014” awards
The main companies in the aeronautical and space sector will arrive at the University of Huelva this Wednesday to seek talent over the next 15 days among students of the Master’s Degree in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), directed by Professor José Manuel Andújar, Professor of Systems Engineering and Automation at the University of Huelva.
Source: 20 Minutos
The Drone Master's Degree will bring together more than 50 experts to train Spain's first 30 engineers
This Master’s Degree in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) at the University of Huelva is pioneering in Continental Europe.
Source: Huelva Buenas Noticias
UHU presents Spain's first master's degree to train drone experts
The University of Huelva will become the first in the country to offer a Master’s Degree in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), commonly known as drones. This master’s degree is not only pioneering in Spain, but also in Continental Europe, as the only comparable training is offered at Cranfield University, in Great Britain.
Source: Aula Magna
A pioneering master's degree on drones starts in Spain
The Master’s Degree in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems will be taught at the University of Huelva.
It is not only the first of its kind in Spain, but also the first in continental Europe.
It consists of 1,000 hours of training (100 credits), divided into 520 hours (52 credits) of theoretical and practical classes taught in classrooms and laboratories.
Source: 20 Minutos
Arenosillo: 20 years of unmanned aircraft
The seed of the future drone center lies in the equipment housed at Cedea in Mazagón, a leading center in trajectory measurement. It is now working on two pilotless INTA models: ‘Alo’ and ‘Diana’.
Source: Diario de Sevilla
A university team from Huelva builds a robot based on a NASA prototype
The Control and Robotics research group at the Higher Polytechnic School of La Rábida is working on the manufacture of a robot prototype based on the model that NASA sent to Mars to collect samples on the red planet.
Source: El País
