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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 an unmanned aircraft testing and research center under the auspices of INTA (National Institute for Aerospace Technology). It occupies an area of 75 hectares within the municipality of Moguer and has a budget of 28 million euros.
Source: Huelva Información
Airbus tests in Huelva the in-flight refueling of its most advanced drones
Airbus Defence and Space and the company's wholly owned subsidiary Airbus UpNext have achieved autonomous in-flight guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT, a mid-air refueling tanker aircraft.
Source: Huelva Información
The Junta highlights that CEUS (Huelva) will "consolidate" Andalusia's position in the aerospace sector worldwide
The Councilor for University, Research and Innovation, José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, and the Councilor for Industrial Policy and Energy, Jorge Paradela, have assured that the CEUS project to be developed in the province of Huelva "will consolidate Andalusia's position in the aerospace sector as the third pole in Europe, after Toulouse and Hamburg".
Source: Europa Press
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 Defense expects the facility to be operational before the end of the year. They are targeting November for this. All the earthworks are complete, the foundations of the hangar area are almost finished and the taxiways and launching runways are pending pavement for their subsequent asphalting.
Source: Huelva Información
The University of Huelva trains its RPAS master's degree students at CEUS
The University of Huelva (UHU) offers a master's degree specialized in unmanned aerial systems with a total of 30 places. This course is especially linked to the Unmanned Systems Test Center for medium and large unmanned systems, CEUS, where the University is training students. The objective is to project their professional future and to introduce them to the ecosystem of companies in the national and international aeronautical sector.
Source: Info Dron
Sánchez highlights the commitment to put Spain at the forefront of the aerospace industry and make the sector "a true state policy".
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has underlined the Government's commitment to "put 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 highlighted the strategic nature of the aerospace sector for the productive and industrial transformation of our country, and the Government's objective of making it "a true State policy".
Source: La Moncloa
The Secretary of Innovation visits Fulmar at Grupo CPS facilities
The General Secretary for Innovation, Teresa Riesgo, visited last week the main headquarters of the CPS Group, located in the Tecnogetafe technology park, which has an area of 11,500 m². This consortium includes companies such as PSI, CP, Hormiebro, Sistem or Wake, the latter manufacturer of unmanned systems such as the Fulmar, which was shown during the visit together with all the necessary elements for its operation both on land and on board.
Source: Info Dron
UAV Navigation launches new version of its flight control system
The new Version 9 of the UAV Navigation 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 functionality that allows UAS manufacturers to expand the capabilities of their platform.
Source: Avion Revue International
Drone company Ehang and Catec successfully complete BAUD project under ICEX '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 Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (Catec).
Source: La Vanguardia
White Paper on R&D&I for unmanned aviation in Spain
Guessing the future has always been a utopian aspiration of mankind and although in the early 80's the possibility of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for civil and military uses began to be considered, no one could foresee in those years the exponential growth in the applications of UAS or drones.
Source: State Aviation Safety Agency
The "delivery" of the future experimental aircraft of the Ministry of Defense.
The Ministry of Defense will have an advanced Airbus C295 aircraft specialized in conducting experiments in the second half of next year, although until that moment arrives, an act of "delivery" of the platform has just taken place for propaganda purposes.
Source: Moncloa
AERTEC leads IMASAT project that will revolutionize avionics
The Spanish company AERTEC is leading the European project IMASAT (Integrated Modular Avionics for Small Air Transport), which is developing a smaller, lighter and more powerful on-board computer compared to the current systems on the market, and which improves the concept of integrated modular avionics (IMA, Integrated Modular Avionics) for aircraft with between six and 19 passengers.
Source: Aerospace News
What you need to know to fly a FPV drone
First person flying (FPV) has become a way for many enthusiasts to get started in the industry. You've probably seen hundreds of reels on Instagram, Tiktok or YouTube, or maybe you've come across an FPV pilot in a park and you're dying of curiosity to try it out.
What few people know before getting started with these UAS, is that they are not like the standard ones, and it takes a bit more preparation and skill. Starting to fly drones can seem intimidating, that's why we have created this article in which we will tell you everything you need to know to fly a FPV drone.
Source: Aerocamaras
Drones against poaching in O Grove, Pontevedra
"We have a problem with poaching that is accentuated especially when the good weather and summer arrives" denounces Victor Prieto, head of the O Grove (Pontevedra) fish rangers. That is why they have decided to take action on the matter and the fishermen's guild of San Martiño has included a drone in its arsenal to deal with the illegal collection of shellfish.
Source: Antena3 News
What is required to fly a drone in Spain?
Drone flights in Spain is a highly controlled activity that requires multiple permits to be carried out legally. For this reason, several industry experts have gathered in a webinar where they have explained what are the requirements to carry out this type of flights.
Source: Digital Aviation
Aerocamaras drones key to mine clearance in Angola
The mining industry is stepping on the gas with the incorporation of drones as a fundamental support for its activities. The Spanish company Aerocamaras is a benchmark in the provision of this service, and is currently involved in several international projects with its drones, both in inspection and topographic survey and surveillance activities in mining areas.
Source: Interempresas.net - inGEOpres
Understanding how the new U-space will enable the safe integration of drones in the European airspace
Source: European Authority for aviation safety (EASA)
Why should the Spanish Space Agency go to 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 host the headquarters of the new space agency.
Source: Huelva Información
Drones and Homeland Security - A Multidimensional Study
The 2019 National Aerospace Safety Strategy includes among its lines of action the promotion of the regulatory development of the civilian use of remotely piloted aircraft to ensure 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: Department of Homeland Security
National Action Plan published for U-space Deployment to integrate drones into airspace
The extraordinary progress of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) sector globally demands a complete transformation of the air transport system as it was known until now, based on automation and digitalization, with less dependence on the human factor.
Source: State Aviation Safety Agency
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 cabs and deliveries for medical reasons have broad acceptance from EU citizens, and they will most likely be the first to be implemented.
Source: European Authority for aviation safety (EASA)
NATO and EU confirm their participation in the seventh edition of UNVEX
The seventh edition of UNVEX, the largest drone event in Spain that will take place between September 14 and 16 at the Fibes exhibition center in Seville, not only has the support and participation of national institutions, but also numerous institutions of the European Union and NATO that will be present at the event through the Conference program.
Source: Info Dron
The University of Huelva opens the enrollment period for its RPAS master's degree program.
The University of Huelva (UHU) has already opened the deadline for enrollment in its master's degree specialized in unmanned aerial systems and has offered a total of 30 places.
This course is especially linked to the Center for testing unmanned systems for medium and large size, the CEUS, where the University will train students. The objective is to project their professional future and to introduce them to the ecosystem of companies in the national and international aeronautical sector.
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 it is fully operational, or 15 times the speed of sound. It will hover at the edge of outer space, at an altitude of 60 kilometers, and is initially intended for the transport of goods.
Source: Huelva Información
Spanish airfields that have been chosen to test Europe's aircrafts
In recent years, Spain has been chosen by some of our European neighbors as a test site for some flying vehicle companies, thus becoming the "low cost" aerospace runway of Europe.
Source: 20 Minutos
Juanma Moreno wants to make Huelva the European capital of green hydrogen
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, is committed to making Huelva the "capital of green hydrogen", a step on the way to achieving that "Andalusia is not energetically dependent on anyone" and a good opportunity to claim "research and innovation" both in the province and in the autonomous community. All this in a place like the Experimentation Center of El Arenosillo (Cedea), which depends on the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) and, therefore, on the Ministry of Defense, far away from its direct competences.
Source: Huelva Información
State-of-the-art drone facility to put Andalusia on the European map
Huelva will be connected to the rest of the world with one of the most futuristic facilities in Europe, the new CEUS (Center of Excellence of Unmanned Systems) will be a Test Center for UAVs, unmanned systems, unique in Europe and one of the most advanced in the world.
Source: Sputnik
The City Council of Moguer (Huelva) and INTA formalize the sale of CEUS land
The mayor of Moguer (Huelva), Gustavo Cuellar, and the general director of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), José María Salom, signed this Wednesday in Madrid the agreement for the sale of the 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
Airbus selects Aertec as 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 selection process of design engineering, manufacturing engineering and customer service suppliers EMES3, promoted by Airbus Group, has been resolved with the selection, among others, of this technological alliance of companies as a strategic supplier, with which both international firms join their capabilities and specialization in aerospace and digital engineering.
Source: El Economista
The Minister of Defense highlights the potential of the CEUS project in Moguer (Huelva), which "will be completed in 2023".
The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, visited this Monday the Experimentation Center of El Arenosillo, where she highlighted the potential of the CEUS project, which "will be finished in 2023". It is a "very important project, an example of modernity", she said.
Source: Europa Press
Pedro Duque states that the CEUS is "essential" for Spanish aeronautics
The former minister visits El Arenosillo and is proud to have promoted the collaboration between administrations that has made possible "this great project".
Source: Andalucía Información
ENAC accredits Alter Technology for the evaluation of drones in the open category.
The National Accreditation Body (ENAC) has granted accreditation to Alter Technology to assess the conformity of certain categories of drones, as established in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/945. Alter Technology thus becomes the first accredited body to perform this activity both in Spain and in Europe.
Source: Aerospace News
The University of Huelva highlights its leading role in the achievement of 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) that the Ministry of Defense, through the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), is building at its facilities in Arenosillo de Moguer.
Source: Cope
SCR arrives at FEINDEF 2021 after surpassing the milestone of one thousand systems produced since its foundation.
The company, which designs and manufactures all its unmanned systems in San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid), has just surpassed a thousand units produced since its creation in 1994.
SCR is specialized in the development of target drones, systems for training the Armed Forces, and also has a line of high performance UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems).
SCR, a pioneer company in the national industry of unmanned systems, attends the second edition of FEINDEF after having recently reached a thousand units produced since the company was founded in 1994.
Source: scrdrones.com
Commencement of CEUS project execution works
The inauguration ceremony of the CEUS project, the UAV Test Center that the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) will develop in the "La Atalaya" site, in the municipality of Moguer, took place in El Arenosillo (Huelva).
Source: INTA
Junta assures that the CEUS continues its administrative procedures and the works are expected to be completed by the end of the year
The Minister of Economy, Knowledge, Business and University in Junta de Andalucía, Rogelio Velasco, has highlighted this Monday the project of the Center for Testing and Experimentation of Unmanned Aircraft (CEUS), which will be installed in the municipality of Moguer (Huelva) and which is pending the Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) by the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA). Thus, the project continues with its administrative procedures and the works are expected to start "at the end of this year".
Source: La Vanguardia
Aertec and CATEC team up to develop swarms and autonomous drone technologies
Aertec, an international technology company specialized in aeronautics and defense and preferred supplier of the Airbus group, and the Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies (Catec) have created a Joint Innovation Unit (JIU) called NT-Share, an initiative focused on research in the industrial field with the aim of developing new disruptive technologies related to UAS.
Source: Defense Info
EASA has released a document about the Means Of Compliance with the Special Condition for VTOL aircrafts.
Source: European Authority for aviation safety (EASA)
The Ministry of Science and Innovation publishes the program that will provide financial coverage to CEUS
The CEUS project to install an unmanned vehicles center in the town of Moguer, has taken in recent days another step towards its consolidation over the coming months and its operation in early 2023.
Source: Huelva Información
The irruption of unmanned ground-based systems
Last April, the Russian Army announced the creation of the first unit equipped with unmanned ground systems (UGS). It is an experimental unit equipped with systems from the Uran family, including versions of up to 12 tons maximum weight, 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 in general support and mine clearance roles.
Source: Defense Info
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 Authority for aviation safety (EASA)
SCR's target drones serve in 15 different countries
The Estonian Ministry of Defense has recently signed a framework agreement under which the Spanish company SCR will supply and service aerial targets. The contract, awarded by the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments, will have a duration of seven years and covers the procurement of aerial targets, as well as the provision of operation and training services by SCR's team in collaboration with the local company Bristol Trust OÜ.
Source: SCR Drones
Vodafone, Red Cross and Altran use 5G network with unmanned aerial vehicles to rescue people
The loneliness faced by many elderly people in Spain is an issue that brings with it negative consequences for their integrity, which can directly affect the health and quality of life of this group.
Source: AERTEC, RPAS Master Blog
Airbus chooses CEUS for certification of all its drones
Airbus is also committed to the CEUS project. If a week ago it was the distribution giant Amazon who, as advanced Huelva Information, expressed its intentions to have the facilities of the center of unmanned vehicles that is projected in the town of Moguer to certify their drones, now is the European aeronautical company who has addressed the representatives of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology, to let them know their decision to have the same to proceed with the testing and certification of their drones.
Source: Huelva Información
Amazon expresses to INTA its interest in the development of the CEUS project
The CEUS project is once again gaining momentum with the entry of a new player on the scene. According to Huelva Información, the giant distribution company Amazon, through its representatives in Spain, has expressed its interest in the development of the project in the town of Moguer to the National Institute of Aerospace Technology.
Source: Huelva Información
Application of fuel cell-based hybrid power systems in unmanned vehicles.
Unmanned vehicles are becoming key elements in many defense-related missions. In these applications, the requirements of the mission and the performance that the vehicle must offer are fundamental criteria to be taken into account when selecting the propulsion and energy storage system on board.
Source: RPAS Master Blog
Drone industry in Spain to exceed 1.5 billion by 2050
Spain is one of the countries in the world with the largest number of drone operators. The Strategic Plan for the Development of the civil drone sector in Spain predicts that the fleet of drones for professional use could exceed 51,400 aircraft in 2035 and reach 53,500 in 2050, which would produce an economic impact of 1,220 million euros in 2035 and 1,520 million euros in 2050.
Source: Aerospace News
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
Ángeles Martín Prats: "Science and technology need women".
María Ángeles Martín Prats. Seville, 1971. Daughter and granddaughter of military men, as a child she dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot. She changed her plans, studied Physics, teaches Avionics at the University and leads a cutting-edge company that has won EU projects. And she keeps receiving awards.
Source: El Mundo
Minister Pedro Duque pledges to finance and promote the CEUS project
The project of an Unmanned Aircraft Test Center (CEUS) that for several years is intended to be installed in the town of Moguer has given in recent days an unexpected turn with the emergence of a new actor. As Huelva Información has been able to confirm, the head of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Pedro Duque, showed in a personal way at the end of last December his interest, not only for the development and promotion of the project, but also for its financing.
Source: Huelva Información
Europe tests the future of urban air mobility with the AMU-LED project
The presence in our cities of air cabs, drones for the delivery of goods or unmanned systems for emergencies is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality. In this sense, urban aerial mobility (UAM) will help us to create more sustainable and intelligent cities.
Source: Aerospace News
Airbus develops UAV launcher for A400M aircraft
Airbus Defence & Space has introduced a new feature on the A400M, a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) launcher to launch UAVs from the aircraft in mid-flight. The UAV Launcher project has been developed in cooperation between Airbus, DLR, Geradts and SFL.
Source: Defense Info
The Regional Government will allocate 60 million European aid to promote CEUS
The CEUS for the province of Huelva will occupy a priority role within the projects that will integrate the first of the items that the Junta de Andalucía is requesting from the European Union in the framework of the Next Generation program. In total, the regional government will request funds worth 567 million euros to boost the Andalusian aerospace industry. The development of the sector is a strategic axis of the regional recovery policy.
Source: Huelva Información
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 Authority for aviation safety (EASA)
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 Authority for aviation safety (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
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 Authority for aviation safety (EASA)
José Manuel Andújar: "The CEUS project is the third industrial revolution in Huelva".
From his university facet, the professor of Systems Engineering and Automation at the University of Huelva describes the opportunities that the implementation of the drone 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 more forcefully pronounced.
Source: Huelva Información
Leading aeronautics and technology companies are interested in CEUS
A good example of the importance that the CEUS drone project will have for the province of Huelva is the name of the companies that have already shown their interest in taking advantage of its facilities once they are fully operational.
Source: Huelva Información
Fada-Catec coordinates an autonomous aerial mobility project
Fada-Catec coordinates the iMOV3D project which focuses on the development of advanced technologies and functionalities related to autonomous aerial mobility by applying a disruptive solution.
Source: Aerospace News
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
Fulmar's Wake engineering platform chooses the autopilots of UAV Navigation
Fulmar is a marine 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
High aeronautical technology against the velutine moth
The Drone velutina 2.0 project, developed by the company Aerocamaras, will receive almost one million euros to promote the detection and neutralization of Asian wasp nests with drones. The Galician company Aerocamaras was selected this Friday among the winners in the business acceleration projects of BFAero (Business Factory Aero).
Source: La Voz de Galicia
Velasco: CEUS will position Andalusia "as one of the main aerospace poles in Europe".
The Minister of Economy, Knowledge, Business and University of the Andalusian Regional Government, Rogelio Velasco, said Thursday in parliament that the reactivation and new impetus given to the Center of Excellence of Unmanned System (CEUS) project on the grounds of El Arenosillo, in Huelva, "will place Andalusia as one of the main aerospace poles in Europe, along with other references such as Toulouse and Hamburg", given the specific weight that this sector already has in the autonomous community.
Source: La Vanguardia
A selection of the most original and unique master's degrees
Learning moves out of the classroom, specializes and diversifies to unsuspected limits. Theory is important, but there is a clear commitment to direct experience, to practice. This is the plus of many master's degrees and especially of some of them that are very unique because of their subject matter, their peculiarities, novel because they respond to new market demands, because they are unique or designed for students with other interests.
Source: ABC
The Hy2Green project, led by the UHU, is shown 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 it has continued to advance in the work already done previously among the entire consortium of universities and companies that comprise it and with the marked objective of improving the theoretical and practical knowledge on hydrogen technologies and renewable energies as key systems within the green energy model proposed by the European Union.
Source: Huelva Ya
Everis ADS and SCR will present the new Scrab III aerial target at FEINDEF
The International Defense and Security Fair, which will be held from May 29 to 31 at Ifema (Madrid), will be attended by everis Aerospace, Defense and Security, which will bring its products and services to this first edition.
Source: Fly News
Catec participates in the European project 'Domus', which will test the integration of drones in the airspace.
The Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies (FADA-Catec) is participating in the new European project 'Domus', an initiative led by Enaire (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 the operations of manned aircraft and access to airspace".
Source: Europa Press
Army tests Fulmar RPAS in San Gregorio
The Spanish Army has carried out an intensive flight campaign with the Fulmar remotely piloted aerial system (RPAS) of the company Thales España. Thales Spain during the recent maneuvers of the General Headquarters Battalion (Boncg) of the Aragon Brigade at the San Gregorio maneuvering field in Zaragoza.
Source: Defense Info
Army Chinook climbs to 17000 feet to assist in aerospace test
A Chinook from the Maneuvering Helicopter Battalion V climbed to 17,000 feet, an altitude never before reached by one of these helicopters in Spain, to assist in rocket recovery tests being conducted by the National Institute for Aerospace Technology at the El Arenosillo facility in Huelva on April 11.
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
The II/71 Antiaircraft Artillery Group led an exercise with Mistral missiles in Médano del Loro.
The Mistral II/71 Group of the 71st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, based in Fuencarral (Madrid), conducted the direction, coordination and execution of the annual live fire exercise with Mistral missiles, from March 19 to 22, at the "Médano del Loro" maneuvering and firing range (Huelva).
Source: defensa.com
INTA's new director gets involved in the CEUS project
The president of the Provincial Council of Huelva, Ignacio Caraballo, received yesterday the new director of INTA-Cedea (Experimentation Center of El Arenosillo), the aviation colonel Carlos Maestro Fernandez, who recently joined the position. Both exchanged views on various projects of interest to the province of Huelva, especially the project of the Center for Testing and Experimentation of Unmanned Systems (CEUS).
Source: Huelva Información
The CEUS (Centre of excellence for unmaned systems) and Aerospace Development Project will be located in Huelva.
A few days ago, Deputy Ministers of the Andalusian Regional Government visited the INTA (National Institute for Aerospace Technology) in Madrid, to agree on a protocol of actions and set up a monitoring committee for the CEUS (Centre of Excellence for Unmanned Systems) project in El Arenosillo, which is expected to have a great socio-economic impact on the province of Huelva and consequent labor demand for specialized professionals.
Source: Alter Technology Group
The present of artificial intelligence foresees a future of great change
Artificial intelligence is a trendy, topical subject. 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 the summer courses of the International University of Andalusia, at its headquarters in La Rábida, which culminate today, after several weeks of development.
Source: Huelva información
José Manuel Andújar: "Terminator science fiction? In 2050 robots will make themselves".
To begin with, let's look back to 1984 to be precise. James Cameron showed the world in that year the story of "Terminator", a killer cyborg sent through time from the year 2029 to 1984 to assassinate Sarah Connor, played by Linda Hamilton. The basis of it all was that in 2029 the world would be dominated by machines, which would have cornered humans under their command. A science fiction future? Maybe not so much.
Source: eldiario.es
EMSA flies RPAS in Huelva for SAR actions
The Ministry of Public Works has informed 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
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
Aertec's Tarsis 75 outperforms automatic operations at INTA
The Tarsis 75 unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Aertec Solutions, Inc. Aertec Solutions has successfully passed the test of its capacity to perform 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 Experimentation Center of El Arenosillo.
Source: Defense Info
Insitu presents in Huelva its new Scaneagle 3
The American manufacturer Insitu, owned by Boeing, has presented today at the INTA facilities in El Arenosillo, Huelva, the most advanced version of its Scaneagle drone, the 3, designed to develop civil applications.
Source: Fly News
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
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
General Salom (INTA): "The Milano is now ready for its first flights".
Lieutenant General Jose María Salom Piqueres has been in charge of Spain's main defense research organization, the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), since December. In its facilities spread throughout Spain, from Lugo to Huelva, passing through Madrid, the center works in various fields such as land, naval, aeronautical and space.
Source: Defense Info
Your cell phone network can now be used to fly a drone
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a superdron! At least, as far as cutting-edge technology is concerned. Landing among the olive groves of a farm in the countryside of Seville, we see that it is a simple polyurethane aircraft with a wingspan of 1.3 meters. Appearances are deceptive: under its simple casing, it hides the technology of the future: a drone controlled through the telephone network.
Source: eldiario.es
Andalusian "Cape Canaveral" to launch rockets again
The company PLD Space can once again consolidate the INTA base in El Arenosillo as an enclave for rocket launches. This firm, set up in 2011 within the 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 aeronautics firm Aciturri and the aerospace group GMV.
Source: ABC of Seville
Research projects at the UHU take flight
More than seven unmanned aerial vehicles have been exhibited today in the hall of the José Isidoro Morales lecture hall, during the presentation of the two projects that the University of Huelva, through the School of Engineering, the Master of Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) and the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) of the Ministry of Defense have carried out jointly in recent months.
Source: Aula Magna
Onubense designs the first smart grid in Indonesia
Members of the Control and Robotics Research Group , TEP 192, of the School of Engineering of the University of Huelva(ETSI), led by Professor José Manuel Andújar, are designing the firstsmart grid to be built in Indonesia, which is also integrated by exclusively renewable sources, so that it will not pollute the environment. This network will be implemented in the Asian country by the Huelva-based company Kemtecnia, which works with the Onubense Research Group on numerous projects, transferring the Group's scientific and technological developments to the market and society in general.
Source: Diario de Huelva
The UHU will use drones for research on precision olive tree cultivation
The University of Huelva, through the European research project 'Technologies for the management and monitoring of olive cultivation (0115_TECNOLIVO_6_E), will promote research, technological development and innovation in this fruit, based on novel techniques of precision agriculture using drones.
Source: Huelva Ya
The University of Huelva wins again the national Intelligent Control competition
The team from the University of Huelva has achieved its third victory in the National Intelligent Control Competition, organized by the Spanish Committee of Automatics (CEA), remaining undefeated in this competition, which it has won on all occasions in which it has participated. As always, the team from the University of Huelva has been prepared, financed and presented by the research group Control and Robotics;, TEP 192directed by Professor José Manuel Andújar.
Source: Aula Magna
Job placement of drone master's degree students is around 100%.
The labor market insertion of the students of the Master's Degree in Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), of 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 students we have". This is the only master's degree specialized in medium and large RPAS in Spain and Europe.
Source: Huelva Información
100% of drone master's degree students are hired
The School of Engineering of the University of Huelva has held this Thursday a day of presentation of training and research projects in the hall of the Aulario José Isidoro Morales. Among them is the Master of Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), in which "100 percent of the students are hired".
Source: Huelva Ya
Researchers from Spain and Portugal to study precision olive tree cultivation using drones
A group of experts, made up of Spanish and Portuguese researchers, through the European project "Technologies for the management and monitoring of olive cultivation" (TecnOlivo), will promote research, technological development and innovation in the olive grove, based on innovative precision agriculture techniques using drones.
Source: Mercacei
The Board highlights the "solid" base of Huelva's industry and describes the CEUS project as "strategic".
The Minister of Employment, Enterprise and Trade, José Sánchez Maldonado, highlighted Tuesday the "solid and diversified" industrial base of the province of Huelva, formed by traditional and emerging sectors "that have not yet reached their limits and have a high growth potential. After highlighting the potential of the Huelva sector, the Minister has made clear the commitment of the Board with the project of the Center for Unmanned Aircraft (CEUS), which has been described as "strategic".
Source: 20 Minutos
The University of Huelva wins a national contest on intelligent control and robotics
A team from the University of Huelva (UHU) formed by professors José Manuel Andújar Márquez and Antonio Javier Barragán Piña, together with the Electronic Engineering Degree student Eduardo Camacho Ramos, has been the winner of the Intelligent Control Competition held on June 22 and 24 at the University of Oviedo, within the framework of the XII Symposium on Intelligent Control in Gijón.
Source: Europa Press
Benito A. de la Morena (UHU): "We want to be a bridge between the university and the companies in the sector".
The University of Huelva (UHU) has the only university master's degree specialized exclusively in remotely piloted aerial systems in Spain. Its faculty, coming from the academic institution of Huelva, the School of Aeronautical Engineers of the University of Seville, INTA and several international entities of 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 manager of INTA's 'El Arenosillo' Experimentation Center for almost 40 years, is currently deputy director of the master's program. Despite his busy schedule, he has agreed to discuss with Infodron.es some details and important aspects of this very interesting training program for the sector.
Source: Info Dron
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 are busy measuring meteorological parameters such as wind direction and speed, checking coordinates and calculating trajectories.
Source: Huelva Información
Thales tests its identification, surveillance and reconnaissance systems at INTA's El Arenosillo facility.
Thales Programas has carried out this week at the facilities of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) in El Arenosillo, Huelva, a demonstration 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 thermal cameras of the Catherine family and the Advance command and control system were presented. These tests have been witnessed 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 its commercialization in third countries.
Source: defensa.com
Spanish scientists design a simpler and cheaper hydrogen fuel cell
The University of Huelva research describes the construction process of the device with automotive applications, and simplifies the cooling and hydrogen pressure at the stack inlet.
Source: ABC
The president of the aerospace firm Skylife Engineering, María Ángeles Martín Prats, chosen among the top 100 leading women in Spain.
The president of the aerospace company Skylife Engineering, María Ángeles Martín Prats, has been chosen among the Top 100 Women Leaders of Spain, a recognition that every year is awarded to the most outstanding and influential women in our country and with which they want to recognize and reward their career in their different fields of action.
Source: Euro Medio Group
Students visit INTA and Airbus
The group of students of the Master in RPAS have visited the facilities of INTA in Torrejón de Ardoz and Airbus in Getafe as part of the training program they have been receiving since the beginning of the course. The students have been accompanied by the director of the Master, the professor of the University of Huelva José Manuel Andújar, the deputy director of Coordination and Companies Benito de la Morena and the professor Antonio Mesa Fortun.
Source: Huelva Ya
Leading aeronautical and space engineering companies seek talent among RPAS master's degree students
The Andalusian awards "Historias de Luz 2014" have two finalist research projects from the University of Huelva. This regional call, in its First Edition, aims to recognize and reward people, who in their personal capacity, or from their participation in companies, groups, institutions or public or private organizations, contribute with innovative projects at scientific level in the areas of Culture, Education, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Health, Solidarity, Sustainability and Tourism.
Source: Huelva Hoy
Two research projects of the Control and Robotics group of the UHU finalists of the "Stories of Light 2014" awards.
The main companies of the aeronautical and space sector will arrive at the University of Huelva this Wednesday to look for talent, during the next 15 days, among the students of the Master in Remotely Piloted Aerial 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 the first 30 engineers in Spain
This Master in Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) of the University of Huelva is a pioneer in Continental Europe.
Source: Huelva Buenas Noticias
The UHU presents the first master's degree in Spain to train experts in drones
The University of Huelva will become the first in the country to offer a Master's Degree in Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), commonly known as drones. This Master is not only a pioneer in Spain, but also in Continental Europe, since the only training comparable to this one is given at Cranfield University, in Great Britain.
Source: Aula Magna
Pioneering master's degree on drones launched in Spain
The Master in Remotely Piloted Aerial 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 between 520 hours (52 credits) of theoretical and practical classes taught in classrooms and laboratories.
Source: 20 Minutos
Arenosillo: 20 years of drones
The germ of the future drone center is in the equipment housed at Cedea de Mazagón, leader in trajectory trajectory. It is now working on two pilotless models of INTA: '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 of the Escuela Politécnica Superior de la Rábida is working on the manufacture of a robot prototype based on the model that NASA sent to Mars to acquire samples on the red planet.
Source: El País