SA2 Project - Sibat
SA2 Project - Sibat
SA2 Project - Sibat
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<strong>SA2</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
Autonomous Aerial System
PRaECURSOR, LDA<br />
Born in Feb 2006<br />
– One Army Officer (Ret)<br />
– Two Professors from Universidade<br />
de Aveiro<br />
Technology Support Company<br />
Applied Research<br />
Knowledge on Electronics,<br />
Communications, Precision<br />
Mechanics, Control Systems<br />
and Forest Engineering.<br />
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PRaECURSOR, LDA<br />
Owns invention patent “ Parafoil Unmanned Aerial System for<br />
monitoring, information gathering and cargo transportation”)<br />
Manufacturing<br />
– A2S<br />
– Subsystems and components<br />
Service Provider<br />
– Direct<br />
– Advertising<br />
Representatives<br />
<strong>Project</strong>s<br />
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Partners<br />
Research team<br />
Flight Operations Officer<br />
Partners:<br />
– Universidade de Aveiro<br />
– CINAMIL – Military Academy<br />
Research Centre<br />
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Company History<br />
First draft in 1999<br />
Parafoil design and tests during 2004<br />
Support from Army “R&D <strong>Project</strong>”<br />
– CINAMIL<br />
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Company History<br />
Unmanned Observation Airships , AONT<br />
– Portuguese Innovation Agency<br />
Agreement with Universidade de Aveiro in<br />
2006<br />
- Development of Radiogoniometry Subsystem<br />
- Sense&Avoid and Smoke Detection Payload<br />
development Scheduling<br />
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1st flight<br />
1st attempt<br />
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Product<br />
Aerial vehicle (AV)<br />
– Flexible wing - parafoil;<br />
Land/ Sea station (CS)<br />
– Navigation;<br />
– Payload control;<br />
– Simulation and mission<br />
planning;<br />
A2S<br />
– 3 AV + 1 CS ( Crew Cab )<br />
– 1 AV + 1 CS ( ULV )<br />
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Potential Users - Defense<br />
Navy<br />
Army<br />
Air Force<br />
External<br />
– Angola ( cooperação militar )<br />
– UN Missions<br />
– NATO<br />
– EUROFOR<br />
Meedle East/ Balkans/ Afghanistan/ Timor<br />
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Technological Innovation<br />
Technical<br />
– “First Class Inventive Activity” - (Portuguese<br />
Institute for Industrial Property)<br />
– LowSpeedLowTech technology<br />
– Low requirements for operation<br />
– Very low RCS<br />
– Small turn radius<br />
– Great payload efficiency<br />
– Development according to Eurocontrol<br />
requirements<br />
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Technological Innovation<br />
Cultural<br />
– Usable<br />
– Naturally stable and safe<br />
– Low risk of operation<br />
– No collateral damage expected<br />
– Complete package: Product + Operation and Service<br />
courses + continuous improvement and support<br />
– For general use<br />
Economical<br />
– Inexpensive acquisition and operation<br />
– Offer of a new physical dimension<br />
– On the edge of automatic ATC<br />
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Technological Innovation<br />
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Specific applications<br />
– Aerial photo & video;<br />
– Early fire detection;<br />
– Coastal and sea ports monitoring;<br />
– Search & Rescue aid;<br />
– Border patrolling;<br />
– Dissuasion operations;<br />
– Crowds monitoring;<br />
– Traffic and Law;<br />
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Specific applications<br />
– Terrestrial fauna monitoring;<br />
– Precision and selective agriculture and<br />
forest production;<br />
– Counter –terrorism Operations;<br />
– Advertising;<br />
– Autonomous Cargo Transportation;<br />
– Aerial Communications Node;<br />
– Personal Security;<br />
– Military Operations;<br />
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Military applications<br />
– Aerial Communications Node<br />
– Aerial Reconnaissance<br />
– Autonomous Cargo Transportation<br />
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Military applications<br />
– InfoOps, PsyOps & EW<br />
– Force Protection<br />
– Platform and site protection<br />
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Demanding market<br />
Highly motivated team<br />
Competitive product<br />
Field testing during Summer ‘09<br />
Conclusions<br />
Tecnological Demonstrations and significant<br />
increase of payload (x10) during 2009<br />
Real contribution to Portuguese Genetic<br />
Strategy<br />
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The future ?<br />
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http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1374510<br />
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http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/orion/<br />
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The present !<br />
“ A 50% solution tomorrow is better than a<br />
95% solution in 10 years…”<br />
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PRaECURSOR, LDA<br />
Contact Us<br />
– praecursor@praecursor.pt<br />
– tavares.jap@sapo.pt<br />
– www.praecursor.pt ()<br />
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Questions ?<br />
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Preservação de Recursos<br />
( Floresta )<br />
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Cost reduction<br />
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European market<br />
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