CATUAV | News

23 Apr CATUAV in the aviation press

Posted at 11:38h in News by Jordi Salvador

This April, two aviation magazines published articles about CATUAV. AVION REVUE, magazine specialized in commercial and military aviation, devotes four pages to explain the different Atmos system applications. Aviación General y Deportiva, in number 145, published an extensive six-page report that summarizes CATUAV's history and...

23 Mar CATUAV incorporates octocopter UAV to its fleet

Posted at 11:40h in News by Jordi Salvador

In order to broaden the range of services offered to its customers, CATUAV has incorporated a new octocopter UAV to its fleet. This electric powered octocopter is able to integrate payloads up to 500 g. Thanks to the precision of its movements it's perfect for...

16 Feb Measuring CO2 levels in the atmosphere with Atmos-5

Posted at 11:41h in News by Jordi Salvador

CATUAV and the Catalan Institute for Climate Science (www.ic3.cat) closed an agreement to conduct a flight campaign to measure the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. These flights will be part of the FLUXPYR project and are intended to complement and contrast the observations of...

23 Dec 2009, a great year for CATUAV

Posted at 11:42h in News by Jordi Salvador

During this year CATUAV has consolidated a business model that combines equal parts of constant technological innovation and commercial exploitation of UAV-based services. 39 commercial missions, 289 flight hours, 7.434 aerial photos and more than 11.000 km traveled are some of the figures that make...

27 Nov First atmospheric measures with Atmos-5

Posted at 11:43h in News by Jordi Salvador

Taking advantage of the capabilities of the new telemetry system, CATUAV has successfully performed the first meteorological flights. Tests started with a temperature sensor that allows atmosferic profiling similar to those obtained with balloon probes. Very soon sensors to measure pressure, humidity, CO2 and radioactivity...

30 Oct UAV platform Atmos-5 enters in service

Posted at 11:45h in News by Jordi Salvador

This new platform, Atmos fifth iteration of the concept that has given such good results, incorporates significant improvements in the design and performances. One of the main changes is the position of the engine in the rear of the fuselage, which lets you install a...

28 Sep New network telemetry system

Posted at 11:46h in News by Jordi Salvador

CATUAV integrated in all its UAV platforms a new network telemetry system that ensures data integrity and increases the possibilities of operation. This new two-way digital transmission system significantly increases the capacity and link reliability, enabling the transmission network between different UAVs and the control...

20 Aug CATUAV involved in extinguishing the forest fire in San Gregorio (Zaragoza)

Posted at 11:47h in News by Jordi Salvador

Under agreement between CATUAV, AURENSIS and the Regional Government of Aragon, the urgent supply of CATUAV UAV services was required on August 19, to monitor a forest fire in the military polygon of San Gregorio, Spain. During the night of 19 to 20 August 2009,...

16 Jul CATUAV integrates a thermal mini-camera on Atmos-3

Posted at 11:50h in News by Jordi Salvador

Over the past few weeks CATUAV has worked on the integration of a Thermoteknix Miricle KS-307K thermal mini-camera in Atmos-3 platform. The first flights allowed to configure the software to adjust and check the camera performances. This camera, that offers a resolution of 640x480 pixels...

09 Apr First operational flight of VEGCAM-Pro camera on Montseny

Posted at 11:53h in News by Jordi Salvador

On April, 9th the first flight of VEGCAM-Pro camera was perfomed onboard the UAV Atmos-4. VEGCAM-Pro is a multiespectral camera designed for the ATMOS-4 UAV to analyze natural and agricultural vegetation. It works in three wide spectral bands centred in 550, 650 and 780 nm...