Consortium

GeoNumerics is a small company of expert geomaticians of various scientific, technical and management backgrounds. GeoNumerics provides consultancy services, develop ssoftware components and conducts research-and-development (R&D) projects.. Their focus on the needs and technology of high precision kinematic surveying; sensor orientation and calibration, trajectory determination and their integration.

GeoNumerics is the coordinator of REALITY, as well as a provider of real-time and post-processing multi-sensor trajectory determination capabilities using EGNOS and developer of the integrity framework for drones.

The Andalusian Foundation for Aerospace Development (FADA) manages the Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (CATEC). This private R&D center is devoted to aerospace technology development.

CATEC has a large experience developing UAS/RPAS technologies. Having participated in 12 European projects in the last 7 years, with more than 12 active projects related to UAS/RPAS in 2015/2016, CATEC has direct collaboration with the major companies of this sector in Spain, state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. FADA foundation manages as well the experimental Flight Center for RPAS: ATLAS.

CATEC is in charge of one of the operational scenarios in REALITY: freight transport.

CATUAV is a technological company founded in 2009 offering drone photogrammetry and remote sensing services for environmental and scientific applications. CATUAV manages the BCN Drone Center, a drone testbed with its own 2500 ha. segregated airspace located in Moià (Barcelona).

CATUAV is in charge of one of the operational scenarios in REALITY: urban mapping. Additionally, it will be the drone operator of an intensive flight campaign at the BCN Drone Center.

EuroUSC Italia is accredited by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) as recognised consultant organisation for safety and regulatory aspects, and is not linked to any manufacturer, operator or service provider (independence criteria for qualified entities, Annex V of Regulation (EU) 216/2008). It is active in the field of non-military RPAS offering training for remote pilots and related instructors, legal and safety risk assessment and mitigation, support to manufacturers and operators to prepare manuals and to comply with regulations.

EuroUSC Italia is in charge in REALITY to monitor and steer the regulatory applicability of the project outcomes, entailing the transformation of REALITY technical results to their potential regulatory implications, and distribution along pre-identified regulatory bodies (ICAO, JARIUS, EASA and selected NAA such as AESA) and standard making bodies (ISO and Eurocae).

Elecnor Deimos deals with a wide spectrum of engineering activities, with the Operations Area structured in three different departments: Space Engineering, Information and Communication Systems and Aeronautics and Maritime. The GNSS business unit under the Space Engineering department is in charge of development of Galileo and EGNOS system blocks, navigation receivers and space-based navigation applications. This unit, in coordination with Aeronautics and Maritime, work on matters related to RPAS navigation.

DEIMOS Engenharia is in charge of one of the operational scenarios in REALITY: maritime surveillance.

Pildo Labs was founded in 2001 and is an engineering company specialized in delivering top of the edge technology and services within the aeronautics and aerospace sectors. The operation of Pildo Labs is structured in three main areas: Navigation services, in charge of delivering GNSS services to aeronautical sector; Software services, in charge of providing software development support to the other areas of the company and also directly to clients; and R&D services, responsible for developing new services and products that provide the company with a strategic position.

Pildo Labs is in charge of the development of the drone navigaiton payload for the multiple tests in REALITY, as well as the definition of the CONOPS for the selected scenarios and the deployment of a performance and data monitoring sevice.