Flying speed
25 to 45 km/h
EXTINCIA
Advanced Rural Firefighting System using UAVs and AI
EXTINCIA —formally named “Advanced Wildfire Suppression System for Rural Areas using UAVs and Artificial Intelligence”— is an innovative project focused on transforming how wildfires are prevented and controlled in rural and wildland–urban interface environments through state-of-the-art technology.
The project specifically targets the complexity of firefighting operations in areas close to populated zones. By integrating coordinated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), High-Performance Computing (HPC), advanced AI algorithms, U-space air traffic management, and robust radio communication and monitoring systems, EXTINCIA overcomes the operational and safety limitations of conventional aerial firefighting resources, enhancing both efficiency and crew protection.
Project Overview
Timeline
Start date: October 1, 2024
End date: December 31, 2025
Total duration: 15 months
Consortium
Project Leader: CLUE TECHNOLOGIES
Consortium Members: AEROMEDIA, BASTAN, DRONE HOPPER, TELESPAZIO, HELION TECHNOLOGIES
Subcontracted Technology Centers: CATEC, ITG, TECNALIA
Aeromedia’s Role
Aeromedia has contributed to achieving the following specific objectives:
Advancing the understanding of current radio communication systems used in forest fires to facilitate their integration into UAVs, significantly improving coverage and communication capabilities during firefighting operations. Specifically, Aeromedia deployed and operated a TETRA repeater or gateway, a communication system used in forest fires. They also researched and determined remote reprogramming options (changing channels and functions) without requiring the UAV to land (captive system).
Substantially improving the monitoring and control capabilities of responding personnel through the use of beacons and their integration into UAV management software. Within this objective, Aeromedia investigated LORA beacon integration models, prioritizing durability and autonomy. They also analyzed the range capabilities of these beacons at a laboratory scale.
Another objective of Aeromedia, related to the previous one, was to investigate a computing platform that integrates information from LORA beacons to transmit personnel position data to the firefighting command center and the UAVs operating at the fire.
Funding
EXTINCIA is funded by the Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation (CDTI), within the framework of the 2024 call for proposals of the Science and Innovation Missions Program, under the Transfer and Collaboration Program of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2024–2027, and within the context of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
Funded by CDTI. Co-financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
U-SCUAR STRATEGIC PROJECT
SAIL IV operations through advanced research in the field of UAS
Madrid, January 12, 2023 – In a context dominated by open-category operations that limit the use of unmanned vehicles to very specific missions with limited scope and overall benefit, other high-value-added operations are relegated to a secondary role due to their greater complexity and risk. This results in fewer missions of this type compared to the former, slowing the beneficial use of unmanned vehicles for high-value-added missions with greater operational complexity.
In this challenging context, the U-SCUAR consortium was created with the objective of undertaking advanced research in the field of unmanned systems, in order to effectively comply with the requirements of European regulations on UAS.
The goal of this consortium is to equip the platform with technologies focused on operations under the highest standards of efficiency and safety, enabling the safe use of unmanned vehicles in advanced operations such as firefighting, maritime search and rescue, coastal surveillance, and more.
The project aims to define and develop a complete system capable of operating in medium-risk SAIL III and IV operational scenarios, following the SORA methodology and fully complying with European UAS regulations. The goal is to equip the platform with technologies focused on operations under the highest standards of efficiency and safety.
The U-SCUAR project has been recognized for its strong strategic, technological, and innovative nature, which is why it has become part of the Aeronautical Technology Program (PTA) of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
This program is part of the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE) in the Aerospace sector, approved by the Interministerial Commission in March 2022, which aims to mobilize approximately €4.533 billion between 2021 and 2025 to strengthen the capabilities of the aeronautical industry. The U-SCUAR stands out for its contribution to unmanned aerial vehicle technologies, meeting the necessary requirements to participate in the program.
The consortium of high-tech companies working on the U-SCUAR project will be led by Wake Engineering, with key strategic partners including UAV Navigation, Pildo Consulting, Aurea Avionics, and Aeromedia UAV. It is also worth noting the significant involvement of research organizations such as AICIA, UPM, and CATEC. This consortium of Spanish firms demonstrates the technological strength of the Spanish industry in unmanned aerial vehicles and its capacity to collaborate and generate synergies that enable it to undertake top-tier projects.
This project has been funded by the CDTI, co-financed with European funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
The expansion of the use of specialized UAS in missions of great benefit to society will become a reality thanks to the ambitious project developed by the U-SCUAR consortium.
AEROMEDIA attends EUROSATORY2024, Paris
AEROMEDIA participated in the Eurosatory 2024 trade fair. We attended Eurosatory Paris between June 17 and 20 to present our Drone solutions in the security and defense sector.
SOS AGUA XXI
CDTI SCIENCE AND INNOVATION MISSIONS 2021
Partipan Sacyr Agua y Valoriza Medioambiente (grupo Sacyr), Bosonit, Tepro, Regenera, Aeromedia, föra forest technologies, Aqua Advise
The research project “SUSTAINABILITY, WATER AND AGRICULTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY,” SOS-AGUA-XXI, has been approved and will be funded by the CDTI (Center for the Development of Industrial Technology) and supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation through the 2021 call for proposals of the Science and Innovation Missions program. The project proposes the development of a series of actions to boost the Spanish agricultural sector through the “21st Century Agriculture” Mission. The project has a budget of 6 million euros and will be financed by the CDTI with European Next Generation funds.
The project aims to investigate sustainable and energy-efficient technological solutions that will enable the development of efficient water resource management and treatment strategies for the agricultural sector. This will help guarantee the quality and quantity of water resources, as well as adapt and prepare the Spanish agricultural sector to combat the progressive scarcity of conventional water resources and the effects of climate change.
The SOS-AGUA-XXI project consortium is made up of Sacyr Agua, the project leader (a specialist in water treatment and an international benchmark for the use and management of desalinated and treated water for agriculture), Valoriza Medioambiente (also part of the Sacyr group, dedicated to the management of green spaces and plant species, waste and sludge management and treatment, among other activities), Bosonit (specializing in new technologies, the use of Big Data, IoT, AI, etc.), Tepro (dedicated to agricultural consulting, comprehensive farm management and agricultural production), Regenera (specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions), Aeromedia (specializing in the development and use of drones for environmental management), föra forest technologies (specializing in remote data analysis applied to the agroforestry sector) and Aqua Advise (specializing in water treatment consulting and the development and promotion of new technologies and processes).
The consortium includes leading national research groups that will contribute to the project by developing economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable solutions: the University Institute of Water and Environmental Sciences of the University of Alicante (IUACA) (focused on analyzing the problem of emerging contaminants in reclaimed water and their treatment), the University of Salamanca (USAL) (participating in the design of predictive hydrological/hydraulic models of flows and extreme weather events and the effects of climate change), and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) (focused on studying the agronomic aspects of the project), such as the effect of boron on crops and its reduction in irrigation water), the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Alicante (UA) (collaborator in the study of the removal by means of microalgae of nutrients in brines from desalination plants and agricultural drainages for use as fertilizers), a joint economics group from the Universities of Alicante and Alcalá de Henares (UA-UAH) (responsible for analyzing the aspects of sustainability, economic, social and environmental viability of all the actions of the project) and the Association of Research and Industrial Cooperation of Andalusia (AICIA), a technological center linked to the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville, (participant in the development of technological tools to guarantee the sustainability of irrigation with regenerated water in herbaceous and woody species).
Water Needs in Agriculture
Estimates from international organizations such as the UN indicate that food production will double in the next 20-30 years. Consequently, modern agriculture that is efficient in its use of water and energy resources is essential to meet the growing food demands. The solution is not simple, as the conventional water resources available to each person or activity are becoming increasingly scarce, primarily due to the progressive increase in population and the needs associated with the development of countries. Furthermore, this situation is already being exacerbated by the effects of global climate change and the deterioration of water quality due to the presence of new pollutants such as emerging contaminants of concern, microplastics, superbugs, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt measures that ensure the availability of water in sufficient quantity and quality for the development of the modern and efficient agriculture needed in the immediate future.
PROJECT: INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOREST FIRE PREVENTION
ACRONYM: TOPACIO
The development of this project is subsidized by the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) and 80% co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the FEDER Galicia 2014-2020 operational program (OT 1. “Promote technological development, innovation and quality research ”).
START DATE: 03/15/2018. END DATE: 09/29/2020
TOPACIO is the acronym for INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOREST FIRE PREVENTION.
This R + d + i project has been approved in the Conecta Peme 2018 call of the Xunta de Galicia through the Galician Innovation Agency, and is co-financed by ERDF funds from the European Union.
On 11/29/2019, the Conference to present the progress of the TOPACIO project took place. You can download the presentation here.
The TOPACIO project was selected in the CONECTAPEME 2018 call to be co-financed by the Galician Innovation Agency of the Xunta de Galicia through FEDER funds from the European Union. Its duration is 3 years and ends in September 2020
In the TOPACIO project, AEROMEDIA UAV S.L participates together with three other companies (Extraco, SAN2 and Conexiona) and we also have the collaboration of two technology centers, such as the University of Vigo and the Forest Research Center of Lourizán
With the TOPACIO project, the aim is to develop a GIS application that allows optimizing forest fuel management in the vicinity of communication routes.
The companies and organizations responsible for the maintenance of linear infrastructures (roads, railways, power lines, etc.), have the obligation to carry out clearing, felling and pruning in order to limit the probability of starting, spreading or transmitting a forest fire .
The TOPACIO project aims to integrate many sources of information into the GIS platform, such as meteorological sources, those on the state of vegetation and those provided by anyone through a mobile application.
The aspect in which AEROMEDIA participates together with the University of Vigo, is to monitor the state of the vegetation on a large scale. For this we are conducting LIDAR flights with drones in the environment of different communication channels and at different times of the year.
With this LIDAR data, algorithms are being developed that automate the identification of forest fuel models, vegetation continuity, heights, and other variables. These data, together with other meteorological, satellite, geographical and historical types, allow optimizing forest fuel management in the aforementioned environments.
The main advantage that LIDAR information provides for the forest fuel inventory is its immediacy and the ability to refer to work scales that are impossible to access with satellite information or other cartographic sources.
At this point in the project, as regards AEROMEDIA, a LIDAR data acquisition campaign has already been carried out in winter and summer in the pilot scenarios and algorithms for structural classification of vegetation have also been developed.
PROJECT: SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT THROUGH REMOTE REMOTE SENSING
ACRONYM: XESTAL
The development of this project is subsidized by the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) and 80% co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the FEDER Galicia 2014-2020 operational program (OT 1. “Promote technological development, innovation and quality research ”).
START DATE: 06/01/2018. END DATE: 09/29/2020.
Throughout this year 2019, progress has been made in the design and development proposed in the project, specifically, work has been done on the design of the mathematical models necessary for the calculation of the key variables involved in forest management: inventory, planning and control. These models will be housed in the web GIS tool that has been worked on during this period and which includes the necessary functionalities to carry out forest management remotely. This tool is currently under development.
To improve field operations, the project addresses the development of a VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) prototype. This type of aircraft provides the take-off and landing characteristics of a helicopter and the flight capacity of an airplane, ideal for forest conditions, where having a take-off runway for operation is complicated and where the autonomy and range of a multicopter slows down and makes data collection more expensive. During this period, the aircraft platform has already been defined and work is being done on the FCS (flight control system).
Regarding field tasks, 235.2 hectares of forest have been sampled on foot and in UAV. Statistical sampling methodologies with circular plots and measurement using conventional tools have been used for sampling on foot, and for flights, a commercial multicopter equipped with a LIDAR sensor and photographic camera.
12/03/2019
Aeromedia continues to advance in the XESTAL project (SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT THROUGH REMOTE REMOTE SENSING).
We have very advanced the VTOL system, with which the LIDAR, RGB and MULTIESPECTRAL data of the forests object of management will be captured
A VTOL is a fixed-wing drone, capable of vertical take-off and landing. As of today, we have the VTOL in full swing of the first test flights
Here you have a link to the document presenting the progress of the project, which took place on 12/2/2019
The XESTAL project is part of the GAIN CONECTAPEME call and is financed by the EU through FEDER funds.
AM LIDARDRONE XL
Handmade by AEROMEDIA
Heavy cargo multicopter intended for aerial photography. Designed to take off with weights of up to 25Kg, it is capable of lifting a 13kg payload while maintaining a high level of speed and maneuverability.
Made from high grade carbon fiber and custom made 6061 grade aluminum.
SAFEDRON
Handmade by AEROMEDIA
SAFEDRON is a system consisting of a drone that carries an approved electronically activated life preserver. This life preserver has an electronic self-inflation system that allows the victim to easily reach it.
The pilot positions the SAFEDRON on the victim, throws the life preserver at him, and it inflates in 3 seconds next to her.
AM ROVER
Handmade by AEROMEDIA
At AEROMEDIA UAV we have developed and manufactured an interior inspection system called AMROVER. Thanks to its small size, it allows you to inspect hard-to-reach or confined places. It has smart batteries with 1 hour of autonomy, interchangeable in just 30 seconds.
We avoid risks of exposure to gases, inaccessible places, or susceptible to external risks. It can be mounted with different sensors and equipped with a powerful LED spotlight that will help to obtain the information in low-light images.
CABLECAM
Handmade by AEROMEDIA
The Cablecam® is a solution that travels by a rope hung at two ends of a maximum length of 200 meters. Designed and manufactured by Aeromedia, the Cablecam® is especially recommended for use where the drone, due to flight restrictions, cannot be used: urban areas, CTR restrictions, public gatherings, events, concerts, sports, cultural broadcasts … the corresponding gimbal we can implement its use with almost any camera, and we are able to convert the HDMI signal to SDI for its live transmission.
DJI Inspire 2
The DJI Inspire 2 is designed for professional use, as its functionality focuses on audiovisual production. For this reason, it is equipped with two cameras that provide high image and video quality. It also features a long-lasting battery and sensor system to ensure a safe flight. Although it is a professional drone, it is easy to handle for creating high-level audiovisual products.
It has the image quality, power and intelligence capable of meeting the needs of professional filmmakers and companies around the world.
DJI Matrice 300 RTK
The MATRICE 300 RTK is inspired by the most modern avionics systems. It offers a flight time of up to 55 minutes, an advanced AI and a UAV status management system, among others. The M300 RTK redefines what to expect from a business drone thanks to a leading combination of smart features, high performance and reliability. It has dual RTK antennas and a GNSS module which, when working in synergy with the DRTK antenna, are able to position the aircraft in a centimeter way, very useful when inspections are in awkward or difficult-to-access places.
DJI Matrice 600
DJI’s Matrice 600 PRO is designed for professional aerial photography and industrial applications. It has been designed to seamlessly integrate with many of the most powerful DJI technologies, including the A3 flight controller, Lightbridge 2 drivetrain system, smart batteries and battery management system, for maximum performance and durability. quick installation. The image stabilizer gimbal can accommodate any type of camera, including LiDAR Phoenix.
DJI Phantom 4 RTK
Enhance your next mapping mission with the most compact and accurate solution for low-altitude mapping. Provides centimeter-level accurate information with fewer ground control points than previously required. It includes a fully integrated RTK module that provides centimeter-level position information in real time, for absolute precision in image meta information. It offers improved flight safety and enables highly accurate information to be collected.
PROJECT: SINDA
The SINDA (Interior Security System with Autonomous Drones Based on 3D Artificial Vision) project aims to develop a functional prototype of a multirotor drone, equipped with a navigation and inspection system based on Artificial Vision (VA), oriented to the execution of surveillance, supervision and control tasks autonomously.
Project financed by the FEDER Innterconecta 2015 program ITC-20151329.
Category
Smart Drones
Financing entity
Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FEDER Innterconecta Program 2015 ITC-20151329)
Participating Entities
Prosegur SIS S.L., Avansig S.L.L., Aeromedia UAV S.L., Egatel S.L.
Execution dates
July 2015 – March 2017
