On 4 and 5 June, the city of Barcelona hosted the ninth edition of UNVEX. This is one of Europe’s most important events on remotely operated systems, showcasing the latest innovations and applications in the air, at sea, and on land. On this occasion, UNVEX’24 focused on users and the integration of existing applications in drone technologies, taking into account the increasing deployment of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) across multiple sectors. 

GMV, which has a wealth of experience in the UAS domain, took part as an exhibitor in these two days of conferences, exhibitions, and demonstrations. The event brought together the main players involved in systems used in the air (remotely piloted aircraft systems, RPAS), on land (unmanned ground vehicles, UGV), and at sea (unmanned surface/underwater vehicles, USV/UUV). 

The company presented some of its aeronautical solutions, highlighting its developments in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems and the PASSER, SEEKER, and SOLO unmanned platforms designed and developed by GMV and Aurea Avionics. 

It also exhibited its CSD-SIERRA and IRIS systems, which are designed for data exploitation and dissemination in the field of joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (JISR). The CSD-SIERRA solution is part of the SAPIIEM system developed for NATO. Meanwhile, IRIS is integrated and operational in the RAPAZ program run by the Spanish Ministry of Defense’s Directorate General of Weapons and Material.

In the field of navigation, the flight control computer of the long-range unmanned tactical aerial vehicle ATLANTE was successfully demonstrated in flight.

The Dronelocus® product family was also showcased at the event.  This range of GMV-developed systems is designed to support all types of operations related to unmanned aircraft systems in U-space, in response to the problem posed by the growing number of civil UAS flights expected in the near future.

The event included a conference program with more than 30 panel discussions and around 160 speakers. Daniel Montero Yéboles, GMV’s Director of Aeronautics and Embedded Systems for Defense, presented “GMV’s experience in advanced navigation systems for UAS,” highlighting the company’s role in advanced navigation systems and giving an overview of the technologies GMV is currently developing in various Ministry of Defense programs. Of particular notes is the company’s involvement in the SIRTAP (High Performance Remotely Piloted System) program.