SATNUS carried out its first flight test campaign for the NGWS/FCAS programme

Recently, SATNUS* has carried out the planned flight test campaign at the facilities of the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre (CEDEA) in Huelva. This campaign has been part of the activities assigned to SATNUS in Pillar 3 of the Spanish-French-German cooperation programme NGWS/FCAS, responsible for the maturation of technologies for remotely controlled aircraft systems (Remote Carriers) and collaborative flight with manned or unmanned aircraft (MUT, Manned-Unmanned Teaming). With the support of INTA and for two weeks, SATNUS has carried out multiple validation flights of the MCSD demonstration platform (a modified target drone system), meeting the objectives set and establishing new challenges for future campaigns.

SATNUS has successfully validated the modifications introduced in the flying target drone and its ground controller. During this campaign, in addition to the changes introduced at a structural level, the remote control, communications and FTS (Flight Termination System) subsystems, as well as different payloads, have been validated. A first version of the DIM (Demo Information Management) system and the first C2 (Command and Control) prototype have also been satisfactorily evaluated, both deployed on the ground.

At a general level, tests have been carried out on the multi-platform simulation tool, integrating real and simulated aircraft during the same test, thus laying the first stone for collaborative flights, involving multiple real MCSD demonstration platforms in future campaigns.

With the achievement of these initial tests, SATNUS continues to advance according to the roadmap planned for Phase 1B of the NGWS programme, with the ambitious final objective of demonstrating MUT functionalities with multiple MCSD demonstration platforms in flight.

SATNUS carried out its first flight test campaign for the NGWS/FCAS programme

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