CATUAV Completes TASI-UAS Project
May 26, 2024
CATUAV has successfully completed the TASI-UAS project, a 28-month research and development initiative led by TTI-NORTE and co-funded by the Spanish Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI) under the PTAP2021 program. The project’s goal was to design and integrate flight-critical systems that guarantee safety and enable the seamless integration of long-range BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) flights into non-segregated airspace.
The consortium — comprising ABIONICA, CATUAV, TEMAI, and research partners CATEC and Universitat Politècnica de València — focused on early conflict detection, autonomous decision-making, and continuous situational awareness. The resulting architecture combines a Mode-S/ADS-B transponder, integrated Network ID, Cooperative Sense & Avoid system, intelligent energy management, and a powerful flight manager to coordinate all subsystems.
CATUAV led the high-level system architecture design, and created the Oryx v2 BVLOS UAS platform, and carried out system integration, simulations, and final flight campaigns at the BCN Drone Center. The project relies on Galileo GNSS and U-Space services, strengthening European technological sovereignty.
By delivering and demonstrating these technologies, TASI-UAS opens the way for advanced UAS applications such as inter-hospital medical delivery, middle-mile freight transport, and large-scale infrastructure surveillance, paving the path toward future Innovative Aerial Mobility in complex, high-traffic environments.
