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The Secretary General for Research and Innovation at the Regional Government of Andalusia visits CATEC and highlights its important role in aerospace innovation

2026-05-07T13:14:05+02:00May 7, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

During the visit, accompanied by the Director-General for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Continuing Education, Francisco Javier González Navarro, he was able to see our facilities and technological capabilities at first hand, as well as attend several specially organised technology demonstrations and learn about some of the most significant innovation projects in which we are currently involved.

BEEYONDERS: Advancing the development of intelligent drones to improve inspection and safety in road and tunnel construction

2026-04-01T13:12:46+02:00March 16, 2026|Categories: Innovation & Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

CATEC has made a significant contribution to this European project by developing a system comprising an autonomous drone and navigation and mapping algorithms, enabling safe inspections and the generation of real-time 3D maps that are extremely useful during tunnel construction.

The prestigious scientific journal RA-L has published our latest article on drone inspection

2026-04-01T12:51:40+02:00March 1, 2026|Categories: Innovation & Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The article, entitled ‘Autonomous UAV Pipeline Landing via Depth–LiDAR Fusion in GNSS-Denied Refineries’, addresses the solution to a very specific industrial inspection problem: landing a UAV with precision on pipelines in refineries without GNSS, where occlusions, interference and reflective surfaces make perception particularly challenging.

CATEC shares its expertise on unmanned aerial mobility and the promotion of spin-offs in the space sector at the Trasfiere Forum

2026-04-01T12:44:06+02:00February 27, 2026|Categories: Events, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Our Director of Avionics and Systems, Antidio Viguria, and the Manager of ESA BIC Andalucía, Gracia Catalina Piñero, took part in two panel discussions at this leading event in the field of science and innovation in Spain, held in Málaga

CATEC’s prominent presence at the first edition of the NISE Congress held in Seville

2026-01-14T16:52:31+01:00January 14, 2026|Categories: Events, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Our CEO, Joaquín Rodríguez Grau, participated in two round tables on Space and Automotive with other important companies and agents from the industrial and technological sector, while we also presented the ESA BIC Andalucía startups incubation programme to our community, and exhibited various pieces manufactured by CATEC for projects and companies in the space sector.

CATEC receives the Advanced Manufacturing Award in the category of most disruptive technology in the manufacturing process

2025-11-10T11:44:07+01:00November 10, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Our technology center has received this award, presented annually by the Advanced Manufacturing trade fair, for the development of the HTSMART project, focused on the design, prototyping, and validation of high-temperature superconducting magnets for ultra-compact fusion reactors.

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