Innovation & Technology archivos

CATEC, strategic partner in the development of the VENTURI project to improve the manufacture and efficiency of aircraft aerodynamic contours

CATEC2026-02-16T15:01:47+01:00February 16, 2026|Categories: Innovation & Technology, News|Tags: aerodynamic contours, aeronautics, aeroplanes, automation, CATEC, efficiency, manufacturing, project, robotics, safety, Step & Gap, Venturi|

Our technology centre has collaborated on this initiative with a consortium formed by the companies Integración Tecnológica Empresarial (ITE), Surcontrol and IOVI - Intelligent Vision, providing infrastructure and capabilities to support the technological challenges of each partner and being directly involved in the technical execution and experimental validation of the prototype developed.

The stratosphere: the next frontier for unmanned aviation

CATEC2026-02-16T14:10:44+01:00February 12, 2026|Categories: Innovation & Technology|Tags: Antidio Viguria, HAPS, UAS|

The climatic and geographical conditions and the existing infrastructure position Spain to lead High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) operations in Europe and become a benchmark in this new frontier of aviation with unmanned systems.

CATEC collaborates in the AFA-3e project for the application of additive manufacturing to improve the efficiency of electric air taxis

CATEC2026-02-06T15:16:12+01:00January 21, 2026|Categories: Innovation & Technology, News|

Our technology centre participated in the final conference of this project held in Mendaro, which highlighted the success of the work carried out and its novelty in the use of materials and techniques for this type of vehicle.

CATEC leads the operation of Europe’s first stratospheric flight of a high-altitude and long-range pseudo-satellite

CATEC2025-12-17T15:18:26+01:00December 17, 2025|Categories: Innovation & Technology, News|Tags: CATEC, drones, Europe, flight operator, Fuerteventura, HAPS, High Altitude Platform System, pseudo-satellite, stratospheric flight, Telespazio Ibérica, UAS, UAS flight, UAS operator|

Our technology centre was also responsible for the operational authorization of the flight, which was the result of an extensive and complex preparation process carried out in close collaboration with the Telespazio Ibérica drone team as the end user.

CATEC develops an advanced artificial intelligence system for the EXTINCIA project for the intelligent guidance of UAVs in the fight against forest fires

CATEC2025-12-16T11:08:59+01:00December 16, 2025|Categories: Innovation & Technology, News|Tags: artificial intelligence, CATEC, drones, IA, UAS|

Our technology center has participated in this initiative through the company Clue Technologies, and its role has focused on developing a photorealistic simulation architecture based on Unreal Engine 5 and Matlab/Simulink, which has been used to implement an AI agent to perform the task of intelligent guidance in unmanned aerial platforms for firefighting services

The SIMAR project, coordinated by CATEC, concludes successfully

CATEC2026-01-08T16:36:38+01:00October 15, 2025|Categories: Innovation & Technology, News|Tags: aerial robot, AI, artificial intelligence, CATEC, collaborative robotics, Industrial infrastructure, Inspection, maintenance, NDT, Oil & Gas, robotics, safety, SIMAR, SIMAR Project, UAV, X-rays|

The initiative has concluded its development with final trials and tests carried out in France, which have validated a new advanced system for the inspection and maintenance of large infrastructures for the Oil & Gas sector through the combination of aerial robotic platforms, non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques and digital tools.

CATEC’s success at the Transfiere Forum

CATEC2025-03-17T12:42:35+01:00March 17, 2025|Categories: Innovation & Technology, News|Tags: CATEC|

From March 12 to 14, we have been able to participate in Malaga in another important event in our agenda, the Transfiere 2025 Forum. The event, which brought together 600 companies and 400 experts, turned Malaga into the European epicenter of technology transfer and innovation in R&D&I for three days.

CATEC participates in the final event of the ‘OMICRON H2020’ Project in Madrid

CATEC2025-01-21T10:43:11+01:00January 20, 2025|Categories: Events, Innovation & Technology, News|Tags: CATEC, drones, final event, Omicron Project, UAVS|

On January 16, CATEC attended the final closing conference of the OMICRON H2020 Project, entitled 'Old roads, new technologies: intelligent and safe management of road assets', which was held at the headquarters of the Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos in Madrid, organized in collaboration with Infra ROB and Heron EU Project.