AERTEC, the Spanish company specialised in aerospace and defence technology, has created the new company AERTEC Defence & Aerial SystemsThe aim of this specific company is to reinforce the company's capabilities in aerial systems, with its own technology and product, to cover the European and international market in the segment of high-performance unmanned aerial systems and autonomous systems technologies in the dual field.
The new company will concentrate on the design, development and manufacture of platforms and unmanned aerial vehicles, building on the company's existing catalogue of proprietary products and intellectual property.
The official signing of the deeds at the notary's office took place on Wednesday 18 September in Malaga.
The differential of this new company AERTEC Defence & Aerial SystemsThe main objective of this project, for which contracts and customers already exist, is to incorporate the entire family of proprietary products, based on 100% AERTEC technology, focusing primarily on TARSIS systems and mature use cases, and other solutions under development.
The TARSIS family are the flagship products of the new subsidiary, being the most advanced Spanish technology UAS in its class. Its current version for operation on short and unprepared runways, as well as the version currently under development for vertical take-off and landing, with hybrid propulsion, are designed for different military and civilian applications.
TARSIS Systems feature ATOL technology (Automatic Take Off and Landing) and a complete guidance, navigation and control system, all based on proprietary developments. In addition, by owning the core technologies of the system, they can integrate multiple other options with great agility and efficiency: secure communications, weapon integration, laser target designation, satellite back-up link, dual and multi-spectral sensors or communications payloads or emergency support applications.
"The systems developed by AERTEC include different aerial platforms and ground control station configurations that will serve to integrate a series of payloads developed by the national industry," says Pedro Becerra, AERTEC's Aerospace & Defence Director.
The TARSIS ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Location and Reconnaissance) versions are high-end, lightweight tactical Class I UAS, offering a high payload integration capability of up to 15 kgs and long flight endurance of up to 12 hours, features that enable multiple configurations and adaptability to very demanding operating environments.
The TARSIS W version with a payload capacity of up to 30 kg and the integration of 3 kg FOX missiles, a product of the same company, are currently under development in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence.
The new company has its headquarters in Malaga TechPark, its Development Centre and Final Assembly Line (FAL) in the Seville Aerospace Technology Park, Aerópolis, and is preparing a new location in Galicia for the development of civilian use cases such as Maritime Rescue, fire fighting and environmental observation.
