Last week the Military Fort of Tolemaida, in Colombia, hosted for three days a campaign of flights by TARSIS 25the Lightweight high-tech RPAS Designed by the international Spanish technology company AERTEC Solutions for observation and surveillance tasks. This flight demonstration is part of the industrialization and commercialization plan for this unmanned aerial platform in Colombia, included in the agreement that AERTEC Solutions and Colombian Aeronautical Industry Corporation (CIAC), These regulations, one of the main entities in the aeronautical industry belonging to the Colombian Ministry of Defense, have been in effect since the end of 2017.
The features of the TARSIS 25 as a fixed-wing air solution with High versatility for observation, surveillance and reconnaissance missions They were shown to government authorities belonging to delegations from the Defense area, such as the Air Assault Division of the National Army, its Special Operations Aviation Battalion and the 32nd Brigade; as well as the National Navy Major Armament Division and its Remote-Piloted Aircraft (ART) operation group. The subdirectorate of Fiscal and Customs Support, the National Prosecutor’s Office and representatives of companies in the mining, energy and infrastructure sectors also attended as assistants.
In a very complex but at the same time impeccable collaboration between the CIAC, the Colombian army and Aertec, an exercise consisting of a surveillance and aerial reconnaissance mission has been carried out.
The mission assigned to Tarsis 25 consisted of Patrol part of the surface of this huge base and locate and identify potential targets.
These objectives consisted of both personnel and vehicles in motion. All of them were acquired by the system and tracked in a stable and efficient manner over long distances, This allowed for both the recognition and identification of moving vehicles, and the ability to verify whether the ground personnel were armed or not.
During the campaign he also showed his Coordination and integration of unmanned systems within the manned traffic of the air base. In fact, both before and after the various flights of TARSIS 25, the same active runway was occupied successively by Chinook, Blackhawk and military transport aircraft.
This campaign of flights has been accompanied by a series of meetings with all the interested parties to learn about their needs as potential end users of the TARSIS 25 unmanned aerial system. This unmanned aerial system has a wingspan of 4 meters, allows a maximum takeoff weight of 25 kg., a maximum payload of 5 kg., and has a range of up to 7 hours. It also has a range of up to 150 km via radio communications and allows for the identification, recognition, and detection of targets above an altitude of 600 meters.
AERTEC Solutions has been collaborating with CIAC as a technological partner for several years. generation of skills and capabilities in the unmanned aircraft segment, One of the sectors with the greatest potential in Latin America. As a result of this collaboration, both entities signed a agreement in December 2017 for the joint production and commercialization of the TARSIS 25 air platform, which includes an industrial and technological transfer process by AERTEC Solutions that will culminate in the manufacture of the TARSIS 25 in Colombia in a few years.
IMPORTANT NOTE: References to texts and graphic content relating to the TARSIS solution are merely reviews of the historical trajectory of projects carried out by AERTEC in the past. Currently, TARSIS is not a product owned by AERTEC, nor does AERTEC conduct business as an OEM.
