UAV NAVIGATION: PRECISION CONTROL IN DENIED ENVIRONMENTS


UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía focuses on advanced guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) solutions for drones. Its systems are designed to perform in all flying environments, including adverse weather and regions where GPS signals are being jammed.


“Our flight control system has been engineered


to meet the extreme


demands of firefighting operations,” said Miguel Manrique, the company’s flight- control engineer and rotary-wing solution lead engineer. “At the heart of the solution is our VECTOR autopilot, a high- performance GNC system that delivers precise navigation and platform stability even in smoke, high temperatures, and turbulence. A key strength is seamless integration


with payloads such as


high-resolution electro-optical cameras and thermal sensors. This enables camera-guided navigation, where the autopilot automatically directs the aircraft to coordinates detected by onboard sensors. Our flight plan generator also incorporates an autogrid function to automatically generate optimized coverage patterns.”


UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía’s flight control system is being used by the Spanish Emergency Military Unit (UME). It uses drones such as the Alpha Unmanned Systems A800 helicopter, which operates using UAV Navigation’s VECTOR autopilot. “Beyond Spain, our technology has been deployed in Central Europe during Czech-German firefighter training exercises, where the Primoco One 150 fixed-wing UAV played a key role,” Manrique said. “This demonstrated how long-endurance UAS can complement piloted rotary-wing assets.”


Alpha Unmanned System A800 for the Spanish UME. Photo: UAV Navigation


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