International Institutions Collaborations
R&D - EU PROGRAMS
ALTUS LSA draws on several years of valuable experience in multi-faceted and complex research projects in collaboration with high-profile partners from the private and public sector globally.
ALTUS LSA R&D facilities are dedicated to autonomous and remotely operated systems development and integration. Areas of expertise include: air and ground platform design, ground control stations, robotics, image and signal processing, communications, platform testing, integration of EO/IR sensors, etc.
ALTUS LSA Research Capabilities
- Integrate, test and validate information systems, communication systems, sensor platforms and UAS, UGV, USV systems in a laboratory environment.
- Provide a real operational environment and the required platforms for the data collection from different sensors. Coordinate & Deploy small scale test beds or large demonstrations.
- Perform Flight tests and data collection, intelligent gathering of information with the usage of different platforms and systems.
- Provide End User requirements and usage scenarios – Ensure end user participation and involvement – (Border Guards, Navy, Ministry of Defense, Coast Guard, Military, and Civil Protection etc.)
- Provide fully integrated Air-Sea-Land Platforms based on project requirements (payload, platform specs and usage)
FERMIS
Fire Event Remote Management Information System
The main goal of this project is to design, develop and demonstrate a comprehensive solution for early fire detection, prevention, monitoring, prediction and fire-fighting, by the use of advanced and integrated aerial sensing system coupled with innovative sensors and a cloud-based architecture software.
ENDURUNS
Development and demonstration of a long-endurance sea surveying autonomous unmanned vehicle with gliding capability powered by hydrogen fuel cell
ALTUS leads the ENDURUNS H2020 project as the Consortium coordinator. ENDURUNS project aims to develop a hybrid AUV powered by fuel cell technology employing H2 as fuel, for extended use in deep seas (months) and multiple missions, encompassing launch and return to base features .
SUNNY
Smart UNattended airborne sensor Network for detection of vessels used for cross border crime and irregular entrY
The SUNNY project aims to develop system solutions capable of improving the effectiveness of the EU border monitoring compared to the legacy systems, whilst keeping the affordability and interoperability as key enabling factors. Via the integration of technologies developed across different initiatives, the SUNNY approach will deliver pre-processed information with meaningful decision support tools enabling the reduction of number and
required level of expertise of border surveillance personnel.
SUNNY main features beyond existing research projects:
OCEAN 2020
Open Cooperation for European mAritime awareNess
OCEAN2020, funded by the European Union’s Preparatory Action on Defence Research and implemented by the European Defence Agency, represents the ambition and vision of a European maritime initiative, highlighting the strategic approach shared and undertaken by all partners. The project has the main objective to demonstrate enhanced situational awareness in a maritime environment through the integration of legacy and new technologies for unmanned systems, ISTAR payloads and effectors, by pulling together the technical specialists in the maritime domain covering the “observing, orienting, deciding and acting”