Spain-based UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía announced that it is supplying its VECTOR-600 flight control system for the DRIADE fixed-wing UAV developed by SE Aviation to aid in firefighting operations.

In a press release, UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía explained that the integration of the VECTOR-600 will enable the DRIADE aircraft “to perform fully autonomous missions with a high level of safety, precision, and reliability.” The company reported that “multiple flight tests were conducted to validate the performance of the aircraft using UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía’s Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) systems, ensuring a smooth transition between manned and unmanned operations.” The successful testing phase, the company said, “represents a new example of effective European coordination in the unmanned systems sector.”

Commenting on the announcement, Laura García-Junceda, Project Manager at UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía, said, “This collaboration reinforces our commitment to delivering advanced, modular and reliable flight control solutions tailored to each customer’s mission needs, while incorporating the necessary levels of redundancy and safety to support high operational certification standards.”

Looking ahead, UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía reported that it is in the process of “designing an advanced flight control system architecture tailored to the operational and regulatory requirements of the DRIADE UAS.”  This work, the company stated, “includes the development of robust redundancy strategies to ensure high levels of fault tolerance in line with aviation safety standards.”

Source: UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía