Earth Observation by Autonomous Solar UAV

Project Information

SX1.3

Grant agreement ID: 947373

DOI

10.3030/947373

Project closed

EC signature date 16 June 2020

Start date 3 February 2020

End date 2 February 2022

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Total cost

€ 2 663 500,00

EU contribution

€ 1 864 450,00

Coordinated by

XSUN
France

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SX1.3 (Earth Observation by Autonomous Solar UAV)

Reporting period: 2021-02-03 to 2022-02-02

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The issue addressed is to offer to several industries and human applications a new way to do Earth observation. This solution is to offer a sustainable solution, fully autonomous, very safe, and very attractive economically compared to conventional aerials solutions.

It is important for the society to show that with good design, strong choices, it is possible to have highly performant solutions which are FULLY SUSTAINABLE - and very attractive in terms of economics.

The overall objective of SX1.3 is to the become a reference in terms of performances, sustainability and costs. This shall invite other industries to always take into account sustainability during all stages of their processes.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Technical work was based on the optimisation of the previous drone platform. Great focus has been adressed on the following subjects : aerodynamics efficiency, structural optimisation, energy architecture and design, communication systems and overall safety.
The international team for the project has managed to fulfill the high level requirement and then successfully pass the CDR.
The production organissation has also been undertaken as well as the certification roadmap.
On the security side, a SAB (Security Advisory Board) has been created and several workshops have been organised.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The high level quality of work already done are showing tremendous innovations and expected performances.

SX1.3 is going to have a very high impact of the society as it is going to demonstrate the full capability of renewable energies and unconventionnal architecture for aviation.

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