SEAWINGS – Sea/Air Interphasic Wing-in-Ground Effect Autonomous Drones

Description
The project “Sea/Air Interphasic Wing-in-Ground Effect Autonomous Drones” (SEAWINGS) will develop a new class of military surveillance drones to operate in the sea/air interface giving rise to a new type of unmanned craft, Unmanned Wing-in-Ground Vehicles, capable of very high payloads, inexpensive, long-range that do not require infrastructure or launch vehicle for departure and landing.

Goal
Specific objectives are:
 Implementing an architecture for the SEAWINGS platform to operate autonomously;
 Adapting and deliver the technological components for operational field circumstances;
 Upgrading the operational interface, supervision system, launch and recovery system for field trials;
 Conducting and evaluate a series of partial field trials according to increasing levels of difficulty.

Lead Partner
LA PALMA RESEARCH CENTRE SL

Partners involved
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, INESC TEC – INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA, TRISOLARIS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LDA, ZANASI ALESSANDRO SRL, PORVALOR – ATIVOS DE ENGENHARIA LDA

Duration
01 December 2022 – 31 May 2026

Funding
€ 3,927,342.66

More information
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projects-details/44181033/101102763/EDF
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-09/Factsheet_EDF21_SEAWINGS.pdf