Isdefe led the DEMORPAS demonstration Project under the SESAR Program framework

Isdefe has successfully participated in the execution of the two exercises in the context of DEMORPAS Project, where the feasibility of integrating remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in the general air traffic management system has been shown.

After almost two years of preparations to develop procedures and adapting aircrafts, the first exercise was conducted from the Matacán Air Base (Salamanca), with an ALO platform -fully developed by INTA- of 60 kg (PMD) and a range above 50 Km. Operational flights exercises were executed during an hour, as well as emergencies exercises such as loss of data-link, failure of sensors like the GPS, and partial engine failure.

The STEMME experimental aircraft S-15 was added to the second exercise to share the same airspace, a flight coordinated between the two aircraft under operating and emergency procedures, and simulating a conflict between the two flights.

The project will be completed in the first quarter of 2016 with the final analysis and presentation of results. As part of the SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) program, DEMORPAS project is developed by a multidisciplinary consortium led by Isdefe and whose participants included ENAIRE, CRIDA, FADA-CATEC and INTA, in cooperation with Spain’s Air Force.