Portugal Espacial Pt Space Catalog 2011 Screen Version
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INDUSTRY ACADEMIA
Active Space Technologies, 1 CCTAE – IST, 49 Amorim Cork Composites, 3 CIGCE – Univ. Porto, 51 Critical Software, 5 FCUL, 53 Deimos Engenharia, 7 IGP, 55 Edisoft, 9 INEGI, 57 Efacec, 11 INOV, 59 Evoleo, 13 Inst. Meteorologia, 61 Fibersensing, 15 Inst. Telecomunicações, 63 GMVIS Skysoft, 17 IPFN – IST, 65 HPS, 19 ISR – IST, 67 Indra Sistemas Portugal, 21 LIP, 69 ISQ, 23 Uninova, 71 KEMET, 25 Logica, 27 TECHNOLOGY MAPPING, 75 Lusospace, 29 Novabase, 31 Omnidea, 33 Solscientia, 35 Spin.Works, 37 Tekever ASDS, 39 Thales Portugal, 41 Zeugma TSI, 43 Proespaço, 45
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Active Space Technologies http://www.activespacetech.com Ricardo Patricio [email protected] +351 239 70 03 33
Description
Active Space Technologies provides state of the art mechanical and electronics engineering expertise, offering turn-key sub-systems, supplying the whole value-chain from requirements definition, design services, and modelling up to manufacturing and AIT. Active Space Technologies takes on the most demanding projects, leveraging expertise acquired in the space sector and a range of engineering backgrounds of our staff, providing a multidisciplinary approach to your challenges. We aim to provide services and products across the whole supply chain through synergies and integrated competencies of a network of partnerships. Following this vision, we have been working for DLR, the European Space Agency, Galileo Avionica, OHB, Thales Alenia space, JET/UKAEA, ITER/EFDA, Zeiss Optics, among others, promoting a professional relationship with the customer by working in close cooperation. Active Space Technologies complies with ECSS and RCC-MR and is certified with ISO 9001 and AS9100. Further, Active Space Technologies is an active member of:
Proespaço (Portuguese association of space industries); PeMAs (Portuguese SME for aerospace industry).
Fields of Expertise
Active Space Technologies offers added-value Engineering services in the fields of: Mechanical engineering (thermal, fluids, and structural analysis, design, precision CNC); Electronics engineering (automation & control, embedded systems, digital control).
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Main Projects, Products and Services
Services Active Space Technologies provides the following services: • Thermal and fluids Engineering • Structural Engineering • Mechanical & CAD Design • Prototyping & Manufacturing • Automation & Control • Digital Control • Embedded Systems • Materials R&D • Product Development
Products Active Space Technologies develops disruptive technologies fed by our innovation pipeline, offering you the following products: • ESU®: Cryogenics High Enthalpy Reservoir • 1.5K, 6K, 20K, 100K Thermal Switch
• AerTPS®: Aerogel Insulation Systems
• Vacuum Chambers (0.01 mbar)
• Pandora: Controlled Environment Transport Container
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Amorim Cork Composites
http://www.corkcomposites.amorim.com
António Coelho
+351 227 47 53 00
Description
Amorim Cork Composites has been the leader
company on innovative applications using cork,
inside the Amorim Group, world leader on cork
products.
The main markets are in B2B, in sectors like;
building; wood; automotive; transportation;
shoe; upholstery; naval and special niche
markets like aerospace; special containers;
friction elements, etc.
Amorim Cork Composites produce three kinds
of semi‐finished products: granules,
blocks/cylinders and sheets. The cork granules
are separated according density and size, on‐
line controlled by SPC methods. The production
of the blocks or cylinders can be by
agglomeration or vulcanization, using different
polymers, according the specified properties
for the final use. These materials are applied in
segments such as aerospace, aeronautics,
composites and construction as a natural
acoustic and thermal barrier.
In some cases, we produce final products,
ready to be used (gaskets, vibration pads, etc).
All new applications and processes of cork are
study and initiated inside the company by a
research team and dedicated laboratory.
Fields of Expertise
The company strategy is to enlarge the
applications field of Cork, using state‐of‐art
technologies, to supply high value applications.
Due to that, Amorim has invested heavily on
development areas, strengthening the R&D
department and co‐funding research and
development projects in several areas.
It has a consistent background in applications
like:
Vibration control
Thermal control in static conditions
Thermal control in dynamic conditions
Cryogenic insulation
High temperature control
Sealing and gaskets
Friction control
Main Projects, Products and Services
Main products for space applications are:
TPS ‐ Thermal Protection Systems – product
range for heat shields and thermal control;
CoreCork – product range of cores for FRP
structures;
ACM – ACoustic Material solutions – product
range for damping control.
TechSeal – Cork base sealing techniques, for a
wide range of applications.
Cork granules with extreme control for spraying
uses in thermal control.
Main Aerospace projects are:
ATPI – Thermo‐Phonic insulation material for
Aeronautical use – funded by the 6ºFP, on the
SCRATCH initiative;
Cork Characterization for non‐ablative space
applications‐ funded by ESA‐ European Space
Agency;
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AEROFAST – Aerocapture for future space
transportation – managed by EADS.
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Critical Software
http://criticalsoftware.com
Rui Cordeiro, ASD Unit Business Director
+351 239 98 91 00
Description
Since 1998 Critical Software has been
committed to provide dependable and
innovative technologies and engineering
solutions for mission and business critical
information systems across several industries.
With offices in Coimbra, Lisbon and Oporto
(Portugal), and San Jose (USA), Southampton
(UK), São Paulo (Brazil) and Maputo
(Mozambique) our growth has been continuous
and sustained.
Working in the Space market since 1999,
Critical has established itself as a reliable,
proactive and close partner for customers, such
as ESA, NASA, JAXA, EADS Astrium, Thales
Alenia Space, DNV, ScySis and Vega among
many others.
Quality has been strategic at Critical Software
since its very beginning and is, to this day, one
of the company’s stronger competitive
advantages. Critical Software operates an
ISO9001:2008 Tick‐IT and was the first
Portuguese company accredited with the CMMI
SW/SE Level 5 Quality Management System
(QMS). Critical also applies the ISO/IEC 15504
standard in the area of software process
assessment (whose deployment was supported
and monitored by the European Space Agency).
Critical Software is also an active member of
the European Cooperation for Space
Standardization (ECSS) working group.
Fields of Expertise
Critical Software’s activities range from system
or solution development using best available
technologies and modelling methodologies
to specialized services such as independent
product assurance (quality & product
assurance, ISVV, RAMS) .
Our activities span from the space segment to
downstream services, including Embedded &
Real‐time, Command & Control, Verification,
Validation & RAMS, Independent Software,
Verification & Validation, Mission Control
Systems, Payload Data Processing &
Dissemination, On‐board Software
Development, Data Handling Systems, Ground
Segment, and Earth Observation.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Space Verification and Validation Critical Software provided verification and
validation services according to rigorous
standards and mission requirements to several
missions such as LisaPathfinder,
CryoSat,CryoSat‐2, GOCE, Sentinel‐1, and
AlphaBUS. Activities such as verification and
validation, static and dynamic analysis, test
design, implementation and execution, and
development of specialized testing tools to
improve productivity were performed. Client: EADS Astrium, ThalesAlenia Space, ESA,
DNV
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Sentinel 2 and 3 on Board Central Development Critical Software developed high integrity and
real time central components of Sentinel 2 and
3 on‐board software and provided independent
verification & validation teams.
Client: EADS Astrium, Thales Alenia Space
Swarm – Operational Simulator Critical Software designed and implemented
payload and platform modules to accurately
simulate SWARM behaviour, using a Model
Driven Development approach based on EGOS‐
MF.
Client: ESA, VEGA
csXLUNA – Extending Free/Open-Source Real-Time for On-Board Space Applications
The rationale behind csXLUNA is to supply the
European Space industry with a reliable
RTEMS/Linux based kernel that can be used for
both payload and avionics applications. It
includes features such as standard
programming interfaces (e.g. POSIX), co‐
existence of real and non real time tasks, and
context isolation. csXLUNA was developed to
attend to emerging computational
requirements for future complex space
missions. It provides both a high‐level interface
for Linux applications and a hard‐real time,
qualified service for high‐priority tasks. This is
achieved using a stripped down Linux kernel
running in user mode, on top of a Real Time
Operating System, in this case RTEMS. csXLUNA
is currently built to support the SPARC LEON2
processor and it uses Snapgear Embedded
Linux for the Linux subsystem.
csXCEPTION – Automated Stress and Robustness Testing Tool
Using the csXCEPTION fault injection
technology, systems based either on
proprietary design or COTS parts can be
evaluated under realistic conditions with
minimal intrusiveness and reliable validation of
fault tolerance mechanisms. csXCEPTION
provides the ability to test systems in
exceptional situations, that may however occur
in the field, validate RAMS (Reliability,
Availability, Maintainability, Safety) and FDIR
(Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery)
mechanisms in place, experiment worst failure
scenarios, and spot weak points in the system,
proving feedback for correction or redesign.
Application fields: Avionics system validation;
FDIR and RAMS validation; Robustness testing.
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DEIMOS Engenharia
http://www.deimos.pt
Elsa Alexandrino
+351 218 93 30 10
Description
DEIMOS Engenharia is a Portuguese Aerospace
Engineering company, delivering advanced
design solutions and turnkey space software
systems since 2002. Building on a solid team of
highly motivated and specialized engineers,
DEIMOS Engenharia is now a reference player
in the European space sector.
The cornerstone of the success of DEIMOS
solutions lies on a multidisciplinary team
supported by a consolidated network of leading
European university research groups, R&D labs
and outstanding companies. The portfolio of
customers and partners includes the European
Space Agency, Eumetsat, Thales Alenia Space
and EADS Astrium. Currently the company
employs around 40 engineers mainly in the
areas of Aerospace Engineering, Physics,
Mathematics and Software. 30% of the staff
holds a Master or PhD in similar areas.
DEIMOS Engenharia is a founder and currently
leads Proespaço ‐ the Portuguese Space
Industry Association. The company is ISO
9001:2000 certified. DEIMOS Engenharia is one
of the companies comprising DEIMOS Group,
the technology arm of ELECNOR
(www.elecnor.com).
Fields of Expertise
DEIMOS bases its expertise in Mission Analysis,
Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
systems, Global Navigation Satellite systems
(GNSS) Technologies, Ground Segment and
Earth Observation systems and applications.
The core business ranges from engineering
design activities (such as algorithms definition,
mathematical modelling, simulation and
systems prototyping), to operational software
systems development and validation. Deimos
Engenharia also provides on‐site support and
operational services on Earth Observation and
Satellite Operations.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Development of autonomous navigation
algorithms and systems, including rendezvous
and hazard avoidance functions using
innovative techniques and approaches, for
application in interplanetary missions and other
unmanned vehicles.
One of the key projects of DEIMOS Engenharia
in this area is the Hazard Avoidance and
Detection function for the soft precision
landing of ESA’s next mission to the moon, the
Lunar Lander.
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Global Navigation Satellite Systems Development of new technologies for
navigation receivers, applications and product
prototypes, simulation and integrity of GNSS
systems and concept studies for the evolution
of the Galileo System.
DEIMOS Engenharia is leading ENCORE, the
next‐generation high‐precision and low‐cost
GALILEO receiver for land management
applications.
Ground Segment Systems Systems engineering and software for critical
applications and data processing systems for
novel mission concepts.
The GMES Sentinel‐1 Commissioning Phase
Calibration and Performance Analysis Facility is
a framework in development by DEIMOS
Engenharia including all the necessary
algorithms and components to carry out the
calibration, validation and performance analysis
tasks during the Sentinel‐1 commissioning
phase, in order to verify the performance
requirements in‐orbit.
Earth Observation Systems and Applications End‐to‐end observation systems and
development of Earth Observation services and
applications.
The DEIMOS‐1 satellite is the first Earth
Observation satellite of the DEIMOS group,
launched in 2009. The satellite has a
multispectral camera operating in three bands ‐
near‐IR, red and green ‐ with a resolution of 22
meters and a 630 km swath. DEIMOS‐1 images
are used for the development of services and
applications in the area of Environment and
Natural Resources Monitoring, and also for
rapid mapping and damage assessment to
support emergency response situations. The
satellite is best in class when high revisit times
and wide swath are required.
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EDISOFT – Empresa de Serviços e Desenvolvimento
de Software, S.A.
http://www.edisoft.pt
Cardoso, Teresa (Eng.)
+351 212 94 59 00
Description
Established in 1988, EDISOFT is the national
leader in the domains of command and control
systems, of information integration systems, of
military logistic systems and space systems.
As a specialised company offering
technologically advanced software solutions
and highly qualified IT consulting services,
EDISOFT holds a profound knowledge in the
development of integrated space solutions, in
the fields of Embedded Real Time Systems,
Satellite Navigation, Remote Sensing and
Ground Station Systems.
Today, EDISOFT’s operational systems are a
Portuguese presence throughout the world,
highlighting the Company’s commitment to the
internationalisation effort and to innovation
and entrepreneurship.
Fields of Expertise
From the beginning of its activity, EDISOFT has
reached a wide recognition in software
development, maintenance and upgrading in
areas as sensitive as real‐time information
Space Systems, emergency networks and
systems’ integration. Throughout the years,
EDISOFT has accumulated skills and expertise
in:
• Embedded Real Time Systems;
• Satellite Navigation Systems;
• Remote Sensing;
• Ground Segment Systems;
• Command and Control Systems;
• Systems Integration and Acceptance;
• Integrated Information Systems;
• Spatial Data Infrastructure;
• Strategic Collective Security Systems.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Since 1994, EDISOFT has earned a solid
reputation in the Space industry, providing
expertise in the development of engineering
solutions for Satellite Navigation, Remote
Sensing, Embedded Systems and Ground
Segment.
Satellite Navigation EDISOFT is involved, since the beginning, in the
development of the European GNSS strategy.
EDISOFT participated in the early EC GALA
study and was the first Portuguese company
joining the EGNOS project and, afterwards, the
GALILEO program, from the Galileo Phase B2 up
to today’s activities. EDISOFT developed its
GNSS activities both in connection with GNSS
infrastructure and with GNSS applications.
Based upon the above‐mentioned experience,
EDISOFT has developed specific skills and
products, including Monitoring & Control
(M&C) and Reliability, Availability,
Maintainability and Safety (RAMS).
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Remote Sensing EDISOFT selected Earth Observation to be one
of its niche areas of excellence. Currently,
EDISOFT holds responsibilities in the existing
two Earth Observation Infrastructures in
Portugal:
• EUMETSAT/IM LSASAF, Land Surface Analysis
Satellite Application Facility – in which EDISOFT
holds the project’s engineering responsibility;
• EDISOFT’s Earth Observation Santa Maria
Station – in which EDISOFT holds full
responsibility.
The Santa Maria Station accompanies daily (day
and night) the trajectories of several remote
observation satellites, collecting data for ship
detection, oil spills’ monitoring and other
operational services.
The services of maritime monitoring and
surveillance provided by the EO Santa Maria
Station already support the CleanSeaNet
project, managed by the European Maritime
Safety Agency (EMSA) and the MARISS
(Maritime Security Service) project, this latter
part of the GMES program.
Participating in projects framed within the
GMES program, EDISOFT assumes the
responsibility of positioning Portugal with a
global market offer of satellite data concerning
the Earth’s biosphere.
Embedded Systems For ESA, EDISOFT has developed the RTEMS
Support and Maintenance Centre
(http://rtemscentre.edisoft.pt). EDISOFT’s
RTEMS portfolio is comprised of:
• EDISOFT RTEMS Tailored Version – Source
Code and the full documentation of RTEMS
Tailored;
• EDISOFT RTEMS Test Suite;
• RTEMS Technical Support – Helpdesk, Remote
and Local Consulting, Development (Delta
qualification, evolutive RTEMS qualification,
Middleware qualification);
• EDISOFT RTEMS Tools – the Timeline Tool,
RTEMS Installation and Configuration Tool,
RTEMS Application Configuration Tool.
EDISOFT’s RTEMS Tailored Version is
considered to be very close to achieving the
Technology Readiness Level of a Building Block
(TRL Level 6 – Product Release) for the satellite
on‐board software.
Ground Segment The Santa Maria ground station is a dual
mission station, ESA Tracking Station and
EDISOFT Earth Observation Station.
Santa Maria’s Launchers Tracking station is the
first station of the European Space Agency
(ESA) in Portuguese Territory and the first of
ESA for tracking launchers. The management
and operation of the Santa Maria Station is
EDISOFT’s responsibility, leading a consortium
with the regional companies GlobalEda and
Segma.
In the last year, EDISOFT invested in expanding
the Station’s capacity, to receive EO SAR images
from Envisat and Radarsat‐1, thus enabling the
Station to combine two missions: launchers’
tracking and Earth Observation, a new
capability that allows EDISOFT to complement
its offer in the area of Remote Sensing with
applicability in different areas, including Ocean
Monitoring.
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EFACEC Engenharia e Sistemas, S.A.
http://www.efacec.com/
Pedro Silva
+351 229 40 20 00
Description
With a history of more than 100 years, the
EFACEC Group had its origin in "A Moderna", a
company established in 1905.
The name EFACEC appeared only in 1962 and is
now the largest Portuguese Group in the
electricity field; EFACEC employs above 4000
people all over the world and has a turnover of
above 1000 million Euros; it is established in
more than 50 countries and exports almost
75% of its production.
Fields of Expertise
The portfolio of EFACEC business activities is:
Energy Solutions
Transformers
High and Medium Voltage Switchgear
Service
Engineering solutions and Services
Engineering
Automation
Maintenance
Environment
Renewable
Transport and Logistics
Transport
Logistics
These activities are based on a Systems
Integrating Contractor philosophy that covers
the present needs of the market and turns the
different Group capabilities profitable.
EFACEC's strategy, focusing on International
market, as well as important investments made
in Innovation and New Technologies
Development, backed by the resources of
EFACEC traditional technology led the Group to
a position at the forefront of the Portuguese
Industry and overseas markets.
The activity of EFACEC in the SPACE field is
included in the Transports and Logistics
business activities and was elected by EFACEC
due to the expertise that brings to the
organization, the demanding technical
requirements and the image of competence
that brings to the company. This activity focus
on INSTRUMENTS FOR SPACE, meaning the
following expertise:
Electronics design:
o Project upon specification or idea
o Digital and analogue simulation
o Bread boarding with industrial and
military components
o Test using up‐to‐date laboratory
o Qualification to ECSS standards
o Printed Circuit Boards design
Structural design:
o Project upon specification or idea
o Mechanical Drawings
o FEM simulation and analysis
o Prototyping
o Qualification
Thermal design:
o Project upon specification or idea
o TMM simulation and analysis
o Qualification
Radiation design:
o Sectorial analysis TID and TNID
System Design and Integration:
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o System design
o Manufacturing using class 100000
clean‐room
o Electrical, functional and EMC
qualification
Specialized procurement for:
o Bread‐boarding, engineering models
and flight models
o Mechanical parts
o EEE
Ground Support Equipment:
o Electronics test equipment
o Mechanical support for transport
and handling
Main Projects, Products and Services
In line with the Space approach selected, the
projects developed so far are summarized in:
EuTEMP
Is a temperature recording unit installed in the
International Space Station. On the external
platform of COLUMBUS, EuTEMP
autonomously recorded successfully the
temperature of the various EuTEF experiments
downloading its data through the MIL‐STD‐
1553 communications bus.
CTTB
Is a computerized equipment able to host up to
three experiment boards sized 200mm x
110mm and an external payload feeding and
monitoring their voltages and currents and
communicate with them using the I2C protocol
CTTB is powered by the spacecraft 100V bus
and communicates with the spacecraft On
Board Computer through the MIL‐STD‐1553
communications bus.
MFS and BERM
Are radiation monitors. They are designed to
detect, measure the energy and count
energetic particles. Electrons from 300keV to
7MeV, Protons from 1MeV to 200MeV and
other heavier ions up to 400MeV per nucleon
are in the range of these instruments detection.
MFS is installed together with CTTB on the
Alphasat TDP8 and BERM makes part of the
BepiColombo mission to the planet Mercury.
They will allow the scientist to understand
better the space environment.
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Evoleo Technologies, Lda
http://www.evoleotech.com
Rodolfo Martins
+351 229 42 43 27
Description
EVOLEO was created on January 16th, 2007,
investing in skills related to the design of
critical and highly complex electronic systems.
EVOLEO embraces four areas of activity: Space,
Transportation, Energy and Health.
EVOLEO is based on evolution, innovation and
constant customer oriented learning. We seek
to know what the customers wants, suggest
improvements and be very flexible for higher
effectiveness and efficiency.
EVOLEO holds a skilled multidisciplinary
engineering team seeking and promoting
partnerships and networking between centers
of knowledge and industry players. We
strongly cooperate, among others, with
EFACEC, ESA, R&D groups from Porto and
Aveiro, either University or Polytechnic.
EVOLEO Technologies mission is to provide
high‐end and differentiated electronic
engineering solutions, seeking continuous
improvement, flexibility, quality and customer
oriented innovation. We aim international
recognition as a technological company for
leveraging partnerships, added value
enhancement and sustainable growth.
Fields of Expertise
On‐Board Data Systems
Payload Data Processing, On Board Data
Management, Microelectronics for digital
and analogue applications
Space System Software
Space Segment Software, Ground Segment
Software, Ground Data Processing
Spacecraft Electrical Power
Power conditioning and distribution
System Design & verification
Collaborative and Concurrent Engineering,
System Analysis and Design, Verification &
AIT
Quality, Dependability and Safety
System Dependability and Safety
Main Projects, Products and Services
EVOLEO provides engineering services covering
a wide range of needs in the electronics design,
embedded and systems engineering.
Services Design and Implementation of Analogue
HW
Project, CAD, WCA, PSA, FMEA/FMECA.
Design and Implementation of Digital HW
Project, CAD, FPGA, µC/µP 8‐32 bit (simple
and multi‐core over FPGA), VHDL and C.
SW Implementation for Embedded
Systems
Real time operating systems, NI LabView
platform, Windows or Linux environment.
Instrumentation, Automation and Control
PLCs, National Instruments technology
Systems Engineering
Support to systems integration & validation
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Quality and Development Process
Support to ESA‐ECSS standards
Projects Project ALPHASAT TDP8 for ESA
TDP8 is composed of 2 units – CTTB and MFS,
aiming to evaluate electronic components in
harsh space conditions and to record the
radiation levels observed. In collaboration with
Efacec, the TDP8 payload required the design
and integration of flight HW, SW and Testing.
EVOLEO contributed deeply to the design of
the On‐board Software, EGSE system, system
engineering and several flight boards (DIF,
MTB, PDU and Backplane), as well as support
to other partners on their own experiments.
TDP8 On‐Board Software
The SW developed over RTEMS manages the
Spacecraft communications via 1553B, TDP8
subsystems control, Housekeeping and Science
data collection, Internal Power distribution
control, internal time synchronism and FDIR. It
also controls the experiments scheduling.
TDP8 Electrical Ground Support Equip. (EGSE)
The EGSE is used throughout all phases of
project development, from individual test cards
up to integration on the satellite. Based on a
National Instruments platform, it allowed major
savings in cost and time. Main features include
monitoring and simulation of communications
(1553, 422), GUI and automated procedures.
TDP8 Data Interface Board (DIF – Control Unit)
The customizable DIF board with Aeroflex
Gaisler LEON3FT processor supporting several
RTOS, low power, onboard memory and
several digital and analogue I/O capabilities is
ideally suited for space and other High‐Rel
applications, such as instrument, payload and
spacecraft control applications.
TDP8 Power Distribution Unit Board (PDU)
PDU distributes the secondary power to the
TDP8 units. Holding ON/OFF capability of each
peripherals, LCL (Latching Current Limiter)
circuits, and Loads current monitoring. PDU is a
very flexible unit for other payloads’ power
conditioning, protection and distribution.
TDP8 Memory Test Board (MTB)
MTB is an experiment board testing memories.
It contains banks of SEL and SEU monitors and
Flash demonstrators. Besides the scientific
component, it provides current limiter and SEL
events protection per DUT, bus contention
prevention and VHDL code interfacing the On‐
board SW. MTB can be adapted to other
payloads with different memory units.
Project AEEF CTTB In‐Flight Data Analysis
This SW project allows In‐flight data collected
from experiments within TDP8, to be used on
ground test protocols validation and
performance prediction models for new
components. It also provides in‐flight
evaluation of components for future missions.
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FiberSensing – Sistemas Avançados de
Monitorização, S.A.
http://www.fibersensing.com
Silvia Abad
+351 229 61 30 10
Description
FiberSensing – Sistemas Avançados de
Monitorização, S.A., is a spin‐off company from
INESC Porto devoted to the development of
optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based sensor
systems for advanced monitoring applications.
It develops, commercializes and supports
products (sensors, measurement units and
software packages) and services (complete
solutions) for instrumentation, being the main
markets the ones of structural health
monitoring in civil and geotechnical
engineering, and energy production and
distribution. The company, supported by
competences going from fiber optic technology
to optoelectronics, digital electronics and
instrumentation, offers technologically
advanced solutions while ensuring innovation,
quality and reliability in a user friendly way.
Fields of Expertise
FiberSensing is equipped with state‐of‐the‐art
tools in what concerns fiber optic,
optoelectronics and electronics technologies:
FBG automated manufacturing workstation
fiber optic hydrogen loading high‐pressure
chamber
hot nitrogen and hot acid stripping
acrylate and polyimide recoating
fiber optic connectorization
climatic chamber
mechanical testing machine with thermal
chamber
vibration test systems
controlled environment rooms for optical
sensor manufacturing and test
dedicated rooms for optelectronic and
electronic boards manufacturing and test
FiberSensing engineering team is able to advise
and draw up project analyses in close
cooperation with costumers. The goal is to
assess the monitoring needs of a structure and
subsequent interaction with the project
designer, construction company and
infrastructure owner. Company’s engineers
develop then an appropriate tailor‐made
integrated system based on off‐the‐shelf
FiberSensing products.
Main Projects, Products and Services
FiberSensing manufactures complete
monitoring systems for industrial applications.
Temperature Mapping in HV Power Transformers Real‐time temperature mapping system for
power transformers. The system enables hot‐
spot monitoring up‐to 400kV, providing a tool
for conformity assessment. The system also
enables overloading real‐time control.
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Temperature Mapping in Overhead Power Lines Real‐time temperature mapping of conductors
for optimization of energy distribution
networks. The system enables sag control in
high‐voltage overhead power lines. The
complete solution supports tenths of
measuring points over long distances.
Temperature and Vibration Mapping in High Power Generators Real‐time temperature and vibration mapping
systems for high power generators. The system
enables condition monitoring of large scale
generators. The system also enables vibration
and thermal analysis and alarm generation.
Main Aerospace Projects FiberSensing is involved in different
development projects in Aerospace both with
ESA, European Union and Customers.
ESA Photonics Technologies (NGL/FS‐ACS‐
CON‐0011) – Avionics
ESA ITT 4940 – Fiber Optic Sensing
Subsystem for Spacecraft Health
Monitoring in Telecommunication Satelites
InFlightFOS (FP7 CleanSky ‐255768) –
Improved Reliability and Integration of FBG
Systems for In‐flight Applications
RemFOS (FP7 CleanSky ‐255820) – Design,
Manufacturing and Reliability Evaluation of
Embedded Sensors
SpaceFBG (FP7 CleanSky ‐ 255789) – Design
& Validation of FOBG for SHM Application
Development of a temperature monitoring
system for thermal vacuum testing (Thales
Alenia Space, France)
System for stress monitoring in composite
fuel tanks (Airbus, France)
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GMVIS SKYSOFT, S.A.
http:// www.gmv.com.pt
José Freitas
+351 213 82 93 66
Description
GMV‐SKYSOFT was established as a private
Portuguese company in 1998 focusing on
advanced technological solutions for the
aeronautics and ICT markets and then shortly
initiating its first space related activities, even
before the accession of Portugal to the
European Space Agency. The company’s space
activities have grown since that date, to the
point where GMV is the Portuguese entity with
highest business volume with ESA, and having
secured key contracts in European institutions
including EUMETSAT, EMSA, EDA, Eurocontrol
and the European Commission.
In 2005, the well known GMV Group acquired a
majority stake in GMV‐SKYSOFT from its
previous shareholders and today GMV‐SKYSOFT
is a fully owned subsidiary of the GMV Group.
As of 2011, GMV‐SKYSOFT has staff count of
near 90 persons with a solid technological
background, out of around 1000 in the whole
GMV Group. GMV‐SKYSOFT’s strategy in the
space market is to identify and secure niche
market satellite technology positions that are
sustainable on a long term perspective. We
look to provide lasting relationships with our
customers, which now not only include
European institutions but some of the main
players in the Space market, in particular the
large satellite integrators.
Fields of Expertise
Along with acquired technical knowledge from
numerous space contracts, GMV‐SKYSOFT is a
seasoned prime bidder for specific technology
developments having shown the ability to lead
consortia on challenging and technically
complex programmes, as well as support
satellite integrators on a long‐term basis.
Technology Competences The key technical know‐how of GMV‐SKYSOFT
may be summarized as below:
Ground segment engineering and
development for GNSS, Scientific and EO
missions (including PDGS).
EGSE and Satellite Reference Databases.
GNSS system level studies, simulations and
test tools, and software receivers.
Onboard software, including automated
tools and advanced methodologies.
Application and services using Space
Technology: EO, GNSS and Telecoms.
Satellite communications systems – user
segment, satellite networking, DVB‐RCS.
Services and Support Some key highlights include being a key ground
segment software supplier for the Galileo IOV
programme, supporting Thales Alenia Space on
the Herschel /Planck and Sentinel 3 missions,
and being selected by ESA and Astrium as a
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supplier for the GAIA EGSE and to support the
Sentinel 2 Instrument AIT campaign.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Ground Segment Galileo IOV ‐ OSPF/IPF RTMC SW, OSPF/IPF
AIVP Platform, MDDN‐MNE Networking
Software, Flight Dynamics Tools.
Supply of the IASI‐level 2 Instrument
Processing Facility of the EUMETSAT EPS.
ENVISAT Operational Tools: MERISAT.
ESRIN FC: AVHRR and SeaWiFS Acquisition
and Processing System Upgrade.
EGNOS ‐ DAL C COTS components for G/S.
ESOC GFC8/EFC1 Eng. Frame Contracts.
Space Systems and Engineering for Scientific / Exploration Missions GAIA Central Checkout System (EGSE).
Sentinel 2: EGSE CCS and AIT support.
Herschel/Planck, Sentinel 3 and TRP
contracts for Satellite Reference Databases.
AURORA ‐ Avionics Reference Architecture.
NLP Solver for Space Trajectory Opt.
ESTEC & ESAC Scientific Frame Contracts.
Earth Observation Applications and Services Reference player in GMES Initiative and
contributor to GEO: FP7: MYWATER,
SAFER, G‐MOSAIC, NEREIDS.GSE: MARISS,
MARCOAST, PROMOTE.
Integration of EO services into operational
systems
EUMETSAT LandSAF SW engineering.
Global Navigation Satellite Systems GNSS receivers, platforms and toolbox:
EAGUR, NUSAR, GSRLab & DNURS.
Tech studies: ADVENT, MASSTRA.
DINGPOS: Indoor GNSS Positioning.
EGEP Program studies, including Atomic
Clocks and tests beds.
GNSS Applications: ARMAS, GUTD, AGILE,
MARUSE, ADVANTIS, Helicity, Angelica,
GINA, SWIRLS.
Satellite Communications SaNTA – TCP accelerator for satellite D/L.
IRIS/SDLS/AVISAT & ANTARES – ESA
Aeronautical satcom system for SESAR.
PRODAT – upgrade of the ground segment
of the ESA satellite messaging system.
Development of DVB‐RCS satellite test bed.
DECISION – Deployment of satcom services
for civil protection international agencies.
SINUE: Satellite communications for UAVs.
OBSW, SW Tools and Methodologies Integrated ‐ Space ‐ Modular Avionics.
AIR ‐ (TSP/IMA) Operating Environment.
AMOBA ‐ ARINC 653 host simulator.
MOBARE‐Validation of Dependability/Safety
Critical SW with Model‐Based Reqs.
Auto Test Generation for Flight/Ground SW.
DIANA / SCARLETT – Advanced Avionics.
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HPS‐ High Performance Structures Lda
http://www.hps‐lda.pt
Pedro Portela
info@hps‐lda.pt
+351 229 57 87 18
Description
HPS‐Portugal was established in 2007 as a joint
venture between the German SME HPS‐GmbH
and the Portuguese R&D institute INEGI in
Porto. HPS Lda is located in Porto, in the
campus of the School of Engineering with
access to a 10 000 class cleanroom, large
assembly hall and complete thermo‐mechanical
test facilities including thermal vacuum.
Since its foundation in 2007, HPS Lda has been
active in the areas of thermal protection
systems, hot structures and lightweight
structures through either ESA TRP studies or
industrial projects with its European partners.
Fields of Expertise
HPS Lda has specialized not only in the
provision of engineering services such as
project management, design and analysis,
assembly and integration and testing but also
producing flight hardware such as multi‐layer
insulations (MLI), mechanical ground support
equipment (MGSE) and feeds for
telecommunication satellites.
HPS Lda has established an MLI manufacturing
facility that can manufacture blankets up to 4
meters long but also small blankets for
scientific experiments and payloads.
Main Projects, Products and Services
HPS Lda core products and services may be
categorized in three different vectors.
Technology Development and Project Management HPS Lda acts as prime contractor for ESA
technology development projects managing
usually a multidisciplinary team of 4‐5
subcontractors in the areas of hot structures
and composite structures and materials.
Currently, HPS Lda is managing two TRP studies
with more than 10 subcontractors in a total
projects value of 900 000€.
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Design and Manufacturing of Thermal Blankets, MGSE and Feeds HPS Lda design and manufactures thermal
blankets (MLI) for satellites and its payloads. In
a 10 000 class cleanroom HPS can deliver
blankets up to 4 meters long made of usual MLI
materials such as Mylar and Kapton.
HPS Lda has supplied Efacec with the thermal
blankets that protect the TDP8 experiment to
fly on Alphasat in 2012 and will also supply the
Max‐Planck Institute in Germany with blankets
for the eROSITA x‐Ray telescope.
HPS Lda also designs and manufactures MGSE
such as transport containers and lifting devices.
The one shown below was used to transport a
complete satellite telecommunication antenna
system.
Specialized Thermo-Mechanical Testing HPS Lda provides also the preparation and
execution of specialized thermo‐mechanical
tests on space products. These tests are usually
non standard and require the design and
preparation of custom test plans, test setups
and test procedures.
HPS Lda has access to mechanical test facilities
(test machines and technicians), thermal test
facilities (several thermal chambers and one
thermal vacuum chamber) and acoustic test
facilities.
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Indra Sistemas Portugal, S.A
http://www.indracompany.com
Helder Alves
+351 214 72 46 00
Description
Indra is a leading IT multinational in Europe and
Latin America. It is ranked as the second
European company in its sector according to
stock market capitalisation, and as one of the
companies with 500M€ investment in R&D over
the last 3 years. In 2010, revenues reached €
2,513 M, of which € 33 M came from Indra
Portugal. The company employs more than
30,000 professionals, 390 of them in Indra
Portugal.
Indra is organised around six vertical markets:
Security, Defence and Space; Transport and
Traffic; Energy and Industry; Telecom and
Media; Finance and Insurance and Public
Administration and Healthcare. Over the years
we have gained comprehensive insight into
each business and crafted solid relationships
with customers. This knowledge, coupled with
latest‐generation technology, allows Indra to
create unique in‐house solutions and services
for each market segment.
Indra provides its clients with an offer that is
both complete and of value which ranges from
systems and applications integration and
project development to consultancy and
outsourcing of IT systems and business
processes. This offer is structured into two
primary segments: Solutions and Services.
In general, Indra solutions serve the core of the
business operation of our clients, and require
as an essential capability the integration of
systems, i.e. the design, configuration,
development, and implementation of complete
components, applications, and IT systems,
featuring our own and third‐party products.
Fields of Expertise
Indra fields of expertise on the Space Market
are:
Satellite Communications
Satellite control
o Satellite control centres
o Applications for satellite control
Navigation and positioning
o Reference stations and monitoring
and archiving centres.
o Navigation systems engineering.
o Positioning applications
Integrated logistic support
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Main Projects, Products and Services
Indra Portugal is mostly working in Satellite
Control and Navigation systems of which the
two following projects are examples:
ULS C-Band Antenna Production of the complete, Indra designed,
3,5m C‐Band Antenna, that will ensure the
constant up‐link of the Mission data to the on‐
orbit Galileo Satellites.
The antennas will be deployed in the most
critical and equipment harsh environments
(north‐pole and equatorial countries) and will
have a lifetime of 20 years.
ULS Shelter Production of a 20 feet ISO compliant
Composite Telecommunications Shelter
capable of being deployed in turn‐key
conditions in any part of the world either be
the North‐Pole or the Sahara desert in the
same baseline configuration.
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Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
http://www.isq.pt
Paulo Chaves
+351 214 22 94 38
Description
ISQ – Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade is a
private entity, established in 1965, with a group
turnover, in 2010, of 92M€ (40% overseas) a
staff of 1300, with a permanent presence in 9
countries. Some of ISQ areas of expertise are
Laboratories, Materials and Mechanical
behaviour, Electrical Engineering, Quality
Certification and Technical Inspections, and
Research and Development.
ISQ has invested, in the last ten years, more
than 55 M€ in R&D projects, national and in the
different EC Frameworks, including aerospace
in partnership with different organisations such
as EADS, Rolls‐Royce, MTU, NASA, Agusta
Westland and Airbus, among others.
The high level of testing capacity of ISQ group
of certified labs, offer a large range of technical
expertise in space and aeronautics, to clients
such as Thales Alenia Space, Snecma Propulsion
Solide, ESA/ESTEC and OGMA, among others.
As members of the GIE ESQS, ISQ is providing at
the European Space Center – French Guyana, in
a permanent basis since 2003, technical
inspections for CNES and Arianespace, to
Ariane and now, as well, Soyuz.
Some other high qualified international
reference clients are CERN, ITER and the
European Southern Observatory.
Fields of Expertise
Materials & Coatings Behavior
Thermodynamics & Reliability
Maintenance & Inspections
Non‐Destructive Testing & SHM
Instrumentation & Electronics
Metrology
Sustainable Development
Health & Safety
Research & Development
Training
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Main Projects, Products and Services
Performance of tests for the Critical Design
Review of the IXV Vehicle (for SAFRAN) Test
campaign including thermo‐mechanical,
dynamic, permeability, venting and sneak‐flow
tests on attachment parts and on subscale
composite (CMC) parts.
Performance of tests for a Versatile Thermal
Insulation Tests for a Cryogenic Upper Stage
(for TASI) Test campaign including thermo‐
mechanical and dynamic tests with sine and
random loads on VTI sandwich panels‐
Performance of tests for the Characterisation
and thermo‐mechanical robustness
justification of an improved CMC nozzle
extension (with SAFRAN for ESA).
Services in the area of the Quality, Safety and
Environment at the CSG‐Kourou (as ESQS for
CNES and ARIANESPACE ).
Services in the area of Industrial Safety and
Quality Assurance for the construction of a
Kinetic Shock Tube for Radiation Database for
Planetary Entry (with IST for ESA).
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KEMET Electronics Portugal, SA
http://www.kemet.com
Cristina Mota‐Caetano
+351 266 75 96 00
Description
KEMET Electronics Portugal, SA is a 100%
subsidiary company from the US Company
KEMET Corporation, which was officially
formed in 12th February 1997. The company
produces Tantalum Capacitors Surface
Mounted Devices with MnO2 and Polymer
counter‐electrodes.
Historical the plant is located in Évora, south of
Portugal and had the official opening at 4th
September 1998. Until 1st October 1999 was
denominated as Siemens Matsushita and was
in continuous scale up with 4 complete lines of
standard MnO2 counter‐electrode ramping up.
The denomination changed to EPCOS in 1999
with an extension in place, adding more 2
production lines.
In April 2006 KEMET Corporation acquired
EPCOS Tantalum Business Division and the
denomination change to the actual KEMET
Electronics Portugal, SA. In the same year the
new polymer counter electrode technology was
introduced in mass production.
Based on KEMET Corporation strategic decision,
in 2009, KEMET Electronics Portugal SA, started
to be the footprint baseline for the
Military/Space and Medical segments grows in
Europe. New products qualification processes
were kick‐off and are under execution adding
to Telecom and Automotive an extended
Portfolio.
Fields of Expertise
Capacitors are fundamental components that
store, filter, and regulate electrical energy and
current flow. They are found in all electronic
application’s and products used today,
including those in the computer,
telecommunication, automotive, military and
aerospace, medical, industrial/instrumentation
(including lighting), and consumer market
segments.
"High Reliability" versions of KEMET
Corporation capacitors were used in every
important military and aerospace effort from
the first Telstar to Viking, the Apollo moon
landing, the Patriot missile, and the Mir and
International Space Stations.
The product lines include the world's most
complete surface‐mount and through‐hole
capacitor technologies across tantalum,
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ceramic, aluminum (organic and electrolytic),
film and paper dielectrics.
The company markets for capacitors covers a
large and diverse group of original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs), electronics
manufacturing services (EMS) providers, and
electronics distributors around the world.
Production is measured in the billions of pieces
per year.
For KEMET Electronics Portugal SA the main
area of expertise, within the Tantalum SMD,
has been the telecom and automotive
segments, including all the safety applications
as: ABS, AirBag and Transmission controls
among others.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Solid Tantalum SMD Capacitors
One of the main KEMET’s products is the solid
tantalum capacitors that are manufactures all
over the world with different technologies. At
this moment, KEMET’s Évora plant provides
two of them: MnO2 and Conductive Polymer
cathodes.
Surface mount technology tantalum capacitors
are increasingly being used in new circuit
designs because of their volumetric efficiency,
basic reliability and process compatibility.
The steady‐state and dynamic reliability of a
tantalum capacitor are influenced by several
factors under the control of the circuit design
engineer. These factors are voltage de‐rating,
ripple current and voltage conditions,
maximum operating temperature and circuit
impedance. It is also of interest that because of
the solid nature of the tantalum capacitors
construction, there is no known wear out
mechanism by drying.
The electrical characteristics of a Tantalum
capacitor are determined by its structure:
capacitance, leakage current, impedance/ESR
and dissipation factor. Those characteristics
are very dependent on the capacitors designs
and materials.
As part of KEMET strategy the Évora plant is
developing/executing projects to start mass
production of high reliable solid tantalum
capacitors with MnO2 technology for Military
and Aerospace industries, including the
European Space Agency.
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Logica
http://www.logica.pt
Tiago Pedro
+351 210 01 80 00
Description
Logica Portugal was formed from the group
Edinfor, established in 1991. With more than
1000 employees in Portugal and Spain has
offices in Lisbon, Porto and Madrid. With a base
of more than 200 customers, it is one of the top
3 IT service players in Portugal.
Its global solution portfolio includes the
provision of services in areas of technology
consulting, systems integration and outsourcing
for clients across various industries including
financial, telecommunications, energy &
utilities, industry, distribution and also public
sector.
Logica provides a wide supply of IT services,
outsourcing and business solutions to
organizations helping them achieving higher
levels of performance.
Fields of Expertise
The services portfolio is aggregated in three
core service lines, being the entire Logica
group, both globally and locally organised along
these lines.
Business Process Outsourcing,
Application Management, including ERP
services and testing,
Infrastructure Management.
Software Development Logica Portugal has a long and proven record of
project delivery including complex projects in
business critical systems in key market sectors:
Energy, Telecommunications, Public Sector and
Transportation. Our expertise is recognized by
the costumers and peers, including
distinguished technology areas that range from
Web Applications, Systems Integration, ERP to
GIS and Testing.
Maintenance and Operations At the service and management infrastructure
level, Logica has the full range of integrated
services that includes all the infrastructure
functions from Network Access to Desktop
Management and Remote Support:
Management of the IT Outsourcing Contract of
Portugal’s Energy Group (“Energias de
Portugal” – EDP);
16 years of leadership in the utilities market,
with 65% market share with UBS;
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Logica’s service and infrastructure
management is based on the Best Practices
including ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library). We are
in a privileged position to help the European
Space Agency in improving their space mission
related services operations by bringing the
managed service expertise and experience in
other industries. By increasing efficiency,
repeatability, best practices in business
processes, we will help bringing space to life
with our legacy.
Supply of Personnel Logica Portugal’s largest asset is the expert
personnel that work in the most diverse areas.
We can offer experts in managed testing, IT
Security, GIS, project management, software
development and systems integration. Logica is
also experienced in working with mixed and
international teams of different suppliers
where the personnel expertise and flexibility is
highly regarded.
Consultancy and Special Services Logica Portugal puts knowledge and innovation
in a special place. We take this seriously and
keep working closely with some universities
and the international academia. We work
together in novel concepts that through the
incubation of new ideas, we jointly identify
innovative ways to use available technology or
help research to push its boundaries. It is also
this team remits to develop prototypes and
proofs of concept, as well as further developing
the corresponding industrialised solutions and
exploring new business models. In parallel, we
continuously evaluate technological, process,
social and organizational trends.
An Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
provides the perfect response to these new
challenges. An AMI solution combines metering
hardware (supported by reliable two‐way and
adaptive communication networks) and
systems specially designed to meter, collect
and handle a vast range of power
measurements and grid quality data. When
integrated with business and technical systems,
the AMI platform is one of the main
cornerstones for the ‘SmartGrid’.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Vessel Traffic System Examples of projects include the VTS (Vessel
Traffic System) that provides a system for
helping assessing the integrity of Portuguese
territory and its national waters, using radar,
AIS, voice communication, direction finder,
meteorological capabilities and a microwave
data communication network. This is aimed to
improve the quality and capability for maritime
traffic management, maritime security and
environmental control in this wide area.
GALILEO Service Centre Design Study Logica Portugal is also collaborating with ESA in
the definition of the Galileo Service Centre
Study. Together with a multi‐disciplinary team,
Logica’s excellence is helping in the definition
of the stringent requirements and architecture
design of what will be a key component of the
overall Galileo Programme.
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LusoSpace
http://www.lusospace.com
Ivo Vieira
+351 213 97 43 63
Description
LusoSpace is a company founded in 2002 with
the aim to develop, produce, test and qualify
space hardware. The main breakthrough
project was the production and qualification of
a magnetometer for satellite navigation.
Nowadays, a total of 8 magnetometers have
been produced and other 6 are being produced
for the following missions:
PROBA‐2
AEOLUS
Sentinel 1A;
Sentinel 3A;
Sentinel 1B
Sentinel 3B
SEOSAT
LusoSpace’s main customers are ESA, Astrium
Stevenage, Astrium Toulouse, Thales Alenia
Space France‐Cannes, Thales Alenia Italy –
Rome, Jena Optronik, RUAG and SENER.
LusoSpace is fully compliant with ESA Standards
and is ISO 9001 certified. Furthermore, the
company has been successfully audited by
Astrium and Thales for industrial procurement.
LusoSpace is member of the PROESPAÇO, IST
spin‐off and COTEC PME network and of.
Fields of Expertise
AOCS – Attitude orbit and control systems The main product of this field is a
magnetometer for LEO/MEO satellites which
can be used for the navigation of the satellite. It
has been developed in the frame of an ESA
contract and qualified for AEOLUS mission.
LusoSpace is the main European provider of
magnetometers and is beginning to sell this
product outside of Europe.
Optoelectronics Our capabilities are focused on custom optical
products development. The main activity has
been the preliminary development of a Head
Mount Display for astronauts, the OGSE
(Optical Ground Support Equipment) for the
GAIA and Sentinel 3 satellites, and the
development of a optical communication
terminal in collaboration with RUAG‐Zurich.
Additionally, we have been supporting Astrium
in the Thermal Analysis of Sentinel 2
optoelectronic payload.
MEMS – micro electro mechanical systems LusoSpace is working with ESA on the
development of procedures for evaluating and
qualifying MEMS for the space sector. This is a
new market in the space sector expected to
enable high tech missions that are currently
constrained by mass, volume or power
limitations. The space qualification procedure
for this technology is of the utmost importance
since they provide a positive response to the
demanding reliability of the space missions.
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Main Projects, Products and Services
Magnetometer The LusoSpace magnetometer is onboard
Proba‐2 and Aeolus satellites for navigation
information.
This is the first‐ever Portuguese hardware to be
used in critical space applications.
Head Mount Display In the frame of an ESA project, LusoSpace
concluded the preliminary development of a
Head Mount Display for astronauts.
Procedures for MEMS Qualification The set of procedures have been developed
with ESA for the qualification of all kind of
MEMS for the space sector. The miniaturization
of hardware enables new and demanding
scientific missions increasing the possibility of
new discoveries. LusoSpace is at the forefront
of MEMS reliability in the European space
sector.
GAIA OGSE Working as system integrator and optical
technology developer, LusoSpace developed
the OGSE for the GAIA satellite and the testing
system which projects a star pattern over the
telescope CCD during the vacuum testing.
Optical Communication for UAV’S / Satellites The most recent project includes the
development an optical communications
terminal between UAV’s and satellites. While
Oerlikon is the prime contractor of the system
development, LusoSpace is in charge of
developing the laser terminal, a key technology
for this challenging communication concept.
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Novabase
http://www.novabase.pt/en
João Rafael Silva
+351 213 83 63 00
Description
Novabase is the leading Portuguese company in
IT business solutions. Its turnover was €236
million in 2010, 15% of which originated from
outside of Portugal. It has invested more than
10 million euros in R&D. Novabase has
operated in 28 countries on 5 continents and
now has over 2,500 employees. The company
currently has offices in Portugal, Spain,
Germany, France, the Middle East and Angola.
Fields of Expertise
With a leading position in revenue gathering
and protection systems as well as IT
infrastructures, emerging areas such as ITS
(Intelligent Transportation Systems), customer‐
centric airport management and sustainability
are also addressed.
Since these factors greatly impact the economy
and citizens’ quality of life, the intensive
application of IT to mobility management
entails great opportunities for differentiation
through innovation and added value.
This scenario is a privileged sphere of business
for Novabase, with emphasis on its high
potential for internationalization through the
application and ongoing vertical development
of the expertise for which it is already known,
particularly in service design, business
intelligence, CRM, enterprise management and
customized development.
Similarly, these capacities are used to address
the needs of public and private companies in
the area of civil and military space and aviation.
Novabase works with its customers to develop
solutions for mission planning and control,
simulation of satellites, aircraft and UAV
operations, together with integrated solutions
based on fine geo referencing and real‐time
satellite communications in various fields of
application.
Key References: BOEING, EADS, EMBRAER, TAP,
SATA, ANA Airports, NAV, OGMA, Portugal
Ministry of Defence, ASTRIUM, INMARSAT, ESA,
EUMETSAT
Main Projects, Products and Services
Novabase provided consulting services and IVV
to the Mission Control Systems and Simulators,
and On‐Site Acceptance Testing to the
following satellites: HERSCHEL & PLANCK,
MARS & VENUS EXPRESS, LISA PATHFINDER,
CRYOSAT, GOCE and AEOLUS
Virtu Product Virtualization tool for management and
configuration of applications in virtualized
environments. Automated testing in distributed
environments and management of IT
applications and infrastructure. Configuration
at application level based on a simple premise:
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each application (or group) is a data block that
can have a configuration associated and that
can be fully parameterized.
Mobile-Geo Product Geographic Information Systems High Precision
applications on enhanced mobile interfaces for
personal and professional purposes (Eureka/
Galileo Masters).
SSVT Project 3D Immersive system, applied to space by
usage of emerging remote devices to operate
Monitor & Control Systems, and support the
spacecraft design.
SIMSAT Consulting services to the Architectural Design
phase of ESOC’s simulator port to the Linux
Platform. Participation in the Factory
Acceptance Testing and On‐Site Acceptance
Phases.
SCOS-2000 Responsible for the validation of SCOS2000 v.5.
Emphasis was given to the validation of new
subsystems, namely PARC2 and FARC3.
Involvement on the new testing ”framework”
designated by ART4, to automate the validation
process of SCOS2000.
Airbus MilitaryMission Planning Framework where Novabase
is participating in this effort in several stages of
the software lifecycle, such as functional and
organic analysis, development and tests,
problem management and test results
reporting.
SESAR ProjectNovabase developed in Matlab and Simulink a
model of an airport network, simulating each
airport as a node connected to others via air
routes, with the objective of understanding the
behavior of the network based on changing
demands.
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OMNIDEA, Lda
http://www.omnidea.net
Pardal, Tiago
+351 211 91 31 69
Description
Founded in 2003 and incubated in ESA’s ESTEC
until 2005, Omnidea is an innovative SME
performing R&D in pioneering energy concepts
and processes, and licensing the resulting IPR for
use in products with worldwide application.
Our R&D embraces high‐tech concepts for Space
applications as well as affordable technologies
for terrestrial daily use. The strategy for growth
focuses on technology ownership and tailor‐
made solutions in Space propulsion, terrestrial
mobility and energy production.
To match these ambitions, our research team
with varied backgrounds is comprised mainly of
mechanical engineers with some electronic
engineers and chemists, all working to solve the
complex problems of aerospace technology;
Omnidea exports over 90% of its turnover and
has as customers, companies as large and well
known as EADS Astrium and Magna Steyr; also
the European Space Agency is both our biggest
client and a partner.
In 2010 Omnidea became the first Portuguese
PME to head a consortium in Energy in FP7,
leading institutions such as EDP and RisØ‐DTU.
Fields of Expertise
For Space applications Omnidea has
accumulated know‐how in:
gas storage for propulsion, and
CO2 recycling into hydrocarbons
In terrestrial applications Omnidea has been
working in revolutionary, high altitude, wind
energy production concepts, which surpass the
capacity factor and lower the cost per MWh of
currently available wind energy sources.
Omnidea plans to spin‐off its Space gas storage
technologies to future terrestrial energy carriers
such as hydrogen.
Areas of Expertise Fuel Cells and Electrochemical Systems for
fuel production;
Conceptual analysis and testing of Energy
Storage Systems;
Design and analysis of Terrestrial and Space
Propulsion;
Lighter‐than‐air structures design and
construction;
Advanced control and electronics for
renewable energy conversion technologies
Main Projects, Products and Services
Omnidea currently manages the following 3
projects:
ENERGON – Energy Storage Systems
o Recycling of CO2 into hydrocarbons
and H2
INNOVGAS – Innovative Gas Storage
o Space grade aluminum liners for
COPV’s
BOREAS – High altitude wind power &
platform
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o Tethered system, for station keeping
and wind power production, through
aerodynamic force
INNOVGAS The storage of Xenon (propellant in electric‐ionic
drive) and Helium (pressurant in satellite
chemical propulsion) is complex and expensive
as the high launch costs per kg translate into
minimum tank weight. This requirement
translates into high pressures, comparable to
compressed natural gas and hydrogen storage in
transportation applications. INNOVGAS aims to
replace the titanium liner in composite
overwrapped reservoirs, with space grade
aluminum ones, maintaining performance at a
much lower cost. This was achieved with
substantial R&D in novel production methods,
with no need for longitudinal and girth welding
and producing the shape in a single forming step.
ENERGON The sharp increase in atmospheric CO2, one of
the most important environmental issues facing
mankind, prompted research into new usages for
CO2 (e.g. recycling) previously deemed
unattractive for the lack of strict emission control
and low hydrocarbon prices. Nevertheless,
emission restrictions and high fuel prices have
sparked Omnidea to perform R&D on the
electrochemical reduction of CO2 to produce H2,
CxHy and O2. This system acts as a substitute for
batteries, storing energy as hydrocarbons (CH4,
C2H4 and C2H6) plus H2. Breakthroughs in long
chain hydrocarbons production have been
achieved and, consequently, efforts shifted
towards the challenges of successful system
integration.
BOREAS Earth Observation, Global Monitoring, and
Geographic Information Systems, are business
areas estimated at over $5Bn. Although satellites
are the main choices for these applications, High
Altitude Platforms (HAP) have advantages such
as lower costs and higher image resolution. HAPs
are well suited to perform satellite data
validation, fundamental to assess the accuracy of
collected data. Onboard communication
equipment can replace terrestrial base stations,
a significant advantage in remote areas. The
BOREAS technology provides means to lift a
reasonably sized payload, through the use of
aerodynamic lift coupled with a tethered layout
and lighter‐than‐air technology, being able to
remain airborne and keep station for long
periods at very high altitudes.
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Solscientia, Lda.
SOLSCIENTIA Lda.
Advanced Technologies and Consulting
Prof. David Resendes
+351 217 10 11 00
Description
SOLSCIENTIA‐Tecnologias Avançadas e
Consultoria, Lda. is a spin‐off from GOLP and its
founding members, remain associated with
GOLP. Solscientia has as mission to develop
and/or apply advanced technology solutions to
problems of national and public interest. Its
activity encompasses research and
development as well as technology based
innovative services in which physics
applications have an important role. The
motivation for the creation of Solscientia arose
from the research experience in an industrial
setting in the US of its principal founder
associated with academic research at the
Group for Lasers and Plasmas (GOLP) at the
Technical University of Lisbon.
Fields of Expertise
Space Weather Plasma Modelling
Electromagnetic Wave Interaction and
Propagation in Plasmas, Communications,
Blackout
Active optical and microwave Remote
Detection/Monitoring Technologies
Plasma Aspects of Aerothermodynamic In‐
Flight Research, Measurements, and
Physical Models
Laser Propulsion and Other Advanced
Concepts
Main Projects, Products and Services
Development of Plasma Reflectometry for In-Flight Aerothermodynamics Re‐entry reflectometry is a horizontal precursor
flight technology able to provide plasma flow‐
field information not possible with other
instruments. Such information is crucial for
vehicle design, aeroassist/aerobrake
technology, and communications “blackout”
control, particularly for newer generation, high
speed re‐entry scenarios. Such an instrument
can also provide important scientific data if
deployed on high speed
planetary/lunar/cometary probes and sample
return vehicles. The aim of this investigation is
the improvement of European capability in
accurately characterizing the plasma
environment surrounding a Re‐entry Vehicle.
The Re‐Entry Plasma Broadband Reflectometer
(RPBR) breadboard was initially developed
under ESA TRP funding. The main objectives of
this technology research consisted in defining
measurement requirements, selecting the most
appropriate technology, elaborating a
functional design, implementing a hardware
design, and providing a breadboard system. An
additional objective of the TRP was a
preliminary study of the integration of the
plasma reflectometer into a re‐entry vehicle.
This included an identification of suitable high
temperature windows, capable of satisfying the
necessary microwave transparency as well as
the thermal, strength and structural
requirements. Follow on GSTP funding has
focused on upgrading and testing the
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reflectometer in a relevant plasma
environment. Appropriate range and time
gating has been incorporated as well as
increased sensitivity, dynamic range and SNR.
Laser Propulsion for ESA Missions Laser propulsion allows for the possibility of
rockets with high specific impulse, high thrust,
and low propulsion weight, a combination of
advantages not apparent in any other rocket
propulsion scheme. Laser‐heated rockets have
the potential for producing more than 1000 s,
perhaps much more, by heating the propellant
to more than 4000 K. The thrust depends on
the power which can be absorbed in the
propellant, and this is only limited by the laser
power available at the rocket. Because laser
power can be beamed from a remote laser
source, a laser‐heated rocket need not carry its
power source, enabling low weight.
The project emphasized both fundamental
physics issues and a determination of the state‐
of‐the‐art in thermal laser propulsion. The laser
supported combustion (LSC) and laser
supported detonation (LSD) wave mechanisms
were explored for efficiency and
implementation. Additionally both continuous
wave (CW) and pulsed (RP) laser operation
were investigated. Among the most promising
laser sources is the free electron laser (FEL).
The limiting bottleneck was determined to be
available laser power. Modeling demonstrated
that with existing 50‐100 KW CO2 lasers, a total
mass of 200 g may be launched to above 10
km. Other issues such as beam steering and
mirrors were also addressed.
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Spin.Works
http://www.spinworks.pt
Vasco Pimenta
+351 210 12 84 52
Description
Spin.Works is an aerospace company dedicated
to the development and manufacturing of
aerostructures and unmanned systems for the
Aeronautics, Space and Defence markets.
Spin.Works has been strongly involved in R&D
activities since its foundation in 2006, both at
national and European levels, and having as its
main customer the European Space Agency.
Our mission is to create, develop and deploy
innovative, multi‐disciplinary and cost‐effective
solutions, in the areas of structures,
mechanisms, guidance, navigation & control
(GNC) systems, simulation, remote detection
systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Spin.Works aims to leverage its technical
expertise to provide efficient, cost‐effective
solutions to its customers, and to take
advantage of its multi‐disciplinary competences
to become a reference player in the emerging
unmanned systems market.
Fields of Expertise
Spin.Works has strong expertise in Aerospace
Structures and Aerospace Systems, applied to
ground segment, unmanned vehicle systems
and space exploration missions.
Structural Solutions & Composites Design, optimization, simulation,
manufacturing and qualification of complete
structural solutions. Emphasis on aviation,
space, composites. Shelters for demanding
environments in civil/military applications.
Mechanisms Non‐explosive actuators for space applications.
Integrated design of mechanisms involving
coupled thermal‐structural‐software
simulations.
Simulation High fidelity simulation of multi‐body systems
focusing on aerospace applications. Proprietary
integrated framework for reconfigurable
Mission Performance and Functional
Engineering Simulation Tools.
GNC Family of navigation (IMU, AHRS and INS/GPS)
systems based on MEMS technology and state‐
of‐the‐art navigation filters, targeted towards
UAV and general aviation markets.
Flight Control Systems for UAV and space
vehicles, including entry, automated descent
and landing.
Detection Systems Image processing software for detection
systems based on opto‐electronic sensors. 3‐D
reconstruction, feature extraction, tracking and
real‐time decision making algorithms.
Application to Hazard Detection and Avoidance
systems for planetary landing.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Design and development of UAV systems.
Family of proprietary UAV systems including a
micro UAV (1.5kg) and a Small Tactical UAV
(25kg).
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Main Projects, Products and Services
GALILEO Up-Link Stations Manufacturing, assembly and delivery of
twelve metallic/composite large antenna
dishes, sub‐reflectors, as well as metallic
support structure and pointing mechanisms for
the GALILEO Global Satellite Navigation System
Up‐Link Stations (ULS). Design and
manufacturing support of 5 electronic
equipment shelters for the GALILEO ULS.
TAEM Guidance ESA Contract, Prime Contractor.
Development of Modern Terminal Area Energy
Management Guidance systems for: space
planes, lifting bodies and capsules.
Development of auto‐landing guidance and
control systems for a space plane. Verification
and validation using 4DOF and 6DOF
simulation.
NEXT Lunar Lander ESA Project, Sub‐Contractor of OHB System
Phase A Mission Study of the NEXT Lunar
Lander with In‐situ Science and Mobility.
Spin.Works responsible for the development of
Hazard Avoidance strategies using real‐time
image processing of visual and LIDAR images.
The goal is to avoid shadows, craters,
rocks>0.5m height & slopes>15o to safely land
on the Lunar South Pole, where maximum sun
elevation is 1.5o.
Non Explosive Actuator ESA Contract, Prime Contractor.
Development of a Non‐Explosive Actuator for
Hold‐Down Release Mechanisms.
Micro UAV System
Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system (1.5kg)
with proprietary navigation and flight control
system, real‐time video and HiRes imaging.
Attitude Heading Reference System Attitude Heading Reference System with Air
Data integration. MEMS‐based navigation
system for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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TEKEVER ASDS
http://www.tekever.com
Mr. André Oliveira
+351 213 30 43 00
Description
The TEKEVER ASDS division of the TEKEVER
Group provides the Aerospace, Defense and
Security markets with innovative technology
that enables them to modernize and evolve by
increasing the quality of communication,
information and action means available in the
abovementioned domains in a continuous,
sustainable and cooperative way.
Incepted in 2001, TEKEVER creates technology,
products and solutions designed to help
individuals and organizations collaborate to
achieve common goals without cumbersome
technical limitations. TEKEVER is in constant
pursuit of technical differentiation in the areas
of interaction, cooperation and
communication. In its first 7 years of activity,
TEKEVER has achieved a leadership position in
the Enterprise Mobility Platform and Solutions
market, with its mBPM Platform and mBPM‐
based enterprise solutions. TEKEVER has offices
in Portugal (Lisbon), USA (Palo Alto, CA), Brazil
(São Paulo) and China (Beijing).
Fields of Expertise
TEKEVER ASDS core expertise in the Space field
are based on telecommunication systems (in
particular networking techniques, signal
processing, Satcom and Telecom service
applications), Earth Observation payload data
exploitation (data and information processing
as well as application and services), advanced
software Technologies and functions (Internet,
distributed systems) and GNSS systems and
ground related technologies (data processing
and services and user segment). In addition to
these, TEKEVER ASDS is extending its activities
to the fields of on‐board data systems (onboard
networks and software Technologies for data
processing), Ground Segment communication
network Technologies and protocols and
aspects of planetary exploration.
Internet or Distant network
Existing satellite linkPotential satellite link
Optimised satellite resource management & usage
Optimised routing in hybrid satellite & MANET
Horizontal end-to-end optimisations (QoS, performances, resources usage, …)
Vertical integration
MANET
Main Projects, Products and Services
Early Warning & C2 Systems TEKEVER ASDS designs and develops early
warning and Command and Control systems for
public safety, security and defense applications
exploiting space technology to the utmost.
These solutions support threat detection and
response processes, focusing on areas like
inter‐organizational response process
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management and execution, cooperation
between entities, and coordination of field
resources. Taking advantage of space Remote
Sensing and Satcom for data collection,
detection, intelligence, coordination and
dissemination, TEKEVER ASDS currently exploits
a product line fully dedicated to these topics:
DEWS.
Space Based SDR MANETs The flexibility introduced by concepts such as
SDR, ad‐hoc networking, hybrid networking,
DTN and CR is revolutionizing communications
as we know them. TEKEVER ASDS is applying
these concepts directly to space
communications by designing and developing
satellite payloads for Mobile Ad‐hoc Networks
based on SDR.
Location, Tracking & Navigation Where TEKEVER ASDS explores products based
on the results of ESA ARTES5 project LOBAS
(Location Based Services Provider) as well as it
own fleet management solution incorporating
EO imagery based on the results of ESA project
EOFleet. In addition, TEKEVER ASDS is
developing products using technologies for
remote sensing processing such as the ones
used in ESA project ITI‐Mosaicing among others
from other domains.
Spin-In Of Terrestrial Technologies into Space The increasing involvement of private initiatives
in space and the growing investments in
terrestrial mass market technologies in the
areas of communications, micro and nano‐
electronics coupled with advances in lower cost
space platforms and faster flight validation is
shifting the way space systems are considered.
TEKEVER ASDS explores these concepts and
technologies to speed up the take up of
technologies and solutions for space use
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Thales Portugal, S.A.
http://www.thalesgroup.com/Portugal/
Sérgio Barbedo
+351 212 48 48 48
Description
Thales Portugal is a competence centre in
integration of solutions for Transportation,
Space, Defense and Security Solutions for
Critical Infrastructures.
Thales has as mission being the reference
supplier of Mission Critical Solutions and
Services.
The Portuguese team started its activity in the
early 90’s under the Portuguese Railways
Network Modernization Plan.
In 2007, with the replacement of Alcatel as
shareholder, Thales Portugal increased its
activities and gained complementary skills.
Today, Thales Portugal has around 400
specialized human resources, spread between
Paço de Arcos and the 16 Maintenance Centers,
with a strong capability to design, develop, and
deploy multidisciplinary projects. With
operations running in the five continents,
Thales Portugal is recognized as a key
technology partner.
As part of Thales Group, Thales Portugal shares
more than the name. The Portuguese company
shares the vision of the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Thales Group, Mr. Luc
Vigneron: “achieving sustainable customer
satisfaction by continuously enhancing our
project management performance”.
Fields of Expertise
Thales Portugal has large competencies and
long experience in Integration and
Implementation of multiservice complex
projects. Supported by its strong Project
Management and being a trustable
Maintenance partner, Thales Portugal has local
capability to develop, adapt and customize
Thales’ products.
Within Aerospace sectors, our people have
functional experience and knowledge on the
following domains:
Command and Control
Communications
o International VoIP network
management; Local Multipoint
Distribution System (Wireless
Network); Radio mobile monitoring
system (CDMA plus Bluetooth); RF
Payload and Systems; Telecom
System Engineering Tools; Network
Techniques; Telecom Security
Techniques and Technologies;
Payload Tools (RF);
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Telecommunication Payloads (RF);
Simulation tools and Link design
Navigation Systems
System Design & Verification
o System Design and Simulation and
Multidisciplinary Analysis
Automation, Telepresence & Robotics
o Associated to the video processing
and analysis activities, specific
knowledge on perception has been
acquired and developed
Security (Cyber & Surveillance)
Imaging Diagnostics and Image Treatment
Technologies
o Image processing and security
analysis. Feature extraction,
detection and tracking, and visual
perception are some of the fields of
expertise
Main Projects, Products and Services
Command & control case study – Lisbon Operation Control Center (PT Railway)
Thales Portugal’s capabilities to achieve
successfully all goals are shown through the 28‐
month turn key project that equipped the
Portuguese Railway Infrastructure Manager
with a state‐of‐art command & control center.
Thales Portugal managed the entire project,
from the first draft to the finished and
operational building, and the result was a
critical infrastructure with the following key
benefits:
Global project Concept
Integration of 5 Regional Control Traffic
Centers in 1 single Operation Control Center
Seamless interoperability
Management of all video surveillance
installations
Fully integrated systems solutions
Innovative implementation and
development of new functionalities
Field‐proven features
Integration of 3rd parties solutions
Telecommunications– case studies Rocade Nord Railway System, Algeria
o Data network, fiber optics network,
passenger information system.
Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland
o Safe Data Network system
Surveillance Systems – case studies Harbor of Sines, Portugal
o CCTV system and Ship plate
recognition
Information Systems – case studies FOCIS (Ferry Operations and
Communications Information System),
Australia
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Zeugma – Tecnologia de Sistemas Industriais, S.A.
http://www.zeugma.pt
Humberto Cunha
humberto.cunha@zeugma‐tsi.pt
+351 261 81 62 70
Description
Zeugma is a provider of custom advanced
factory automation systems, assembly lines,
robot cells and automatic test systems.
This expertise has been crystallized by
providing machines and manufacturing
solutions for industries like paper, packaging,
automotive, electronics, consumer goods,
aerospace, food and biomedical.
Zeugma's products range from slitter
rewinders, doctor machines, automated
assembly lines, palletizer robots, lean
manufacturing stations, selective soldering
machines, mini wave soldering machines,
packaging lines and SCADA systems.
Fields of Expertise
Zeugma has a vast experience in industry
sectors such as paper, packaging, automotive
and electronics amongst others, being able to
deliver products and services to customers
accordingly to three different business areas:
Industrial equipment and systems, Industrial
maintenance services and Industrial
consultancy.
The technological know‐how may be divided in
three areas:
Electric / electronic engineering
Automation, Process control, Motion
control, Industrial robotics, Machine vision,
Instrumentation, Equipment Supervision,
and Electrical and electronic design and
systems integration
Main tools: Eplan, Siemens Simatic and NI
LabVIEW. Zeugma is Siemens Solutions
Partner for Automation
Mechanical engineering
Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Structural design,
Structural dynamics and vibration,
Mechanism kinematics & dynamics,
Mechanical design and integration
Main tools: SolidWorks,
MechanicalDesktop, AutoCAD and
PDMWorks
Other
Maintenance management software,
Technical Service, Total preventive
maintenance (TPM), Reliability centered
maintenance (RCM), Simulation of
production processes, Project management
and Risk management
Main tools: Sage/GCNext(ERP), MSOffice,
MSProject and SQLServer
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Main Projects, Products and Services
ESTEC - Large Diameter Centrifuge Zeugma developed the Large Diameter
Centrifuge, a special test system for ESA Life
and Physical Sciences Instrumentation
Laboratory.
The large diameter (8 meters) centrifuge can
provide the hyper gravity environment to cells
and small animals, allowing the acquisition of
the measurement points in the range from 1 to
20G. The application of this test system is not
limited to living systems, but may have also
applications in the area of Physical Science
experiments.
Zeugma used CAD and CAE software on the
design of this automated test system. Vibration
analysis and structural dynamics provided a
solid tool for the design optimization.
The centrifuge is able to accelerate from still to
20G when fully loaded in less than 60 seconds.
The LDC has room to accommodate 6 gondolas
(experiments containers) plus one central
reference gondola. Each gondola can carry up
to 80kg experimental payload, and is provided
with serial, USB, Ethernet and Video
connections available for experiments setup.
The gondolas can be supplied with water and
gas from on‐rotor storage facilities, broadening
the range of possible tests and increasing
experiment duration while avoiding
intermediate stops. Forced ventilation of the
gondolas is also possible.
Using a user‐friendly user interface the scientist
is able to define and automate test
experiments with durations up to 6 months and
then remotely monitor the test data.
The Large Diameter Centrifuge is in operation
at the ESA facility in ESTEC at Noordwijk in The
Netherlands since the beginning of 2008.
ESA ‐ A. Le Floc'h
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PROESPAÇO ‐ the Portuguese Association of Space
Industries
http://www.proespaco.pt
António Neto da Silva (President)
Description
PROESPAÇO main objectives are:
To promote in Portugal activities related to
space in all their aspects.
To be a representative organization, acting
as an intermediary and interface with the
public administration and national and
international organizations in all matters
relating to the space industry.
To work at all government levels (local,
regional, national and supra‐national) to
achieve a substantial increase in the
participation of Portuguese industry in
space‐related activities at a national,
European and global level.
To provide expert information on the space
industry in Portugal and on all related
research, development and support
programmes.
To provide a single voice to represent
Portuguese industry in regard to the
orientation of Portuguese space policies.
To extend and strengthen cooperation
between companies, universities and state
research institutes in R&D activities aimed
at developing new technologies and
products for use in space.
To contribute studies, analyses and
viewpoints to the institutes and
organizations responsible for drawing up
Portugal’s space policy and related
industrial development plans.
Secondary Aims To act as an organized forum for debate
and business development to meet the
needs of the Portuguese space community.
To collect and exchange information
relating to markets skills and know‐how for
the benefit of Association members.
To set up and launch working groups to
formulate and plan activities in specific
areas of common interest.
To represent and communicate the
common interests of the Portuguese space
industry to all sectors of society and to
international organizations with similar
aims.
To inform society as a whole of the
importance in everyday life, both today and
in the future, of the application of space
technology.
To provide foreign institutions with easy
access to information about the Portuguese
space industry.
To organize visits to Portugal and to
relevant meetings for delegations from
overseas.
To create, maintain and keep permanently
updated a complete catalogue of the
Portuguese space industry, including a
directory of members, covering the space
and earth sectors as well as related
services.
To represent the Portuguese space industry
at international
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CCTAE
Centre for Aeronautical and Space Science and
Technology
http://cctae.ist.utl.pt
Prof. L. M. B. C. Campos
351 218 41 72 67
Description
The CCTAE (Center for Aeronautical and Space
Science and Technology) is the research arm of
the academic unit ACMAA (Scientific Area of
Applied and Aerospace Mechanics), which
coordinates all degrees teaching Aerospace
Engineering at IST, namely: Bachelor in
Aerospace Science (3 years); Master in
Aerospace Engineering (branches: Aircraft,
Avionics, Space); Doctorate in Aerospace
Engineering (3 years).
The group at CCTAE/ACMAA has 30 years of
experience in research in aeronautical and
space science and technology, including
authorship of 4 books, 110 articles in journals,
160 communications to symposia and 30
internationally funded research projects.
It operates an aeroacoustic wind tunnel and a
six‐degree‐of‐freedom flight simulator. It has 20
years of experience of flight testing, of more
than 12 types of aircraft, from transport aicraft
(C‐130, P‐3) and business jets (Falcon 20 and
50) to fighters (A7P, Alpha‐jet) and helicopters
(Puma).
Fields of Expertise
The main areas of expertise across the
aerospace field are:
trajectories of launch vehicles: calculation
and optimization of trajectories, including
atmospheric effects on lifting designs, two‐
point boundary‐value problems of orbital
insertion;
aerothermodynamics: modelling of heat
transfer between high‐speed viscous
thermally conducting flow and thermal
stresses in a structure, including the effects
of ablative material and internal cooling;
modelling of acoustic fatigue of structures
subject to intense random or stochastic
pressure fluctuations and loads due to
turbulent flows and engine exhausts;
thermoacoustic coupling and combustion
instability in confined spaces including
geometric effects of boundary conditions
and flame front;
atmospheric entry and re‐entry of satellites
or probes, including ionization and chemical
reaction effects at high‐speed of payload
return missions;
magnetohydrodynamics of the solar
atmosphere and wind, including flows and
magnetic fields associated with magneto‐
acoustic‐gravity waves;
stellar models and data analysis based on
coupled acoustic‐magnetic‐gravity effects.
In general, dynamics of atmospheric and space
flight, including aerothermodynamics of
hypersonic flight in the atmosphere, space
environment for interplanetary and solar
missions, and atmospheric entry for space
probes and sample return missions; all aspects
of aeroacoustics, including acoustic fatigue,
themoacoustic instability and aerodynamic and
engine noise.
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Main Projects, Products and Services
There is a close link between aeronautics and
space research, as testified in the following
internationally funded projects:
P‐3 Orion ‐ Structured load monitoring;
RNAF/FAP ‐ NLR / IST.
ENABLE ‐ Transmission of boundary layer
noise; EU ‐ Dassault.
JEAN ‐ Noise of turbulent jets; EU‐TCD.
SILENCER ‐ Liners with non‐uniform
impedance for engine inlets and exhausts;
EU ‐ SNECMA.
ROSAS ‐ Installation effects on engine noise;
EU ‐ EADS France.
VELA ‐ Optimization and control of flying
wing aircraft; EADS ‐ Germany.
NEFA ‐ Control coupling and de‐coupling of
V‐tailed aircraft; EU ‐ Airbus France.
SEFA ‐ Reduction of aircraft noise around
airports; EU ‐ Dornier.
FRIENDCOPTER ‐ Generation of helicopter
noise and transmission to the ground; EU ‐
Eurocopter.
NACRE ‐ Flight dynamics and noise of new
aircraft configurations; EU ‐ Airbus France.
EGNOS ‐ Monitoring of accuracy and
integrity of satellite navigation signals ‐
EU/ESA/Eurocontrol ‐ ANA/IST.
X3‐NOISE ‐ Aeroacoustics network; EU ‐
SNECMA.
FLPP ‐ Calculation of trajectories of lifting
re‐usable launch vehicles through the
atmosphere into orbit; ESA ‐
Astrium/Deimos.
COSMA ‐ Atmospheric propagation and in‐
door transmission of aircraft noise; EU ‐
EADS Deutschland.
For each project were indicated the area of
work, the funding institution (EU, ESA,
Eurocontrol, Portuguese (PoAF) Air Force) and
the overall project leader. The projects listed
involved cooperation with more than 30
aircraft companies, 14 research centres, 36
universities, 40 SME's, and 10 national and 4
international institutions. National and
international projects outside the
EU/ESA/Eurocontrol are not included.
The main areas of expertise across the
aerospace field are:
Flight dynamics: trajectories, stability, and
control of aircraft and rockets, including: (i)
optimization of aircraft design to minimize
cruise drag and maximize control
effectiveness in adverse conditions and
atmosphere disturbances; (ii) optimization
of satellite launch trajectories including
effects of lift in atmospheric flight; (iii)
aircraft separation in air traffic
management, due to wakes, to collision
risk, and use of satellite navigation;
Aeroacoustics of aerodynamic and engine
noise, including engines, inlets, nozzles,
turbulent flow, boundary layers, active
noise reduction, acoustic fatigue and
thermoacoustic stability;
Aerothermodynamics of hypersonic flight,
including heat transfer between flows and
structures;
Atmospheric effects on vehicle dynamics:
winds, wakes.
Atmospheric and ground effects on noise.
Magnetohydrodynamics: physics of ionized
matter, including space environment, solar
physics, solar‐terrestrial physics and
phenomena related to plasma/fluid flow
under gravity, magnetic, and rotation
forces.
This research is backed by a 30 year experience
on Mathematical‐physical modelling in
Mechanics of Solids, Fluid Dynamics, Acoustics
and Electrodynamics.
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Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais www.fc.up.pt/cicge J. Pereira Osório, Professor Catedrático, CIGCE Scientific Coordinator [email protected] +351 220 40 21 28
Description
The activities of CICGE belong to different areas of the Earth and Space Sciences, including pure and applied scientific research, advanced teaching and education, promotion of science and services to the community. With a research team of 17 PhDs, it is organized in two different Groups: Group 1 – Satellite Positioning and Navigation, Coastal Zones Applications, Space Weather and Reference Systems; Group 2 – Remote Sensing, Image Processing and GIS.
Fields of Expertise
Group 1- Satellite Positioning and Navigation, Coastal Zones Applications, Space Weather and Reference Systems • Satellite Positioning and Navigation: GNSS
Applications in different areas of human activity; GNSS Permanent Network (GEONET); GPS Software Receiver for Location-Based Services.
• Coastal Zones Applications: Retrieving TSM concentration from multi-spectral satellite data; Estimation of river plume size based
on image segmentation; Beach hydromorphological behavior analysis through remote sensing; Bathymetric estimation by using satellite data; Extraction of a sand spit from IKONOS-2 satellite images; Breakwater stability analysis through a DGPS network – Madeira Harbour, Portugal.
• Space Weather: Solar Energetic Particle Events: Models of particle propagation in the interplanetary medium; Large Scale Structure of the Solar Wind; Solar Radio Emissions associated with flares; CMEs and shocks using data from our radio-telescope; Models of Near Earth Radiation Environment.
• Reference Systems: Gaia is a global space astrometry mission of ESA. We are involved in the selection and characterization of the QSOs, in terms of intrinsic properties in correlation with the accuracy and stability of the object's centroid coordinates. The main goal is to produce a list of confirmed and well studied QSOs that can help on defining the alignment between International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) and the Gaia Extragalactic Celestial Reference Frame (GCRF).
Group 2 - Remote Sensing, Image Processing and GIS • Image Classification, Image Segmentation,
Biomedical Applications of Image Processing.
• Digital Photogrammetry, Terrestrial Photogrammetry, Image orientation and DEM extraction from high resolution satellite images, Geometric Corrections of Satellite Imagery, Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning, GIS data capture.
• Biogeography, Spatial Biology, Ecological Modelling, Precision Agriculture, Remote
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Sensing of Vegetation, Natural Resources Management.
Main Projects, Products and Services
• COST Action MP0905 – “Black Holes in a Violent Universe”.
• ERIG – Education, Research and Innovation in the field of GNSS, Large European Consortium supported by the European GNSS Supervisor Authority (GSA).
• GEONET – GNSS Permanent Network (FCUP, FCTUC, IICT, IPG and AFA) (supported by FCT).
• SOFTWARE RECEIVER – GPS Software Receiver for Location-Based Services.
• GNSS Applications – Different Projects on the use of GNSS in several areas of human activity (plate tectonics and volcano, aeronautics, agriculture, environment, mobile phones, urban traffic control, atmospheric studies and outer space).
• GAIA – Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics, European Space Mission, member of the coordination unit CU3 – Core Processing (national participation supported by FCT).
• GREAT – Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training, Working Group C3 “Quasars”; Working Group C2 “Astrometry Reference Frame”.
• TSM Concentration – Retrieving TSM concentration from multispectral satellite data by linear regression and artificial neural networks.
• RIVER PLUME SIZE – Estimation of the Douro river plume size based on image segmentation of MERIS scenes (ESA, Earth Observation Program).
• Beach classification - Beach hydromorphological classification through remote sensing data and image processing techniques.
• SANDY - Cabedelo SANd Spit MorphoDYnamic Evolution and Modelling using IKONOS data – Douro River, Portugal (ESA, Earth Observation Program).
• MoZCo - Advanced methodologies and techniques development for coastal zone monitoring.
• The Near-Earth radiation environment is being modelled through a collaboration with LIP, as part of an effort funded by FCT.
• Energetics of Propagating Coronal Mass Ejections are being studied through a SHINE collaboration with the University of California at Berkeley.
• CICGE/ADFCUP is part of a Portuguese consortium, including members from IT/Aveiro, CENTRA/IST and Evora University, working to bring the European Square Kilometre Array (SKA) test site to Portugal.
• Laser Scanning / DEM Generation o FCT Project “Forest and Fuel
Variables Estimation and Digital Terrain Modelling with Airborne Laser Scanning and High Resolution Multi-Spectral Images”
o DEM extraction from ALOS-PRISM data
• Agriculture / Vegetation o LAMESAT_XXI, FCT, 2007-2010,
Ancestral irrigation management on mountain semi-natural meadows using remote sensing
o Remote Sensing for vineyard monitoring
• Biodiversity / Biogeography o Expansion model for a tree frog
• Biogeography of crocodiles • Image Processing Applications
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Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa http://www.fc.ul.pt Prof. José Manuel Rebordão [email protected] +351 217 50 00 00 / 217 50 05 16
Description
Space and Earth sciences are at the core of the activity of FCUL, at research and training levels. These sciences influence space missions design, drive space infrastructures and benefit from systems that are actually implemented, either in space or on the ground. FCUL is still the R&D organization with the largest number of ESA activities, and participates in space science consortia to develop ground segments for ESA missions. Links with ground-based astronomy programs are well established (ESO or others). In science FCUL participates at infrastructures which generate and process astrophysical data. In Earth sciences, FCUL is active in remote sensing applied to Earth systems interfaces (EUMETSAT), meteorology, oceanography and geophysics. In technology FCUL has an intensive activity in: • Instrument design, construction, integration
and testing associated with optical technologies; cryogenics, mechanical structures and detector electronics - which have been used to implement scientific instruments for ESO and as tools for space optical metrology, autonomous navigation and instrument processors;
• Computing architectures (e.g., a grid for ground data centers) and real-time and embedded systems for spacecraft environments.
FCUL research units active in space technology and applications are the Lab. of Optics, Lasers and Systems (LOLS), the Large-Scale Informatics Systems Lab. (LaSIGE), the Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAAUL), the Lab. of Systems, Instrumentation and Modeling (SIM), the Instituto Dom Luís (IDL) and the Center of Oceanography (CO).
Fields of Expertise
FCUL capabilities have been used to develop: • Optical Metrology, covering high precision
optical metrology for constellations, enabling synthetic aperture optics or configuration control, theoretically assessed and demonstrated in laboratory;
• Optical Navigation coupled to GNC, for relative navigation between S/C, terrain navigation and hazard avoidance for automatic landing in planetary surfaces, with optical cameras and/or lidar;
• Instrument Processors and Simulators for ground instrument processing chains or generating instrument telemetry in the context of specification and interfaces between instrument subsystems.
• Spacecraft operating systems and computing paradigms, with new approaches for combining real-time and generic operating systems in S/C on-board systems to enable building highly dependable and secure systems and to use bio-mimetic models to manage space robots.
Space applications, especially in the fields of oceanography, navigation and geodesy, geology and geophysics, meteorology and climatology.
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Main Projects, Products and Services
PLANAV – Image-based Navigation Tool for Mars Lander (2003-2004) - Accurate determination of the landing site of Beagle 2 (Mars Express) using Mars moons positions. Beagle failed. Tools will be used in future missions.
NPAL – Navigation for Planetary Approach and Landing (2001-2004) - Feature points identification and tracking, to extract terrain features and enable relative navigation (planetary approach and landing).
LiGNC – LIDAR Guidance, Navigation and Control (2004-2005). LAPS - Preparatory Lidar-based Autonomous Planetary Landing System (LAPS) (2008-...) - Design and testing of a lidar processing chain to enable the reconstruction of the surface topography and assess the landing risk. Adaptation to new lidar modes.
VBrNav – Vision based relative navigation (2004-2006). HASE – Hazard Avoidance Real Time Experiment (2008-2011) - Hazard mapping for planet landing; optical navigation (RVD) for approaching S/C.
GNCO – Guidance, Navigation and control for elliptical Orbits (2006-2008) - Follow on of RVD part of VBrNav, to cope with highly non-circular orbits.
PROBA 3 (20011-2016) – ESA demonstration mission for formation flying technologies. Portuguese RVD experiment on board (VBrNav).
AutoNav – Autonomous onboard navigation for interplanetary missions (2001-2005) – Using stars and moving bodies to extract accurately the Line-Of-Sight (LOS) and S/C attitude.
GNCO Maturation and Validation for Rendezvous in Elliptical Orbit (2008-2011) - Generalization of the IP for RVD for a spherical, unstable and passive canister, returning from Mars surface with soil samples. Laboratory experiment integrating IP and GNC.
AEROFAST – AEROcapture for Future spAce tranSporTation (2008-2011) – FP7 / Space - Aerocapture technologies for human Mars return missions. IP to support the GNC. Generalization and improvements over AutoNav and GNCO Maturation projects. Laboratory experiment integrating IP and GNC.
EUCLID RTP 9.9 - High resolution optical satellite sensor (2003-2005) - Frequency sweeping interferometry for optical metrology for synthetic aperture optical instruments.
HPOM – High Precision Optical Metrology (2002-2004). FP-MET – Fabry-Perot based metrology (2006-2009) - Laser interferometer to measure distances up to 250 m with 10 μm accuracy. Technological maturation; candidate metrology technology to be used in ESA PROBA 3 mission.
HAALDM – Absolute long-distance measurement with (sub-)μm accuracy for formation flight (2007-2008) - Femto-second lasers for long-distance measurement for formation flying missions, such as XEUS.
MLSL – Mode-locked Semiconductor lasers (2008-2012) - Assessment of semiconductor pico-second lasers for high precision metrology, following HAALDM results. Focus on device performances and stability.
GAIA – OGSE – Optical Ground Segment Equipment Test (2008-2009) - Radiometric tests of the OGSE: low light radiometry, attenuation,
temporal stability and uniformity evaluations. The optical head is being used to test Gaia focal plane mosaic of 106 CCD’s. (Lusospace).
SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (2004-2006) - Development of the ground segment of SMOS / MIRAS and evaluation of adaptive striping techniques using different types of apodization
functions. System errors and sensitivity analysis.
GAIA-FPASS – Focal Plane Assembly Static Simulator (2006-2008) - Focal plane simulator addressing all details of the two telescopes with a common focal plane, and generating images and telemetry samples.
GAIA-DPAC – Data Processing Analysis Consortium (2007-2011) - Within ESA DPAC, FCUL is active on system architecture, modeling of dispersive instruments (LOLS & CAAUL), ground segment architecture and data bases and extraction of stars astrophysical parameters (SIM).
PLATO – Planetary transits and oscillations of stars (2010-2018) - For a 128 camera ESA system, image processing, accurate stars centroiding, attitude and timing management, reference systems. Testing PLATO cameras at room temperature.
AIR: ARINC 653 Interface in RTEMS (2006-2007). AIR-II: ARINC 653 in Space RTOS - Industrial Initiative (2008-2009) - Proof-of-concept of ARINC 653 in space onboard software, using the real time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS) operative system. Evolution towards an industrial product, featuring: robust
time and space partitioning (TSP) and resource sharing; TSP-specific processor architecture and features; multicore-aware scheduling; input/output functions and wired & wireless networking; online reconfiguration and (self-
)adaptability. SIMORG - Swarm intelligence modeling of root growth (2009-2011) - Root growth is modeled as a collective of agents, growth pattern emerging as a result of the individual decision-making of the apexes. Roots' capabilities to explore nutrient may inspire robots exploring planets.
COAST COLOUR (2010-2011) - Demonstration, validation and inter-comparison of retrieval algorithms over a global range of coastal water types, using ESA MERIS, a 300 m resolution instrument. Quality control of end-users data. VAE-INTERTIDAL - Value added
Element for monitoring Intertidal Flats (2009-2011) - Study international market for monitoring of intertidal flats and develop the classification beyond the current state in order to adapt it to other regions. The Tagus Estuary is the test site.
LMINSAR - Landslide risk mapping in the Lisbon area, Portugal, by means of inSAR (2008-2011) - Detection of ground subsidence in the city of Lisbon using Interferometric SAR and topographic data.
COASTALT - Development of radar altimetry data processing in the oceanic coastal zone (2009-2011)
Transition of pulse-limited coastal altimetry towards a mature, pre-operational status. New coastal radar altimeter products. Performance of new coastal products over the west Iberia margin.
Blue – Optical Navigation. Yellow – Optical metrology. Orange – Instrumentation. Green – Computer sciences. Gray – Space Applications
XLIF
YLIF
ZLIF
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Instituto Geográfico Português
http://www.igeo.pt
Rui Pedro Julião
+351 21 381 96 00
Description
The Portuguese Geographic Institute (Instituto
Geográfico Português – IGP) is the National
Mapping Agency responsible for the geographic
information policy. Its activity is set in a broad
framework of competencies such as being the
national authority for geodesy, cartography and
cadastre, as well as the coordinator of the
Portuguese spatial data infrastructure (SNIG)
and the responsibility for Research &
Development (R&D) in geographic information
specific domains that includes environment,
land management and remote sensing.
The R&D related activities within the remote
sensing domain are fully dedicated to Earth
Observation and focus in the extraction of land
use and land cover information from satellite
and other EO data.
For the purpose, IGP participates in several
R&D projects and programmes, both
individually and through partnerships with
other national and international organisations.
These activities are essentially funded by the
European Commission (EC) and by the
Portuguese Government, namely through the
National Science Foundation (Fundação para a
Ciência e a Tecnologia – FCT). IGP regularly
hosts MSc and PhD students who develop their
research within this framework.
IGP is the National Reference Centre in Land
Use and Spatial Information (NRC‐LUSI) for the
European Environment Agency (EEA) and it also
contributes, as focal point for land use and
land‐use change, to the fulfillment of Portugal’s
obligations in the framework of international
climate change treaties.
Furthermore, the fact that this activity is
performed in an organisation that is a data
provider of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC)
cartography, gives it an important advantage:
the ability to produce scientific research with
an operational perspective.
Fields of Expertise
IGP’s activities focus on digital image
processing methods for thematic information
extraction from satellite data, mostly for LULC
characterisation, in a wide range of application
fields (e.g. environmental monitoring, forestry,
agriculture). In the past IGP has developed a
strong experience in working with high spatial
resolution satellite imagery (e.g. Landsat TM).
Its present and mid‐term strategy is to expand
this scope towards both very high (e.g. IKONOS)
and medium/low (e.g. MODIS, MERIS) spatial
resolution satellite data.
IGP is involved in both research projects and
cartographic production programmes (namely
national‐scale LULC thematic cartography
programmes). Through them IGP has gathered
a solid experience from the methodological
point of view as well as from the data handling
point of view. More specifically, IGP has
expertise in the development and use of
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automatic and semi‐automatic processing
chains for LULC mapping, in the visual
interpretation of aerial imagery for the
production of LULC cartography, and it has also
acquired a reliable experience in working with
medium, high and very high spatial resolution
satellite data.
Main Projects, Products and Services
CORINE Land Cover (CLC) Coordinate and produce the Portuguese
CORINE Land Cover cartography based on
satellite images for different reference dates.
Land Use and Land Cover Map of Continental Portugal for 2007 (COS2007) Coordinate the production of the Portuguese
Land Use and Land Cover Map of Continental
Portugal for 2007.
HELM - Harmonised European Land Monitoring Participate in the creation of a European
network of Public Administration bodies
concerned with LULC.
Desert Watch Portugal (DW-E) Develop and produce spatially distributed
indicator on desertification using satellite
images in order to fulfil the obligations of
providing information committed with the
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification – UNCCD.
TIGER - Capacity Building Facility (TCBF) Provide scientific and technical support to the
African consortia involved in the development
of TIGER and ESA projects.
LANDYN – Land use and cover change in Continental Portugal Characterize the changes of LULC in Portugal
from the last six decades, as a support to
identify the main driving forces behind them
and build the future scenarios until 2040 using
spatial models.
LANDAU – Geostatistical methodologies for spatial accuracy assessment and update of land cover maps Characterize the spatial pattern of error in LULC
maps in order to evaluate how the uncertainty
of classification spreads over maps for
estimating forestry resources and develop new
stochastic simulation methods for updating
purposes.
FIRELAND – Wildfire effects on the vegetation dynamics at the landscape scale in Portugal Perform a broad and detailed analysis of the
spatial‐temporal dynamics within the forestry
induced by wildfires.
PREK Contribute for the pilot study on the definition
of Portugal’s reporting methodology under the
United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto
Protocol, in the land use, land‐use change and
forestry (LULUCF) sector.
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INEGI – Institute for Mechanical Engineering and
Industrial Management
www.inegi.up.pt
Celeste Pereira
+351 229 57 87 10
Description
INEGI – Institute for Mechanical Engineering
and Industrial Management is a nonprofit and
autonomous organization, financed by private
and public funds. The Institute was founded in
1986 and has developed links with institutions
located in Portugal and European Union.
INEGI has a long experience in R&D projects
commissioned by private and state owed
companies, public services and European
programs (BRITE, COMETT, SPRINT, ESPRIT,
GROWTH, FP6, FP7 and ESA). The projects
covered areas as diverse as New Materials,
Production Engineering, Thermal Energy,
Structural Engineering and Management
Sciences.
Fields of Expertise
INEGI has expertise in the following areas:
Composite Materials Design and
Manufacturing. NEGI’s has a long
experience in composite materials design
and manufacturing by using filament
winding, pultrusion, autoclave, hot plates
press, RTM, VARTM and Towpreg
technologies.
Testing of Materials and Products: Fire
Reaction and Smoke Toxicity, Experimental
Stress Analysis, Non‐destructive Testing and
Durability.
Process Simulation.
Structural integrity analyses.
Equipment and Product Development.
Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling.
Tribology and Industrial Maintenance.
Main Projects, Products and Services
INEGI is currently participating and leading
several on‐going Projects related to advanced
composites manufacturing and
characterization:
BOJO – Increase of Bolted Joint Performance ESA TRP Study, Project in collaboration with
DLR, High Performance Space Structures and
Systems (HPS), Kyser‐Threde, MT‐Technology,
EADS‐CASA Espacio, Contraves, SABCA.
The goal of this project was to develop
advanced hybrid composite laminates to
increase the efficiency of highly loaded CFRP
bolted joints.
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NACO: Non Conventional matrix/Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Composite for Applications in Space ESA GSTP Study in collaboration with HPS (DE),
FutureCarbon (DE), ARC Seibersdorf (AT), PIEP
(P), INEGI (PT), Universiy of Patras (GR) and
Electrovac (AT).
The main objective of this project was to
develop and characterize carbon nanotube
(CNT) based nanocomposites, by infiltrating
nanotube skeletons with either an organic or
inorganic matrix. Nano modified composite
materials, especially CNT reinforced composite
materials offer a high potential for successful
applications in space. Some potential uses of
these materials could be in manufacturing light‐
weight structures, laser transmitters and their
components or even as part of laser diodes,
with the purpose of acting as heat sinks.
Ku-DGR: Dual-Gridded Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic Reflector ESA – ARTES 5.1 Contract in collaboration with HPS (DE), INVENT (DE), NTP (DE), Nikon Metrology (DE), ASD (IT) and others. The main objective of this project is to develop
a new reflector concept for telecommunication
satellites with a CFRP rod based front and rear
grid for Ku‐band applications. Key development
is the manufacturing processes for the shaped
rods.
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INOV INESC Inovação – Instituto de Novas
Tecnologias (INOV)
http://www.inov.pt/
Chaves, Paulo
+351 213 10 04 44
Description
INOV was founded in the course of a broad
strategic restructuring started by INESC in 1998,
which aimed to create new entities specializing
in different areas of activity in order to be
capable to respond in a more consistent way to
current challenges of the market.
During this process, INOV concentrated in its
structure a significant share of the Electronics
and Telecommunications Strategic Area of
activity of INESC in Lisbon, inheriting wide
recognition by the Business World of the
technological merits of its remarkably
professional environment – due to evidently
successful results in the technology transfer
servicing for existing or emerging companies.
In this context, INOV positions itself in the
market as the biggest national technological
infrastructure in the field of the Information
Technology, Electronics and Communications,
as a successor of great assets arisen from
extensive knowledge and experience implicitly
provided by the maternal environment – INESC.
INOV officially started its activities on January
1, 2001, as a private non‐profit association.
INOV provides an agile and flexible
organisation, oriented to creating technological
skills and establishing cooperation links with
various economic entities (universities,
industries, companies and Telecommunications
Operators). For this purpose INOV intends to
act as an intermediary between the University
and the Industry, basing on the dedicated
cooperation with the University in order to
provide sustained, consistent and innovative
solutions addressing the problems and
challenges faced by our Partners.
As a technology‐oriented partner, INOV has the
vocation of assisting companies in the search
for new business opportunities through the
development of high‐added‐value, innovative
technology solutions, crucial for
implementation of comparative advantages
that help to achieve high levels of
competitiveness and, in this context, to
participate actively in the socio‐economic
development of the Nation.
INOV can count presently with the
collaboration of more than 100 researchers and
engineers, from internationally renowned ones
to a significant number of specialized in several
technological areas.
INOV portfolio of customers and partners
includes, among many others: the Portuguese
State; the Angolan State; the European
Commission; several multinational companies;
telecommunications operators; large
Portuguese companies and several Portuguese
and International SMEs.
Mission The mission of INOV is to support the national
economy, aiming to increasing its
competitiveness through the examples of
success and technological development in the
areas of the Information Technology,
Electronics and Communications, as well as via
various activities in the field of technology
transfer, expert advising and preparation and
advanced training of the technical staff.
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Fields of Expertise
The concentration of efforts and specific
resources, in a structured, coherent and
professional way, allowed INOV (while
autonomous technological infrastructure) to
focus almost exclusively on its central
competences, organised in four strategic areas:
Monitoring, Command & Control;
Communications;
Electronics ‐ Monitoring, Navigation and
Control;
Information and System Technologies.
It is important to underline that INOV has
strategically concentrated significant efforts in
the area of Security and Defense technologies
and has qualified people and installations with
National, EU & NATO Security Certification.
INOV has also a long historic record of projects
and activities related with safety, security and
defense. Over the years INOV has been
involved in studies and projects with
Portuguese Ministry of Internal Affairs,
Portuguese Armed Forces, ESA, NATO, HARRIS,
etc. and participated in a very wide range of
R&D National and European funded projects.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Due to its innovation and technological capacity
and as a booster of the interactions and
synergies between Universities/Industry, INOV
mostly promotes and commercializes the
development abilities and know‐how in the
following technologically advanced areas and
the capacity for integration of different
technologies in an innovative way:
Network Management and Safety;
Telecom Equipment, Services and
Architecture;
Speech and Image Systems and
Technologies;
Positioning, Navigation and Fleet
Management Systems;
Remote Monitoring and Surveillance;
Electronics, Telemetry and Domotics;
Command and Control Systems;
Information Technologies and
Organizational Engineering.
Developments in the area of electronics and
the experience obtained enables INOV to be a
major player and develop a variety of electronic
systems, ranging from simple to complex,
which correspond to diverse offers of the
domestic and international markets. As an
example:
The is a multiplatform fiber channel
interface, which provides high reliability, high
bandwidth and low overhead data transfer
solutions while maintaining a simple design and
easy integration so contributing for the time‐to‐
market goals by relieving the host system
designer from concerning about the details of
data flushing. The link provides two board
formats, allowing a diversity of combinations
between them, maximizing the flexibility and
application spectrum. The uses some
well known standard protocols such as PCI
Express®, Aurora and S‐Link.
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Instituto de Meteorologia
http://www.meteo.pt
Pedro Viterbo
+351 218 44 70 36
Description
Instituto de Meteorologia (IM), is the
Portuguese Meteorological Service and a State
Laboratory within the Ministry of Science,
Technology and Higher Education. The main
roles of IM include operational and R&D
activities related to weather surveillance and
forecast, climate monitoring, and seismic watch
IM has about 650 workers, including among
others technical staff, forecasters, and
researchers.
To fulfill its operational commitments and R&D
initiatives, IM makes extensive use of remotely
sensed data, mostly obtained from
meteorological satellites. The development of
satellite applications is carried out in
cooperation with national and international
entities, including Universities, private
companies and international organizations
(EUMETSAT, ECMWF, ESA).
Fields of Expertise
Applications of meteorological satellites at IM
include development of algorithms for land
surface variables and parameters, weather
surveillance and nowcasting, and monitoring of
climate variability and climate change.
Satellite Applications Facility on Land Surface
Analysis (LSA SAF) operational service, including
the generation, archiving and dissemination of
a set of land surface variables and parameters,
related to surface radiation budget, water
balance at the surface, vegetation, and wild
Fires.
This service includes user support and user
training (helpdesk, regular operational and
validation reports, workshops, training courses,
modules for e‐learning). Currently, there are
more than 800 registered users in Europe,
Africa, and North and South America.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Land Surface Analysis SAF Since September 1999, IM has been the lead
institution of the LSA SAF, an EUMETSAT
funded consortium of 6 European
organizations. Within this framework, IM leads
a consortium which develops and maintains
algorithms to retrieve land surface parameters
(e.g., land surface temperature, albedo,
downward fluxes, snow, wild fire and
vegetation parameters, evapotranspiration)
from remotely sensed data. The Land‐SAF
makes use of two main satellite systems: the
geostationary series, Meteosat Second
Generation (MSG); and EUMETSAT Polar
System (EPS). The operational generation,
archiving and dissemination of all Land‐SAF
parameters is also carried out at IM.
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Land Surface Temperature
Fraction of Vegetation Cover
GMES (Geoland-2) IM participated in the global part of the
geoland‐2 FP7 Integrated Project, a follow‐on
of activities in previous FP projects. This is the
basis for IM´s involvement in the future Global
Land Monitoring Core Service of GMES, due to
start in 2013‐2014. Within this framework, IM
is expanding the development of algorithms
and implementation of new services using
satellites from non‐European agencies.
Interfaces and applications to GMES
atmosphere are also being established. The
images below illustrate the first global service
describing the diurnal cycle of aspects of the
surface radiation budget.
LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURFACE GLOBAL RADIATION
SURFACE LONGWAVE RADIATION
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Instituto de Telecomunicações
http://www.it.pt
Dr. Domingos Barbosa
+351 218 41 84 54 / 234 37 79 00
Description
Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) is a private,
not‐for‐profit organization, of public interest, a
partnership of universities and companies with
research and development expertise in the field
of Telecommunications, which was set up in
1991. Current associated members are Instituto
Superior Técnico, Universidade de Aveiro,
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da
Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade da
Beira Interior, Universidade do Porto, Instituto
Universitário de Lisboa – ISCTE/IUL, Portugal
Telecom Inovação and Nokia Siemens Networks
S. A. IT has also partnership agreements with
other Portuguese universities and polytechnics
and it is organised around three main sites:
Aveiro, Coimbra and Lisbon with delegations in
Leiria, Covilhã, Lisbon and Oporto.
IT’s mission is to create and disseminate
scientific knowledge and foster higher
education and training in the field of
telecommunications and associated
technologies. IT has more than 200 researchers
with a PhD degree and hosts about 400 MSc
and PhD students. In recognition of its
achievements, IT was awarded the status of
Associate Laboratory of the Portuguese
Ministry for Science and Technology in 2001.
Fields of Expertise
Expertise at IT spans four main areas: wireless
communications, optical communications,
networks and multimedia, and basic sciences
and enabling technologies, and all are backed
by advanced, up‐to‐date laboratory facilities.
Most of the research is performed in the
framework of national and international R&D
projects (about 150/year), involving companies
in Telecom business (operators, equipment
manufacturers, service providers, and final
users) and other associated enabling
technologies and science.
IT has been very active in R&D in key
telecommunication areas for space
applications, even before the official
partnership of Portugal with ESA. In wireless
communications IT researchers at Aveiro and
Lisbon have a strong record on antenna design
and testing, millimetre‐wave, microwave and
RF circuit design, as well as circuit and system
analysis for studies of nonlinear impairments.
Regarding optical communications, IT’s
expertise includes ultra high capacity systems,
optical devices (amplifiers, filters, routers),
energy efficient sub‐systems and access
networks. A number of projects in key space
technology domains have been developed,
including RF Payloads, Systems
Electromagnetics Technology, Ground Station
System & Networking, Optics & Opto‐
Electronics, Component Evaluation
Technologies, Application Specific and
Telecommunication Technologies.
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Main Projects, Products and Services
Antennas for Space and Aeronautical Applications Following the ILASH research project funded by
ESA‐ESTEC, the team at Lisbon continued the
work on shaped dielectric lenses for Earth
Observation applications at millimeter‐waves,
or for communication with high altitude
platforms. The focus is on low cost reliable
antenna solutions for high performance beam
scanning. The labs are equipped for antenna
measurements up to 110 GHz. Contact: Carlos
Fernandes ([email protected])
MPSat - Multi-Packet Detection Techniques for Satellite Networks MPSat considers future very high bit rate LEO
(Low Earth Orbit) satellite systems with satellite
MPR (multi‐packet reception), compatible with
low‐cost portable GTs. We rely on a cross‐
layered approach with i) a physical layer design,
including synchronization and MPR‐receiver
development; and ii) a data link layer design,
including Multiple Access Control protocols and
scheduling algorithms to support different
Quality of Service classes. Contact: Rui Dinis
R&D for Space Radiometry and Radioastronomy IT is developing high performance components
suitable for space prototyping. The GEM
project developed cryocooled receivers for high
sensitivity mapping of the Milky Ways’ radio
emissions to serve space and sub‐orbital
experiments of Cosmic Microwave Background
and inter‐planetary missions with on‐board radio instruments that need calibration and
foreground subtraction. The Moura SKA project
developed phased arrays for space weather
and planetary cintillation probing in radio from
P‐L bands. Contact: Domingos Barbosa,
GaNSpace- GaN Technology in Space This project involves the design and
construction of a GaN oscillator and a RF power
measuring device for GaN technology
monitoring. The project supported by ESA via
EFACEC was recently accepted in the Alphasat –
TDP 8 framework and will be launched for
space in 2012 making it the first test of
European Technology GaN semiconductors in
space environments. Contact: Nuno Borges
Carvalho ([email protected])
Fiber Optical Sensor Systems IT is developing sensors and interrogation
systems based on fiber optic sensor systems.
This technology may be critical for space
applications due to their intrinsic advantages:
insensitivity to electromagnetic interference,
freedom from sparking electrostatic discharge,
lightweight and flexible harness, flexibility for
remote monitoring and multiplexing, high
signal to noise ratio, and potential to embed in
composite structures. Contact: Rogério Nogueira
Network Coding for Integrated Satellite Networks Network Coding (NC) is used as a key building
block in integration of next generation satellite
networks with Future Internet terrestrial
networks. NC provides benefits when
implemented in either the network level, to
simplify management of heterogeneous
networks and of multiple, available routes (e.g.,
dual‐receiver terminals), or at the
encapsulation level, to provide additional
resiliency against packets losses. Contact: Daniel
Lucani ([email protected])
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Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear
http://www.ipfn.ist.utl.pt
Mário Lino da Silva
+351 218 41 93 28
Description
Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN), is a
research unit of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
started in January 2008, after the merging of
the former Centro de Fusão Nuclear (CFN), and
Centro de Física de Plasmas (CFP). The specific
missions of IPFN‐LA, described in its Contract of
Associated Laboratory can be summarized as
follows:
Technical support to the Portuguese
participation in the European Fusion
Programmes
Collaboration with the European Space Agency
(ESA) in the study of the space and entry
plasmas, and in the study of special relativity.
Participation in the European projects on new
plasma accelerators, and development of ultra‐
short, ultra‐intense lasers.
Participation in the European projects in the
scope of plasma discharges and gaseous
electronics technologies.
Fields of Expertise
IPFN space‐related research covers a broad
range of multi‐disciplinary topics related to
space, taking advantage of over 20 years of
experience in research on the physics of
plasmas.
Since 2001, ESA has been a regular customer
for the services provided by IPFN, which
include:
• Aerothermodynamics and re‐entry
technologies, including plasma kinetics and
radiation. Numerical modelling in large‐scale
computers and Experimental reproduction of
entry plasmas in the new European Shock‐Tube
for High Enthalpy Research (ESTHER) for
support to the sizing of thermal protections in
ESA missions. Development of reflectrometry
diagnostics for the determination of plasma
densities in atmospheric entry configurations.
• Spacecraft thermal analysis, force balances
and influence in interplanetary trajectories.
• Fundamental Physics in Space. Gravitational
map of the Solar System, scale dependent
gravity, description of dark matter and dark
energy.
• Laser Propulsion and Electric Propulsion
Technologies (Hall Thrusters). Electrostatic
Systems & New Concepts (Artificial
magnetospheres for propulsion and Space Crew
protection).
• Optics and Optoelectronics, Laser Ranging
and Imaging including Altimeters and Lidar
Systems.
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Main Projects, Products and Services
Entry Plasmas Simulation
IPFN routinely carries radiative heating
predictions for atmospheric entry spacecrafts,
departing from supplied hydrodynamic
flowfields. The radiative fields are calculated
using the SPARTAN code and an associated
radiative transfer code in a 8 processor,
multicore machine, with the application of
parallelized radiative routines, using a ray‐
tracing method.
The thermal heat fluxes withstood by the Mars
entry of the ESA EXOMARS spacecraft have
been recently predicted using this method.
Spacecraft thermal Modelling
Simplicity, fully analytical computation,
straightforward sensitivity analysis, geometrical
and material modelling, reflections using
analytical method.
Application: Pioneer anomaly
European Shock-Tube Facility for High Enthalpy Research IPFN is developing the first space research
facility in Portugal, a Kinetic shock‐tube which
will be able to reproduce the conditions of
spacecraft entries at velocities in excess of
10km/s. This facility funded under 1M€
contract from ESA, will support the agency
upcoming planetary exploration missions.
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Institute for Systems and Robotics at IST
http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt
Prof. Victor Barroso, Director
+351 218 41 82 89
Description
The Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR) is
one of the units of the Associate Laboratory of
Robotics and Systems in Engineering and
Science (LaRSyS), since May 2011. It is located
at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical
University of Lisbon.
The institute has a large infrastructure of
computers and robots of different kinds
(indoor, outdoor, aerial, sea and land, all‐
terrain, humanoids), most of them networked
with other sensors and actuators.
ISR‐IST members include about 40 PhD IST
faculty (full‐time professors or researchers) and
a large number of Master and Doctoral
students.
Fields of Expertise
ISR‐IST research topics include
Robotics
Systems and Control Theory
Signal Processing
Computer Vision
Optimization and Operations Research
Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems
Biomedical Engineering.
Applications include
Autonomous Ocean robots
Search and Rescue robots
Mobile Communications
Multimedia Systems
Robot (including satellite) Formations
Robotic Assistants
Networked Robot Systems
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Main Projects, Products and Services
The research areas at ISR‐IST are supported by
fundamental and applied research.
Marine science applications have been a strong
research drive, and over the years ISR‐IST has
built several autonomous sea vehicles,
including two autonomous catamarans and one
small submarine, as well as a 12ton fully
autonomous, long range, oceanographic vessel.
Computer and Robot Vision is one of the key
enabling technologies to which ISR‐IST has
devoted a special effort, with applications
ranging from mapping and visual
reconstruction to navigation and visual
tracking, often associating vision with other
sensors, such as laser range‐finders.
Mobile land autonomous vehicles are another
major area of interest, concerning both
individual and multi‐robot systems, with
activities including the design of autonomous
robots for surveillance, search and rescue,
networked mobile and static sensors, and
soccer‐playing robots.
This research has been developed in the scope
of national and large international projects,
namely funded by the European Union. ISR‐IST
coordinated an ESA project on spacecraft
formations guidance, navigation and control
and in other space‐related projects, including
an EUCLID project on high‐resolution remote
observation by interferometry.
In another EU‐Project (ROBOTCUB), our team
was involved in the development of the most
sophisticated humanoid robotic platform
available worldwide, as well as in the
investigation of vision and learning algorithms
for motion coordination, control and human
robot interaction.
Several EU projects have been developed in the
area of ocean robotics including the design of
autonomous vehicles for the exploration of the
ocean, or the cooperative operation of
underwater vehicles and human divers. Other
projects include the development of aerial
autonomous vehicles (e.g. helicopters) to map
and observe the coastline or infrastructures.
Research in Signal processing ranges from
large‐scale sensor networks to underwater
communication systems, video analysis and
mobile communications.
ISR‐IST has spun‐off 6 technological SMEs since
2001, in areas such as Robotics, Surveillance,
and 3D Mapping and Navigation.
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LIP- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas http://www.lip.pt Patrícia Gonçalves [email protected] +351 217 99 50 39
Description
LIP is a scientific and technical association of public utility that has for goal the research in the fields of Experimental High Energy Physics and Associated Instrumentation. LIP's research domains have grown to encompass Experimental High Energy Physics and Astroparticle Physics, radiation detection instrumentation, data acquisition and data processing, advanced computing and applications to other fields, in particular Medical Physics and Space Applications. LIP is an "associated laboratory" assessed as "Excellent" in three successive evaluations by international panels. In its two laboratories in Coimbra and Lisbon, LIP has about 170 people, out of which 70 hold a PhD degree, and many are professors at the local universities. LIP shares equipment and resources with a large number of research groups and institutions, both national and international. Being mainly involved with very large international collaborations and working in facilities in Europe and elsewhere (CERN, AUGER, ESA, NASA, SNOLAB, GSI), LIP contributes with its own resources, technical and scientific, to the purpose of the common programs. Technical LIP infrastructures, like the precision mechanics
workshops in Coimbra are open to the needs of the Portuguese and international scientific community. The laboratory of electronics for Cosmic Rays, e-CRLab, located in Lisbon, gives support to LIP groups developing activities in cosmic rays experiments, namely in the Pierre Auger Observatory and in the framework of Space applications. The LIP Computing Centre supports the Portuguese GRID infrastructure. In the area of Medical Physics, LIP works with research centres, hospitals and the private sector, through a shared research facility – the Tagus LIP Laboratory for medical physics.
Fields of Expertise
Space sector related activities at LIP were initiated in 2003. Since then, LIP celebrated several contracts with ESA in the field of Radiation Environment in Space.
Space Radiation Environment • Understand emission and propagation
mechanisms of Solar Energetic Particle Events towards forecasting models and tools.
• Radiation environment simulations using the Geant4 simulation toolkit: in space, in-orbit and on planetary atmospheres and surfaces, and underground.
• Radiation shielding studies and simulations.
Radiation Effects • Effects in EEE components: study and
modelling of EEE components degradation
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due to space radiation environment, EEE component testing (ground/space), Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA).
• Effects in human spaceflight: study and simulation of radiation environment in manned missions (eg. to Mars), prediction of radiation hazards for human spaceflight and study of mitigation strategies.
Radiation Monitors • Detector design and optimisation through
dedicated simulation of detector response to the radiation environment populations for mission specific cases.
• Analysis of real data.
Participation in DUAL • DUAL consortium submitted a gamma-ray
space telescope mission proposal to the M-Class ESA Cosmic Vision call (launch 2022). DUAL was named upon mission dual concept featuring an all-sky Compton camera and a focusing Laue Lens. LIP- Coimbra in collaboration with the IASF (Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cósmica), Bologna, are developing a Laue lens focal plane based on CdZnTe.
Main Projects, Products and Services
Mars Energetic Radiation Model LIP developed dMEREM, a Geant4 detailed Mars Radiation Environment Model for the radiation environment on Mars, Phobos and Deimos, in the framework of the MarsREM: Martian Radiation Environment Models contract, between ESA and an international consortium. dMEREM was interfaced with SPENVIS, the Space Environment Information System, where it is available to the community (http://www.spenvis.oma.be).
CODES: Component Degradation Simulation tool CODES is an open source modular tool, freely available to the engineering community via an user friendly web based interface framework. CODES enables SEE (Single Event Effect) rate prediction based on the simulation of microdosimetry at device sensitive volume, reconstruction of device sensitivity and convolution of degradation mechanisms with the real in-flight environment conditions. CODES is suitable as an engineering tool in support of RHA.
RADFET testing for the CTTB
LIP is collaborating with EFACEC in the contract Alphasat Radiation Environment and Effects Facility ( AEEF) Component Technology Test-Bed (CTTB) , Preparation of In-Flight Data Analysis. LIP is responsible for testing and calibrating the RADFETs to be used for determining dose levels incurred by the CTTB experiment while in space. LIP is also responsible for analysing ground data of EEE components to be included in the CTTB configuration.
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UNINOVA‐CA3
Institute for Development of New Technologies –
Computational Intelligence Research Group
http://www.ca3‐uninova.org
Rita Almeida Ribeiro (CA3 Coordinator)
+351 212 94 96 25
Description
The Computational Intelligence Research Group
(CA3) was formed in 1996 and in 2000 it was
integrated in the Centre of Technologies and
Systems (CTS) of Uninova.
The CA3 group joins together researchers with
interests in the areas of Computational
Intelligence, Data Mining & Machine Learning,
Visualization & Image Processing and
Ergonomics. Our main focus, besides
theoretical research, is on the application of
the research topics to projects in industry and
services, with special emphasis in the Space
domain (European Space Agency).
After Portugal joined ESA, our group has since
gone to develop over 15 projects for the
various establishments (ESAC, ESOC, ESRIN and
ESTEC), as well as being involved in several
projects for the European Union and multiple
projects for national entities, which have lead
to the submission of 2 patents.
Fields of Expertise
The CA3 activities have a strong main research
scientific focus within a Computational
Intelligence domain as well as the necessary
expertise in supporting software development
technologies.
Multi‐Criteria Decision Making
Fuzzy Inference Systems (FIS)
Monitoring & Diagnostic Systems
New Modelling Techniques in Ergonomics
Visualization and Image Processing
Intelligent Sensorial Information Systems
Main Projects, Products and Services
Gaia - Portuguese Participation on DPAC
The objective of the DPAC (Data Processing
Consortium) is to prepare the data analysis
mechanisms for future telemetry from Gaia.
Specifically UNINOVA‐CA3 is providing
expertise for knowledge discovery
(unsupervised algorithms) for variable objects
and implementation of bias estimation
algorithms.
SEISOP - Space Environment Information System for Operations
Operational Space Weather Data Centre to be
located at ESOC and ESAC. It is a Decision
Support System that provides monitoring and
reporting services to spacecraft operations.
Integrates Space Weather information, S/C
orbital positions and Telemetry data. This is a
follow‐up of two past projects (SEIS/SESS).
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LuLaB - Lunar Lander Phase-B1
LuLaB is aiming to consolidate the first
European Lunar Lander mission and spacecraft
design. This mission will demonstrate
exploration of key technologies required for the
autonomous, soft and precision landing with
hazard detection and avoidance.
CERTAIN - CryoSat Event Reporting Tool for Analysis and Investigation
Flexible reporting tool to provide the CryoSat
/GOCE Flight Control Teams with status
summary reports for the mission sent via email
or SMS, describing events and the S/C status
during non‐manned periods. Alarms based on
user‐defined rules and report templates.
EO-KES – Earth Observation domain-specific Knowledge Enabled Services
Information system with an ontology to provide
EO Knowledge Enabled Services through
powerful, customized, and adaptive search
capabilities.
MODI - Fuzzy Monitoring and Diagnosis for Mars Lander
Prototype for intelligent monitoring of the drill
device for the ExoMars Rover also capable of
recognizing Mars terrain hardness.
COSIS - Coimbra Observatory: Solar Information System
Development of a web‐based software tool for
image feature recognition of sunspots (K1).
IPSIS - Intelligent Planetary Site Selection
Intelligent dynamic and adaptable multi‐criteria
decision model for planetary landing of
spacecraft. Development of a hybrid
metaheuristic involving Particle Swarm
optimization and Tabu Search for non‐
exhaustive realtime site selection during
landing.
SIMORG - Swarm Intelligence Modeling of Root Growth
Developed for the Advanced Concepts Team at
ESTEC, it involved researching path planning
strategies for robotic planetary exploration
inspired by swarm behaviour of plant root
growth.
KD-LADS - Knowledge Discovery in Large Data Sets
Development of a general Knowledge Discovery
(KD) tool for handling Large Data Sets, to
support scientific exploratory data analysis,
during and after any mission.
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PT Tech . Int. (*) ActiveSpace Amorim Critical Software Deimos Engenharia Edisoft Efacec Evoleo Fibersensing GMV Skysoft HPS Portugal Indra Portugal ISQ KEMET Lusospace Novabase Omnidea Lda. SpinWorks TEKEVER Thales Portugal Zeugma TSI CCTAE-IST FCUL LOLS INEGI INOV IT IPFN ISR LIP Uninova Universidade Porto
15. M
echa
nism
s & T
ribol
ogy
A. M
echa
nism
cor
e te
chno
logi
es
●
B. N
on e
xplo
sive
rele
ase
tech
nolo
gies
●
●
C. E
xplo
ratio
n to
ol
tech
nolo
gies
●
D. C
ontr
ol e
lect
roni
cs
tech
nolo
gies
●
●
●
E. M
EMS
tech
nolo
gies
●
●
G. M
echa
nism
eng
inee
ring
●
●
●
●
16. O
ptic
s
A. O
ptic
al sy
stem
eng
inee
ring
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
B. O
ptic
al c
ompo
nent
te
chno
logy
and
mat
eria
ls
●
●
●
●
C. O
ptic
al e
quip
men
t and
in
stru
men
t tec
hnol
ogy
●
●
●
●
●
17. O
ptoe
lect
roni
cs
A. L
aser
Tec
hnol
ogie
s
●
●
●
●
B. D
etec
tor T
echn
olog
ies
●
●
●
●
C. P
hoto
nics
●
●
●
18. A
erot
herm
odyn
amic
s
A. C
ompu
tatio
nal T
ools
●
●
B. G
roun
d Ba
sed
Faci
litie
s
●
C. F
light
Tes
ting
●
D. M
ulti-
Disc
iplin
ary
Tool
s
●
●
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ortu
gues
e Sp
ace
Tech
nolo
gy In
tens
ity sc
ale
(em
pty
subd
omai
ns a
re n
ot sh
own)
. 1-
2 2-
4 5-
8 9-
12
ESA
Tech
nolo
gy T
ree
2.1
TECH
NOL
OGY
DOM
AIN
ES
A Te
chno
logy
Tre
e 2.
1 TE
CHN
OLOG
Y SU
BDOM
AIN
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19. P
ropu
lsion
A. C
hem
ical
Pro
pulsi
on
Tech
nolo
gies
●
●
B. E
lect
ric P
ropu
lsion
Te
chno
logi
es
●
●
●
C. A
dvan
ced
Prop
ulsio
n
●
D. S
uppo
rtin
g Pr
opul
sion
Tech
nolo
gies
and
Too
ls
●
●
20. S
truc
ture
s & P
yrot
echn
ics
A. S
truc
tura
l des
ign
and
verif
icat
ion
met
hods
and
to
ols
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
B. H
igh
stab
ility
and
hig
h pr
ecisi
on S
/C st
ruct
ures
●
●
C. In
flata
ble
and
depl
oyab
le
stru
ctur
es
●
●
D. H
ot st
ruct
ures
●
●
●
●
●
E. A
ctiv
e/ad
aptiv
e st
ruct
ures
●
●
●
F. D
amag
e to
lera
nce
and
heal
th m
onito
ring
●
●
●
●
G. L
aunc
hers
, re-
entr
y ve
hicl
es, p
lane
tary
veh
icle
s
●
●
●
I. M
eteo
roid
and
Deb
ris
shie
ld d
esig
n an
d an
alys
is
●
J. Ad
vanc
ed st
ruct
ural
co
ncep
ts a
nd m
ater
ials
●
●
●
●
●
●
21. T
herm
al
A. H
eat T
rans
port
Tec
hnol
ogy
●
B. C
ryog
enic
s and
Re
frig
erat
ion
●
●
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ortu
gues
e Sp
ace
Tech
nolo
gy In
tens
ity sc
ale
(em
pty
subd
omai
ns a
re n
ot sh
own)
. 1-
2 2-
4 5-
8 9-
12
ESA
Tech
nolo
gy T
ree
2.1
TECH
NOL
OGY
DOM
AIN
ES
A Te
chno
logy
Tre
e 2.
1 TE
CHN
OLOG
Y SU
BDOM
AIN
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21. T
herm
al
C. T
herm
al P
rote
ctio
n
●●
●
●
●
●
D. H
eat S
tora
ge a
nd R
ejec
tion
●
●
E. T
herm
al A
naly
sis T
ools
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
22. E
nviro
nmen
tal C
ontr
ol L
ife
Supp
ort (
ECLS
) and
In-S
itu
Reso
urce
Util
izatio
n (IS
RU)
B. In
-Situ
Res
ourc
e U
tiliza
tion
(ISRU
●
23. E
EE C
ompo
nent
s and
qua
lity
A. M
etho
ds a
nd P
roce
sses
for
Radi
atio
n Ha
rdne
ss
Assu
ranc
e
●
●
●
B. E
EE C
ompo
nent
te
chno
logi
es
●
●
●
●
24. M
ater
ials
& P
roce
sses
A. N
ovel
Mat
eria
ls
●●
●
●
●
B. M
ater
ials
Proc
esse
s
●●
●
●
●
●
C. C
lean
lines
s and
St
erili
zatio
n
●
25.
Qua
lity,
Dep
enda
bilit
y an
d Sa
fety
A. S
yste
m D
epen
dabi
lity
and
Safe
ty
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
B. S
oftw
are
Qua
lity
●
●
●
●
●
This
tabl
e w
as a
dapt
ed fr
om E
SA T
echn
olog
y Tr
ee, v
ersio
n 2.
1, a
s pre
sent
ed in
ESA
’s “
Euro
pean
Tec
hnol
ogy
Mas
ter P
lan
2010
”. T
he te
chno
logy
map
is b
ased
on
info
rmat
ion
prov
ided
by
the
corr
espo
ndin
g en
titie
s. It
was
not
subj
ecte
d to
any
inde
pend
ent v
alid
atio
n ei
ther
by
ESA
or F
CT.
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1st Edition, June 2011 Copyright © Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Cover design and artwork: Bruno Monteiro Editing: Teresa Brás Supervision and technical review: Mário Amaral