PTTI project – National Technology Transfer Initiative in Portugal

PORTUGUESE
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
INITIATIVE

OUR GOAL
STRENGTHENING
THE COMPETITIVENESS
OF THE PORTUGUESE
SPACE INDUSTRY
BY SUPPORTING
AND FACILITATING
THE TRANSFER OF
SPACE TECHNOLOGIES
TO NON-SPACE
MARKETS

PTTI RESULTS
14 PROJECTS:
PTTI RESULTS
6 DEMONSTRATORS,
9 PROJECTS:
8 FEASIBILITY 6 DEMONSTRATORS,
STUDIES
320.000 3 FEASIBILITY 1 OF FUNDING STUDIES
TO
THE 225.000 TECHNOLOGY 1 OF FUNDING
TRANSFER
PROJECTS
TO THE TECHNOLOGY
11 NON-TRANSFER SPACE MARKETS:
PROJECTS
AUTOMOTIVE, 7 NON-SPACE UAVS, LOGISTICS,
RENEWABLE ENERGY,
MARKETS:
MEDICAL AUTOMOTIVE, UAV,
RAILWAY, LOGISTICS, DEVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL
RENEWABLE
OIL & GAS,
REMEDIATION, ENERGY, MEDICAL
AVIATION AND
AIR NAVIGATION, DEVICES, OIL OCEAN & GAS,
AND
INLAND RAILWAY
WATERS, PRECISION
AGRICULTURE

UNINOVA
INTELLIGENT
LANDING
ACTIVE AEROGELS
AEROGELS FOR PIPELINE
INSULATION
AEROGELS FOR HYDROCARBONS
ADSORPTION
GMV SKYSOFT
AUTONOMOUS INERTIA ESTIMATION
MODULAR (AIR) OPERATING SYSTEM
LUSOSPACE
AUGMENTED
REALITY
DEIMOS ENGENHARIA
GALILEO GNSS RECEIVER
GNSS-REFLECTOMETRY
FOR WATER ALTIMETRY

PRESENT TECHNOLOGIES
SPACE WEATHER
ISQ
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
MONITORING
EVOLEO TECHNOLOGIES
RELIABLE MODULAR PLATFORM
ACTIVE ANTENNA ARRAY
CRITICAL SOFTWARE
SPACE SYSTEMS RELIABILITY
METHDOLOGIES
APPLICATION OF ECSS
STANDARDS

INTRODUCTION BY FCT PRESIDENT
The fascination of space for citizens and the importance
of the space sector for Europe are today widely
acknowledged. Space-based systems and their
applications play an undisputed role in modern society,
through the increasing number of services which they
provide in the areas of navigation, telecommunications and
Earth observation, through their contribution to Europe’s
sectorial policies, such as climate change, agriculture
or security, and even via the many possibilities for
entrepreneurship and technology transfer.
Acknowledging the increasingly global impact of space
programmes, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
(FCT) proudly supported the Portuguese Technology
Transfer Initiative (PTTI). This pioneering initiative, led by
Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), marked a new stage in the
development of the space sector in Portugal, by boosting
synergies between the space sector and others, such as
aeronautics, the automotive or health sectors.
It is thus a great pleasure to write a preface for this
catalogue, which highlights the success cases supported
by the initiative. It is an important tool in raising awareness
of the impact of these projects in a range of areas, and of
the potential of the space sector in general.
It is FCT’s firm intention to keep supporting ambitious
initiatives of space technology transfer, which are essential
instruments to promote innovation and entrepreneurship
in the space sector and also contribute to increasing the
impact of public investment in the economy and in society.
Today we acknowledge the success of PTTI in the launch
of the first ESA Space Business Incubation Center (BIC)
in Portugal, which will create even more opportunities for
entrepreneurs wanting to take advantage of the potential
of space solutions applied to terrestrial applications.
Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank
all those stakeholders who contribute to the success of the
space sector in Portugal, and in particular IPN, for leading
these very successful initiatives in space innovation, in
the year that ESA and Europe are celebrating the 50th
anniversary of European Cooperation in Space.
Miguel Seabra

NOTE BY IPN PRESIDENT
It is a privilege for Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) to manage
and implement the Portuguese Technology Transfer in
Portugal (PTTI) in collaboration with the European Space
Agency (ESA) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
(FCT). The initiative was launched in October 2012 and by
the end of 2014 it will have boosted the transfer of existing
space technologies to non-space markets, achieved by
several companies and R&D institutions working in the
Portuguese space sector. The implementation of the PTTI
was made through the publication of a permanent open
call for Feasibility Studies and Demonstrators and the
distribution of funding, after thorough evaluation by a
reputed Steering Committee.
IPN is pleased to have partnered with ESA and FCT in such
initiative that expands the growth prospects of entities in
multiple regions of Portugal and that sponsors projects
that materialize ESA’s mission to give novel uses to
space technology and competencies. Besides supporting
promising business opportunities for the funded entities,
the PTTI contributed to increase the visibility of the wider
Portuguese space industry and academia and called the
attention to their ability to further generate economic
activity through the creation of new spin-offs, start-ups
and highly skilled jobs.
As a technology transfer organization from the University
of Coimbra, IPN acts as a strong link between academia
and the business sector and develops its work through
R&TD activities in partnership with enterprises,
specialized training and tech business incubation. These
put IPN in a good position to act as a global broker for
the Portuguese space sector. As a member of ESA’s
Technology Transfer Network (TTN), IPN promotes the best
and most promising Portuguese space technologies and
competencies, fostering new commercial ventures and
expanding the market outreach of the Portuguese space
industry and academia.
Finally, we would like to take the opportunity to thank
all the Portuguese space players for their feedback and
committed participation in the PTTI and to thank ESA and
FCT for trusting us with this initiative. In fact, the PTTI
has prepared the ground for further expanding IPN’s
technology transfer mission, namely through the future
implementation of an ESA Business Incubation Centre
(BIC) and Ambassador Platform in Portugal, to which we
look forward.
Teresa Mendes

AEROGELS
FOR PIPELINE
INSULATION
COMPANY
ACTIVE AEROGELS
TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN/SUBDOMAIN
THERMAL / THERMAL PROTECTION
TYPE OF PROJECT
DEMONSTRATOR
NON-SPACE MARKET
OIL & GAS / PIPELINE THERMAL
INSULATION
URL: WWW.ACTIVEAEROGELS.COM
CONTACT PERSON: BRUNO CARVALHO
EMAIL: INFO@ACTIVEAEROGELS.COM
CONTACT NUMBER: +351 239 700 333

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Aeroflex are synthetic, porous, ultralight materials offering
exceptional properties suitable for highly performing
insulation applications.
Aeroflex thermal conductivity, along with other tailorable
properties, presents exceptional advantages for space
applications where thermal insulation is critical, namely
in launchers, entry probes, landers, rovers, and balloons.
Aeroflex materials are particularly suitable to provide
thermal protection in harsh planetary environments.
SPACE HERITAGE
In the last two decades Aerogels have drawn much
attention due to their special properties, namely density
and thermal insulation. For this reason, aerogels
are currently being used on-board Mars rovers (from
Sojourner to Curiosity) providing thermal insulation for
components, and are being considered for future missions
as well. Aerogel is also being used on the International
Space Station (ISS), on the MEDET experiment, in this
case with the purpose to capture micrometeoroid and
debris particles. With a similar application Aerogel was
used in the Stardust Sample Collection (SSC) to trap micro
particles, since aerogels can decelerate high velocity
particles without totally vaporising them. Additionally,
space agencies are considering to apply high-surface-area
aerogels to protect astronauts against extreme conditions.
APPLICATION TO THE PIPELINE INSULATION MARKET
The most valuable pipelines are those transporting crude
oil and refined petroleum. High quality, safe and long
lasting insulation materials are required, capable
of sustaining harsh outdoor environments, and of serving
multiple purposes. On the other hand, cryogenic lines
require high performance insulation in order to keep
maximum efficiency.
Aeroflex has very low density and thermal conductivity
providing better thermal insulation with lower thickness
and weight. Furthermore, the material is non-flammable
and fire resistant, essential for pipelines carrying
flammable substances, and its hydrophobicity provides
corrosion resistance.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
Aeroflex is presented in a flexible blanket format, which
can be shaped to the desired format. Its mechanical
properties show no noticeable modification in the
temperature range from – 180 to 350ºC.
Active Aerogels’ production technology is based on a low
cost drying process, and due to the chemical affinity
between the fibres and the bulk material, Aeroflex
presents low particle shedding.
THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY
THE NON-SPACE MARKET
ABOUT ACTIVE AEROGELS
Active Aerogels offers nano-structured materials for a wide
range of applications such as thermal super-insulation,
effluent treatment, and controlled drug release.

AEROGELS
FOR
HYDROCARBONS
ADSORPTION
COMPANY
ACTIVE AEROGELS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL LIFE SUPPORT (ECLS)
AND IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILISATION (ISRU) /
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL LIFE SUPPORT (ECLS)
TYPE OF PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
NON-SPACE MARKET
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
URL: WWW.ACTIVEAEROGELS.COM
CONTACT PERSON: BRUNO CARVALHO
EMAIL: INFO@ACTIVEAEROGELS.COM

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Aerogel is an ultralight material with outstanding
properties such as very low thermal conductivity, high
porosity and high specific surface area. Such unusual
properties, especially the combination of the low density
and the highly performing insulation, make them very
attractive and competitive for space applications.
In this field, aerogels could be applied in launchers,
balloons, rovers, entry probes or even in harsh planetary
environments like a thermal protector.
SPACE HERITAGE
Due to the special properties of aerogels such as density,
thermal conductivity and porosity, aerogels have been
used in some important space applications. As a thermal
insulator aerogels are currently being used on-board Mars
rovers (from Sojourner to Curiosity). Since aerogels can
decelerate high velocity particles without totally vaporising
them, they are also being used on the International Space
Station (ISS), on the MEDET experiment so as to capture
micrometeoroid and debris particles.
APPLICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REMEDIATION MARKET
Environmental pollution by organic compounds, in
particular by hydrocarbons, means significant health risks
to humans and biota. The growing contamination levels
and the governments concern which have implemented
more stringent regulation in this field, demand the
search for cost-effective and efficient methods to remove
pollutants. In particular, events such as the 2010 BP oil
spill when 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into
the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days, call for new and
efficient cleaning technologies.
Among the technologies available to minimize the
pollution caused by hydrocarbons, the sorption process is
considered one of the most promising approaches since
they facilitate the process given their high uptake rate.
Aerogels due to their unique properties can represent a
unique approach as advanced adsorption materials with
high sorption capacity and selectivity, good recyclability as
well as affordable and environmentally friendly.
Aerogels have properties such as high surface area (>
500 m2 g-1), high porosity (<98%) and hydrophobicity
which make them a simple and more efficient alternative
as adsorbent of pollutants than the commonly used
activated carbon. Furthermore, aerogels can be re-used
as adsorbents in several adsorption/desorption cycles,
overcoming the disadvantages of activated carbon such as
slow kinetics and limited removal capacity.

SPACE SYSTEMS
RELIABILITY
METHODOLOGIES
FAULT INJECTION
COMPANY
CRITICAL SOFTWARE
QUALITY, DEPENDABILITY AND SAFETY /
SYSTEM DEPENDABILITY AND SAFETY
TYPE OF PROJECT
DEMONSTRATOR
NON-SPACE MARKET
AUTOMOTIVE
URL: WWW.CRITICALSOFTWARE.COM
CONTACT PERSON: LUÍS GARGATÉ
EMAIL: INFO@CRITICALSOFTWARE.COM

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Space systems require very high levels of reliability and
availability. Fault Injection is the reference technology used
to test space embedded systems; it is the most effective
method for stress testing embedded systems beyond
nominal operation. The goal is to ensure that the system
has built-in fault-tolerance mechanisms which work as
expected, ensuring it can respond appropriately to unusual
or exceptional events.
SPACE HERITAGE
Fault Injection has been used by CRITICAL Software for
robustness testing in the following ESA missions/projects:
– Herschel/Planck application software and operating
system validation;
– Sentinel-1 operating system and run time environment
validation;
– Free/open-source real-time, executive for on-board
space applications;
– Remote Exploration Experiment for validating the cluster
of computers on-board the spacecraft.
Other non-ESA customers: NASA, CASC and JAXA and
Chinese Telecom and Avionics institutions.
APPLICATION TO THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
Robustness of embedded systems in the automotive
market is of paramount importance. It affects the
perceived quality of cars for end-users, it impacts safety,
and it can have significant financial impacts if car
(or system) recalls are necessary.
CRITICAL Software’s Fault Injection technology is now part
of an integrated system testing solution, which includes
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Software-in-the-Loop
(SIL) capabilities. It is a state-of-the-art solution whose
added-value is the inclusion of robustness testing through
Fault Injection, and whose goal is to effectively test
and qualify embedded automotive systems according
to ISO 26262.
The technology is the most effective way of performing
robustness testing on embedded systems. It is particularly
useful when testing and validating complex systems, and
also the interactions between several systems in a car.
Typical usage scenarios are in testing complex Electronic
Control Units (ECU) like an engine control unit, or an
electronic stability program and/or ABS control unit.
Technically advantages include the possibility to inject faults
and monitor the activation of errors and their impact on the
target system, without intrusiveness on the software level,
or at the target hardware level. The goal is to evaluate the
target system under realistic conditions, and to feedback
information into the development process of the ECU in order
to avoid serious or undesirable behaviour in the end product.
CRITICAL Software is an international company with
offices in the UK, Germany, Italy, USA, Brazil, Angola
and Mozambique. As a CMMI level 5 company, CRITICAL
Software offers highly-specialized solutions in the area of
safety-critical embedded systems for automotive, railway,
medical devices, aerospace, space and defence segments.
ABOUT CRITICAL SOFTWARE

APPLICATION
OF ECSS
STANDARDS
COMPANY
CRITICAL SOFTWARE
QUALITY, DEPENDABILITY AND SAFETY /
SOFTWARE QUALITY
TYPE OF PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
NON-SPACE MARKET
MEDICAL DEVICES
URL: WWW.CRITICALSOFTWARE.COM
CONTACT PERSON: LUÍS GARGATÉ
EMAIL: INFO@CRITICALSOFTWARE.COM

SPACE TECHNOLOGY / COMPETENCIES
CRITICAL Software is leveraging its competencies and
knowledge of the ECSS space standards, and finding
synergies between the verification & validation, safety-assurance
and qualification of embedded systems in the
space segment and in the Medical Devices segment.
SPACE HERITAGE
The European Space Standards, ECSS, form the basis of
CRITICAL Software’s approach to system’s verification &
validation, as well as safety-assurances practices. Over the
years, the company’s experience with this body of standards
has been applied to virtually all of the company’s projects
with ESA. With the company’s expansion into similar
safety-critical segments, such as Aerospace and Medical
Devices, this knowledge and the maturity of the standards
themselves has proved crucial in our success, and it is
reflected in the success of our clients in these segments.
APPLICATION TO THE MEDICAL DEVICES SECTOR
CRITICAL Software derives its knowledge and experience
from several mature markets, where safety-critical
embedded technologies are a key element of success.
Working in the aeronautics, space, defence, railway
and automotive markets, besides the Medical Devices
domain gives us a horizontal out-of-the-box view about
the main critical-paths in the certification of safety-critical
applications.
CRITICAL Software offers mature testing, validation
and safety-assurance integrated services and solutions
for embedded systems in highly-innovative Medical
Devices (MD).
Our standard-specific knowledge and hands-on experience
with embedded systems then provides us an unparalleled
capacity for applying cross-domain synergies, which
lead to significant and measureable improvements in the
certification processes of Medical Devices.
The value-added in CRITICAL Software’s approach is the very
efficient application of mature processes in what regards
testing and qualification of software-dependent MD systems.
We are experts in the ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601 and
IEC 62304 standards, and their application to the development
of embedded systems. Our goal is to leverage our standard-specific
domain-knowledge, while we help our client MD
companies to focus on the value-added of their products.
Original RDFixer

GALILEO GNSS
RECEIVER
COMPANY
DEIMOS ENGENHARIA
FLIGHT DYNAMICS AND GNSS / GNSS SYSTEM
AND GROUND-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
TYPE OF PROJECT
DEMONSTRATOR
NON-SPACE MARKET
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV)
URL: WWW.DEIMOS.COM.PT
CONTACT PERSON: PEDRO FREIRE DA SILVA
EMAIL: GRIP@DEIMOS.COM.PT

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
GPS satellite navigation technology has been a powerful
enabler of new products/applications and drivers of
productivity gains in many economic activities. With the
advent of Galileo, the possibilities will greatly increase.
GPS and Galileo, more generally termed GNSS (Global
Navigation Satellite Systems) consist in a constellation of
orbiting satellites that constantly transmit radio signals.
Such signals are then captured by user receiver terminals,
allowing the user to determine its position and time.
SPACE HERITAGE
Over the past years, as a result of its research and
development efforts, DEIMOS has developed a GNSS Galileo
user receiver that explores the Galileo AltBOC modulation
for new applications. The receiver acquires radio signals
transmitted by the satellite constellation for navigation
purposes, thus it is considered a space-based technology.
APPLICATION TO THE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
(UAV) MARKET
Navigation of UAVs in harsh GNSS environments such
as close to trees, buildings and other tall objects
contaminates the navigation solution. This substantially
complicates an accurate and precise UAV positioning
required for certain critical applications such as aerial
inspection (building structures, windpower generators,
high voltage electric towers). The GNSS receiver based
on AltBOC modulation and respective code measurements
contribute in enabling navigation under these harsh
scenarios, providing increased confidence in the UAV pilot
and also end user.
Technical Advantages: The receiver explores Galileo AltBOC
modulation, which has an unparalleled (when compared to
GPS) intrinsic characteristic of ultra-low noise and multipath
robust code observables (distance from satellite to receiver),
in contrast to Carrier phase observables (distance from
satellite to receiver which is more accurate but is ambiguous),
which are prone to discontinuities (so called cycle-slips) and
even loss of lock, especially in urban environments.
Business Advantages: The receiver provides a differentiation
factor and enables new applications with growth potential
such as aerial inspection based on UAVs.
DEIMOS Engenharia, SA
is a private Portuguese
Aerospace Engineering
company, delivering
advanced design solutions
and turn-key space SW
systems. Building on
a solid team of highly
motivated and specialized
engineers, the company is
now a reference player in
the European space sector.
To learn more vist:
www.deimos.com.pt
ABOUT DEIMOS
ENGENHARIA

GNSS-REFLEC-TOMETRY
FOR WATER
ALTIMETRY
COMPANY
DEIMOS ENGENHARIA
FLIGHT DYNAMICS AND GNSS / GNSS SYSTEM
AND GROUND-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
TYPE OF PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
NON-SPACE MARKET
OCEAN AND INLAND WATERS
URL: WWW.DEIMOS.COM.PT
CONTACT PERSON: PEDRO FREIRE DA SILVA
EMAIL: INFO@DEIMOS.COM.PT

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
GPS satellite navigation technology has been a powerful
enabler of new products/applications and drivers of
productivity gains in many economic activities. With the
advent of Galileo, the possibilities will greatly increase.
GPS and Galileo, more generally termed GNSS (Global
Navigation Satellite Systems) consist in a constellation of
orbiting satellites that constantly transmit radio signals.
Such signals are then captured by user receiver terminals,
allowing the user to determine its position and time.
SPACE HERITAGE
Over the past years DEIMOS has been developing an
innovative GPS and Galileo receiver. The receiver version
is already in commercialisation for R&D and education
proposes and it has been used in several research projects
to demonstrate Galileo new features with live field trials,
including GNSS-Reflectometry, that is, the use of GNSS
reflected signals on the water surface and its comparison
with direct signals. Results achieved with DEIMOS GNSS-R
prototype sensor, which uses DEIMOS receiver, under
project SARGO (QREN SI-IDT) clearly point to improved
water height altimetry using Galileo.
APPLICATION TO THE OCEAN AND INLAND
WATERS MARKETS
The installation and maintenance of water level
measurement devices involves technical challenges
and non-negligible costs. Measurement devices have to
be in contact or very close to the water, so the number
of potential measurements per site is greatly reduced.
Additionally, the harsh environment where these sensors
operate (e.g buoys, pressure sensors) require periodic
maintenance at high costs and frequent loss of equipment
during rigorous winters or under extreme natural events,
ultimately leading to large down times and extra costs.
The current efforts made worldwide to upgrade water level
sensor networks comprising several thousand sensors
with new and more accurate technologies such as RADAR,
unfortunately suffer from the same operational drawbacks.
This feasibility study characterizes the market potential of the
GNSS-R based water measurement sensors that use Galileo
and assess the business viability of GNSS-R sensors for
ocean and inland waters, a non-space market and ultimately
to support the decision of future investment in the maturation
and wide deployment of GNSS-R technology.
GNSS-R for water level measurements is considered an
unexplored business opportunity a novel technique for remote
sensing the water surface. Similar to RADAR, it follows a
Remote Sensing approach, and is therefore not in direct
contact with the water, thus requiring low maintenance. In
contrast to radar and other technologies, however, it does not
require deployment directly above the water surface, since
a GNSS-R device can be mounted on the shore next to the
water surface, even hundreds of meters away from ocean
waves and its deleterious effect on the equipment.
GNSS-R allows:
– Lower installation and maintenance costs, comparable
to RADAR and acoustic sensors and significantly better
than float and pressure sensors;
– Ease of operation, comparable to RADAR and acoustic
sensors and significantly better than float and pressure;
– High resilience to adverse sea conditions, better than
RADAR and acoustic sensors which needs to be installed
above the water and significantly better than float and
pressure sensors;
– Ability to take measurements where RADAR cannot be in-stalled,
such as in cliffs and other locations of difficult access;

RELIABLE
MODULAR
PLATFORM
COMPANY
EVOLEO TECHNOLOGIES
TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN / SUBDOMAIN
ON-BOARD DATA SYSTEMS / PAYLOAD DATA
PROCESSING
TYPE OF PROJECT
DEMONSTRATOR
NON-SPACE MARKET
RAILWAY
URL: WWW.EVOLEOTECH.COM
CONTACT PERSON: RODOLFO MARTINS
EMAIL: INFO@EVOLEOTECH.COM
CONTACT NUMBER: + 351 229 424 327
®

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
The Space technology that is in the basis of RMOP includes
Hardware and Software on Flight Payload Development,
namely for Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) as gateway data
handling platforms. These include: On Board SW over RTOS,
Data Handling & Processing – RadHard LEON3FT CPU,
Power Distribution – RadHard, LCLs, ON/OFF, Load mon-itoring,
System Integration – Engineering analysis & inte-gration,
Payload System – Baseline for experiments or
simplified payloads.
SPACE HERITAGE
The actual development of these competencies is mature
and is based on what was made for the TDP8 Payload for
Alphasat Satellite and AOLTB Project. The objective is the
same – develop a gateway of acquisition and data processing
that makes a separation between the main platform and the
non critical parties. In this case it will be a railway platform.
APPLICATION TO THE RAILWAY MARKET
The railway market has a very difficult entry mode for out-side
companies due to the fear in the lack of reliability in
the interference of outside parties in the train. Any entity
wanting to make a product, involving on-board systems,
have to ensure that the solutions do not have negative
impact nor interact with the critical systems. In this case,
the interaction would be only through Evoleo platform and,
through it, to the railway operator. The system provides
improvements to actual solutions in terms of modularity,
being a plug & play off the shelf equipment, with mechan-ical
robustness and low power consumption allied to relia-bility
and security.
The business opportunity lies in the leverage of
the development of new subsystems and on-board
technologies, by having a single interfacing platform,
the proposed Evoleo one.
– For maintenance companies like EMEF, it means life
easier with a new subsystem to be installed, with less time
for approval, fewer interfaces, less maintenance training
and time spent. Evoleo platform can be chosen as the
one for the addition of new systems and for any on-board
maintenance required (e.g. vibrations, loads, failures
monitoring, testing).
– For the 3rd party developers, it becomes an opportunity
to easier develop, install and sell subsystems to trains.
No need to pass costly and time consuming requirements
constrains.
– Ultimately, as long term goal, the train manufacturers
could also adopt the same platform built-in to their products.
EVOLEO is a SME holding a multidisciplinary engineering
team investing in skills related to the design of critical and
complex electronic systems, embracing five areas of activity:
Space, Transportation, Energy, Industry and Health.
EVOLEO searches and promotes partnerships and
networking with centers of knowledge and industry
players, in line with its mission of providing 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.
ABOUT EVOLEO TECHNOLOGIES

ACTIVE
ANTENNA
ARRAY
COMPANY
EVOLEO TECHNOLOGIES
RF PAYLOAD AND SYSTEMS
/ TELECOMMUNICATION (SUB-)SYSTEMS
TYPE OF PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
NON-SPACE MARKET
URL: WWW.EVOLEOTECH.COM
CONTACT PERSON: RODOLFO MARTINS
EMAIL: INFO@EVOLEOTECH.COM
CONTACT NUMBER: + 351 229 424 327
®

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
The effort placed in active antenna array (AAA)
development for space applications was strongly increased
in recent years due to the appearance of Gallium Nitride
(GaN) transistor technology. The combination of these two
technologies is a key factor that will allow in a near future
to replace the bulky traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA).
SPACE HERITAGE
The concept of AAA for space applications is not yet
completely widespread, but the technology is being
considered and it is used in current ongoing space
projects, where the concepts are continuously being
optimized. The obtained results of these projects
are extremely valuable and can be used, with simple
adaptations, in other segments.
APPLICATION TO THE MARKET F OR UAV FOR CIVIL
APPLICATIONS
Currently, the size of unmanned air vehicles (UAV) for civil
applications, strongly limits the possible applications, due
to cost constraints. In addition, the size limits the on-board
allowed equipment that is used for radio communications
with the ground station. As a consequence, the data rate
that is currently achieved is low, not allowing high quality
video, for instance. The possibility to include AAA in the
UAV and/or in the ground station will optimize the energy
exchange between the two, increasing the radiated power,
minimizing the energy wasted and allowing improved
communications with the same battery size.
Technologically, since the proposed technology provides
significant gains in communication efficiency over the
existing one, the gains are evident. From the business
perspective, the UAV applications can be translated in new
services (eg. video recording with improved quality) will be
possible or improving the existing ones (eg. longer flight
times). In either way, both the UAV manufacturers and the
end users will collect benefits.

AUTONOMOUS
INERTIA
ESTIMATION
COMPANY
GMV SKYSOFT
SPACE SYSTEM CONTROL / GUIDANCE
NAVIGATION AND CONTROL (GNC)
TYPE OF PROJECT
DEMONSTRATOR
NON-SPACE MARKET
AUTOMOTIVE
URL: WWW.GMV.COM
CONTACT PERSON: EMANUELE DI SOTTO
EMAIL: EDISOTTO@GMV.COM

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
GMV has developed a relevant technology related to the
autonomous identification of space vehicles inertia charac-teristics
(MCI) for improving the vehicle control capabilities
and performances. This technology, based on processing
inertial measurements already available on-board, allows
the estimation of space vehicles mass, centre of mass
position and inertia during the flight.
SPACE HERITAGE
The actual development of these competencies is mature
and is based on what was made for the TDP8 Payload for
Alphasat Satellite and AOLTB Project. The objective is the
same – develop a gateway of acquisition and data processing
that makes a separation between the main platform and the
non critical parties. In this case it will be a railway platform.
APPLICATION TO THE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
The automotive sector represents a very appealing area
for spinning off this technology. The opportunity of
determining the real masses within a vehicle and their
distribution could be useful embedded in cars to improve
their stability on all those vehicles equipped with dynamic
suspension systems. Also relevant is the application to the
High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV). In this case the system can
be effectively used to identify the number of occupants in a
car and habilitate the use of dedicated lane in highways or
bridges. Moreover the information concerning the occupant
can be also used for all those system concerning with
automatic tolling depending on the number of occupants.
The target market for HOV is of about more 1.5 millions of
cars in Europe and, among them, 80000 in Portugal that
could implement this technology.
GMV has achieved the goal of integrating and testing
an HW-DEMONSTRATOR allowing a car to autonomously
determine its real weight and masses distribution. Such
a system is not currently available on the market. GMV
demonstrator presents several competitive advantages:
is a completely stand-alone system that can be integrated
in a small and cheap demonstrator. Moreover, the system
can be also embedded in modern smart phones providing
encouraging performances.
GMV is a privately owned technological business group
with an international presence. Founded in 1984, GMV
offers its solutions, services and products in very diverse
sectors: Aeronautics, Banking and Finances, Space, Defense,
Health, Security, Transportation, Telecommunications,
and Information Technology for Public Administration and
large corporations.
ABOUT GMV SKYSOFT

MODULAR (AIR)
OPERATING
SYSTEM
COMPANY
GMV SKYSOFT
SPACE SYSTEM SOFTWARE
/ SPACE SEGMENT SOFTWARE
TYPE OF PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
NON-SPACE MARKET
PRECISION AGRICULTURE
URL: WWW.GMV.COM
CONTACT PERSON: JOÃO CINTRA
EMAIL: JOAO.CINTRA@GMV.COM

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
For more than 15 years GMV has developed relevant
technology on On-board software (OBSW), Integrated
Modular Avionics (IMA), Real-Time Operating Systems
(RTOS), Time and Space Partitioning (TSP) Software.
Based on this experience, GMV has developed a Time
and Space Partitioned Real-Time Operating System that
has been used in Space projects mainly for ESA, e.g.
IMA4Space and MultIMA.
SPACE HERITAGE
The AIR operating system had a fundamental role in
the definition of ESA IMA for Space architecture. As an
operating system created for space applications, AIR has
been optimized to support robust partitioning for systems
of much smaller size than aircrafts. Most of AIR provided
characteristics are desirable to Unmanned Vehicles (UV)
platforms. Following this reasoning, it is expected that the
benefits brought by IMA to space platforms can also be
transposed to unmanned vehicle platforms. Allying with
the GMV knowledge on Earth Observation technologies
used in precision agriculture (PA), AIR is being applied to
UV for PA.
APPLICATION TO THE PRECISION A GRICULTURE
MARKET
Using the flexibility of a UV with AIR4ARM the outcomes
of this study can be applied in conjunction with the
platforms that GMV already has in place to support
precision agriculture. The application of UVs in PA will not
only improve the usefulness of the information acquired
by improving data granularity but it will also allow the
management of aspects that would be impossible by using
satellite images only.
The AIR4ARM study stands as a first step to create one
relevant solution to improve the accuracy of management
not only on the point of view of land usage but mainly in
pest control. Automating the monitoring of crops with
UVs will allow better human resource management,
improved pest control, fungicide usage optimization, water
regulation and in consequence, better quality and greater
quantity of crops.

STRUCTURAL
SYSTEMS
MONITORING
COMPANY
ISQ
STRUCTURES & PYROTECHNICS / DAMAGE
TOLERANCE AND HEALTH MONITORING
TYPE OF PROJECT
DEMONSTRATOR
NON-SPACE MARKET
RENEWABLE ENERGY
URL: WWW.ISQ.PT
CONTACT PERSON: PAULO CHAVES
EMAIL: PACHAVES@ISQ.PT

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) methods have been
developed to deliver structural health information that
supports decision making actions in terms of maintenance,
logistics, mission planning, systems qualification, thus
ensuring high levels of safety, and also lowering costs.
SHM systems have been developed and deployed in space-craft
components: spacecraft panels, composite overwrapped
pressure vessels, supporting ground structures, and ther-mal
protection systems. The electromechanical impedance
(EMI), technique is an established method for SHM of
structural components.
SPACE HERITAGE
The development of SHM systems at NASA were triggered
in 2003 after the accident of the space shuttle Columbia.
SHM technologies have been developed in order to facilitate
frequent inspections of critical components for structural
damage. These components include launch vehicles, fuel
tanks, crew habitats and other components. The develop-ment
of EMI techniques for space applications had been
also investigated in a programme initiated in 2004 for Space
Qualified Non-Destructive Evaluation & Health Monitoring
system to detect cracks, corrosion, disbonds and cracks
under bolts for a stiffened panel. The Phase II of the program
matured significantly and aligned the development of this
system with the needs of NASA, reaching TRL 5 at the end
of Phase II.
APPLICATION TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET
Under normal operation schedules, wind turbines (WTs)
have an average annual maintenance expenditure of around
2% of the original wind turbine investment. However,
unpredictable failure of certain WT components (such
as, turbine blades, tower, gearbox, generator, braking
system, yaw system, etc.) can lead to substantially higher
maintenance costs and reduced availability. To increase
the competitiveness of wind energy in comparison to other
power generation technologies, significant and measurable
improvements in the availability, reliability and lifetime
of WT need to be achieved in the foreseeable future, where
the monitoring and inspection technologies play a crucial
role. From the operational point of view, a weak point was
identified regarding the inspection and monitoring of the
bolted joints. These elements are critical and an improvement
in the existing methodologies was identified.
This approach will lead to an important reduction of the
inspection time and associated costs. The proposed EMI
technique has also the capability of continuously monitoring
the wind blades, preventing the detection of the defects
only in an advanced stage of growing that causes an
increment on the associated repairing costs and time,
and a considerable reduction of the availability of WT.
This EMI technique will also be applicable to the structural
monitoring of the bolted joint in the base of the tower,
as well along the overall structure for the case of towers
in the joint between the different shells.
ISQ is a privately owned and independently run
technological entity with a consolidated turnover (ISQ group)
that surpassed 87 million Euros in 2012 (57% overseas).
For the energy production industry ISQ already developed
specific inspection techniques for wind generation towers,
cryogenic tanks, or NDI qualification methods for clients
such as Martifer, Enagás and International scientific
organisations such as ITER. ISQ is delivering services for
the space industry, such as testing services, in several
development projects, and has permanent activities at the
European Space Center in Kourou since 2003.
ABOUT ISQ

AUGMENTED
REALITY
THROUGH THE
USE OF HEAD
MOUNTED
DISPLAYS
COMPANY
LUSOSPACE
OPTICS / OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
AND INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY
TYPE OF PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
NON-SPACE MARKET
LOGISTICS
URL: WWW.LUSOSPACE.COM
CONTACT PERSON: RUI SEMIDE
EMAIL: RSEMIDE@LUSOSPACE.COM

THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY THE NON-SPACE MARKET
SPACE TECHNOLOGY
LusoSpace’s incursion on the field of Augmented Reality
started with ESA’s activity “Auxiliary Direct Visualisation of
Information Tools for Space Application”, from 2004 to 2006.
This was a study of direct visualization display system tech-nologies
(Head Mounted or Head-Up displays) and in the
identification of their applications for the support of astro-nauts
during EVAs (Extra Vehicular Activities). At the end of
the activity a baseline design was proposed.
SPACE HERITAGE
So far LusoSpace has been or is involved in a total of 30 ESA
or Augmented Reality activities, such as Navigation (21
magnetometers contracted), Photonics (Optical Ground
Support, LIDAR, Lasers sources and amplifiers, Optical
communications) and Augmented Reality (development
of a totally disruptive solution called a Lisplay (a lens and
display combined) to be used in HMD that could ultimately
be as light and comfortable as today’s sunglasses (2 patents
pending).
APPLICATION TO THE LOGISTICS MARKET
Head Mounted Displays (HMD) and Augmented Reality
(AR) will change Logistics. Although several processes and
therefore several applications are excellent candidates for
the use of AR in a warehouse operation the study focused
on one very labour intensive task in which potential
customers believe the benefits will impact the most:
Picking (retrieval of goods (usually manually) from the
various warehouse positions to a “central” dispatching
location). The proposed solution will allow for a hands-free
vision guided operation with validation and interface
tools that will allow for a sound increase in productivity.
This productivity increase is most valued in countries were
labour costs are higher giving this solution a very relevant
internationalization factor.
Considering that 92% of the warehouse management
systems still use handheld barcode scanners or even lists
on paper, the mere fact that the AR solution is hands-free
will have a huge impact on these operations. Other
advantages of the system are navigation (advising the user
of optimized routes inside the warehouse), validation
(a camera on the glasses will validate the items picked “
on the fly” reducing the time necessary for validation or, in
its absence, picking errors) and a haptic interface (natural
gestural online real-time interface with the central
warehouse management system).
ABOUT LUSOSPACE
LusoSpace is a privately held company founded in 2002
active in the areas of HMD (Head Mounted Displays)
and Augmented Reality Applications, MEMS (Micro Electro-
Mechanical Systems) and Highly complex and critical
Systems (space applications are an example). Due to the
increasing envelope of the Augmented Reality area and
also to the work done under Feasibility Study LusoSpace
has decided to take a step towards its Vision and created
its first spin-off LusoVu, devoted specifically to Augmented
Reality solutions.

SPACE WEATHER
COMPANY
PRESENT TECHNOLOGIES
SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENT AND EFFECTS
/ SPACE WEATHER
TYPE OF PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
NON-SPACE MARKET
AVIATION AND AIR NAVIGATION
URL: WWW.PRESENT-TECHNOLOGIES.COM
CONTACT PERSON: PAULO MARTINS
EMAIL: PMARTINS@PRESENT-TECHNOLOGIES.COM
CONTACT NUMBER: +351 239781834

SPACE COMPETENCIES
Space weather forecast, compared to weather forecast, is
in its infancy. Space Agencies have been investing in space
weather assets mostly from a space-borne perspective,
yet there’s a lot of research activity that combines space-acquired
and earth-acquired data. Most of these projects
use data coming from solar space missions as SOHO, SDO,
IRIS, STEREO or instruments in ground such as spectro-heliographers
and magnetometers. The team behind this
project has experience at data usage level with SOHO,
HIPPARCOS, COROT, GAIA, MarsExpress and SWARM.
SPACE HERITAGE
Present Technologies have been working close with
Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory of the
University of Coimbra in exploitation of the 80+ year old
solar pictures archive (spectro-heliographs) and its high-precision
magnetometer (100+ year old).
APPLICATION TO THE AVIATION AND AIR
NAVIGATION MARKETS
Space weather concerns variations in the Sun, solar wind,
magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere, which
can influence the performance and reliability of a variety
of space-borne and ground-based technological systems
and can also endanger human health and safety. When
a space weather event occurs, a wide range of effects
can result, with many impacts in aviation, both In Flight
and On Ground. Our project has two main goals: 1) study
the feasibility of a solar risk service for air aviation and
air navigation. 2) study the feasibility of collecting data
anomalies of GNSS receivers from professionals and
scientists and also from smartphones (crowdsourcing)
to validate and correlate it with solar forecast and
magnetometer data.
There are only two commercial providers of space weather
services (both operating from the USA). Usage of co-located
magnetometer and spectrum-heliographers combined
with data fusion with Swarm products are key competitive
advantages of our project. Furthermore there is no usage
of user generated content on competing products in this
market. For local effects monitoring and local modelling we
do believe that crowdsourcing of GNSS errors through an app
based simple interface will be a key competitive advantage
over “institutional data only” approaches.
CREDITS NASA CREDITS NASA
ABOUT PRESENT TECHNOLOGIES
Present Technologies (PTECH) is an ICT SME. PTECH
was founded in 2000 and currently has more than 25
employees. PTECH partners with various universities
and research institutes in order to excel in its R&D
activities. The main business areas of Present
Technologies are Mobile Solutions, IPTV Applications
and Web & Enterprise Applications.

INTELLIGENT
LANDING
R&D CENTRE
UNINOVA
SPACE SYSTEM CONTROL / SPACE SYSTEM
ARCHITECTURE AND AUTONOMY
TYPE OF PROJECT
FEASIBILITY STUDY
NON-SPACE MARKET
URL: WWW.CA3.UNINOVA.ORG
CONTACT PERSON: RITA A. RIBEIRO
EMAIL: RAR@UNINOVA.PT

SPACE TECHNOLOGY
UNINOVA developed an intelligent and optimized algorithm
– denoted IPSIS (Intelligent Planetary SIte Selection) - to
tackle the problem of selecting the safest site for spacecraft
landing, essential for Space exploration missions to maxim-ise
mission success. This algorithm provides HDA (Hazard
Detection and Avoidance) capabilities, using hazard maps
such as texture, slope, illumination etc. as decision criteria
to provide landing site selection.
SPACE HERITAGE
The IPSIS algorithm is based on a conceptual mathemati-cal
model, which combines multi-criteria decision making
concepts with evolutionary optimization algorithms, thus
providing a novel, robust and efficient approach to the prob-lematic
of safe-landing with hazard avoidance. IPSIS has
been tried-and-tested within the space domain in the con-text
of two ESA projects.
APPLICATION TO THE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
(UAV) MARKET
Developed in partnership with a Portuguese company
called Spin.Works, specialized in the development of
UAV’s with embedded guidance, navigation and control
systems, the ILUV project is a step forward in achieving
an autonomous aerial vehicle. In situations of emergency
landing caused by motor or battery failure, IPSIS can be
used to select a safe landing site, minimizing the risk to
people and property, and maximizing the chances of safely
recovering the aircraft.
The use of UAV’s by civil users benefits from increased
safety, security and efficiency. The use of IPSIS technology
provides added value to current UAV’s by providing
autonomous and safe landing capabilities, bringing
increased confidence in (semi)autonomous aerial vehicles.
By providing this extra level of autonomy, in particular at
the landing phase, it is possible to achieve a reduction in
operational costs, since the most significant cost in micro
UAV operations is the operator cost.
UNINOVA (Institute for Development of New Technologies)
is a private multidisciplinary, non-profit research institute
located in the campus of Universidade Nova Lisboa. The
research group responsible for the ILUV project is the CA3
– 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 group
joins together researchers with interests in the areas of
Computational Intelligence, Intelligent Decision Systems
and Intelligent Image Processing. Application projects are
focused on: AeroSpace, Biomedicine and Environment.
ABOUT UNINOVA

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EM CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA
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IN 2015, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
(ESA), THE ROLES OF INSTITUTO PEDRO NUNES (IPN) IN THE SPACE
SECTOR IN PORTUGAL:
ESA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BROKER – PORTUGAL
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(ESA BIC PORTUGAL)
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