The Eye in the Sky project was present at the 6th Experiment@ International Conference – Expat’23, which was held in Évora from 5 to 7th June 2023, and where Dário Silva presented the paper “Using high-altitude balloons for decision-support in emergency scenarios – a proof of concept on wildfire detection and monitoring”.
You will find paper HERE
The Eye in the Sky project participated on May 31, 2023 in ARTEX’23 – ARmy Technological EXperimentation 2023, at the Santa Margarida Military Camp, in the municipality of Constância.
In this exercise, organized by the Portuguese Army, it was possible to test and demonstrate the ability to launch a flying wing from another aircraft (in this case a multirotor to replace the balloon proposed in the project), as well as the transmission of video acquired throughout the flight in the range visible in real-time to a ground control station.
This test allowed us to validate for the first time a simplified version of the concept and demonstrate its potential for use in forest monitoring.
A special thank you to the Army Portuguese for the opportunity.
Watch the video summary of the exercise below.