Year: 2008.
Project type: Private R+D project.
Participants: 1 Enterprise.
In order to solve the difficulties encountered during the operation of the FUROS we decided to design a completely new aircraft: the ARGOS. A new engine was used and the configuration was completely changed. Thanks to these changes we managed to completely solve the problems of engine reliability, we got much more space for the payload and the autonomy was considerably increased. Thanks to the ARGOS we were able to experimentally develop and operate the PANOPTE multispectral camera and obtain the first hyperspectral images with the first prototype sensor developed by RIKOLA in Finland. These hyperspectral images were of great scientific interest in the MESTRAL and PHYTOSCOPE projects directed by Dr. Jaume Piera of the CSIC. Converted to electric propulsion the first ARGOS is still in service, which is by far the UAV with a longest service life in our fleet.