TEKEVER in Futuro Hoje - SIC Notícias

After a year filled with numerous successful demonstrations throughout the World, TEKEVER's unmanned aerial systems are presented to the Portuguese public in the last edition of Futuro Hoje, in the TV station SIC Notícias.

Dedicated to the new technologies and to a vision of the future of today's society, Futuro Hoje and its host Lourenço Medeiros reveal how TEKEVER's unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are being tested with the National Safety Police (PSP) and take the spotlight as a fundamental tactical support asset for public safety and security operations. The images collected by the UAS AR1 Blue Ray that are now broadcasted in this programme show a monitoring operation in the area of Parque das Nações (Lisbon) and it is quite easy to understand the added-value the AR1 Blue Ray brings to law enforcement action, through the gathering of real time images, the capacity to enable remote analysis and the empowerment of an improved situational awareness with respect to available tactical options. 

Exploring the application of 100% Portuguese technology at the service of Public Safety and Security in Portugal, the TV programme Futuro Hoje highlights how TEKEVER's unmanned aerial systems already deliver advantages to the PSP daily operations, for the benefit of the citizens' safety and security. 

You may watch the AR1 Blue Ray at Futuro Hoje, in

http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/programas/futurohoje/2013/07/09/aparelhos-nao-tripulados-permitem-sobrevoar-zonas-comandados-a-distancia. 

TEKEVER at the NATO Study on Information Exploitation

TEKEVER ASDS is partnering with thirty NATO industrial experts in the new NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) study group that aims to explore novel approaches for processing, exploiting and disseminating imagery data.

Following previous work in this domain, TEKEVER ASDS will be addressing the challenges raised by the increasing amount of data being collected by NATO forces via satellites and drone platforms, which is overwhelming the NATO forces' ability to process, exploit and distribute the actionable, analytical results to the Joint Coalition forces. 

 At the NIAG Study Group 178 (NIAG SG178) kick-off meeting, partners agreed to dedicate the next twelve-month effort to the overall goal of identifying state-of-the art technology that is capable of extracting additional information from collected video feeds and make it ready for analysts to evaluate its relevance, so that machines handle data and humans take decisions.

TEKEVER is the New Euromedic IT Partner

TEKEVER has been selected to build and deploy a state-of-the-art renewed Radiology Information System (RIS) solution for Euromedic Portugal, the local branch of one of the largest medical service providers in Europe, specialised in diagnostics investigations, clinical laboratories and cancer treatment services.

The partnership with Euromedic Portugal is a new investment effort by TEKEVER in the Health Care sector, building on previous experience and on the advanced features of its MORE Technology, a unique platform that seamlessly combines a powerful distributed workflow engine with cutting-edge user interfaces. 

With TEKEVER's solid technological experience and Euromedic's specialised know-how, a best-in-class RIS is under construction, with the goal of bringing unprecedented levels of efficiency – focusing on user experience to enable faster, simpler and more effective interaction with the system –, reliability – building on highly robust technologies, resilient to network failures and lightweight in maintenance  –, scalability – capable of accommodating few to thousands of users geographically distributed – and compatibility – by integrating with already existing Euromedic software and information systems.

TEKEVER Conducts Successful Trials of the AR4 Light Ray UAS in Colombia

TEKEVER conducted an intensive one-week set of trials of the AR4 Light Ray UAS to the Colombian Armed Forces, to validate the system's powerful capabilities for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions, under the extreme altitude and weather conditions of Colombia.

With very intense military activity against guerrilla forces and narcotraffic groups, the Colombian Armed Forces are everyday faced with the need to carry out ISTAR missions under extreme weather and geographic conditions. The Colombian landscape is poised with high altitude mountains that contribute to a very instable weather, prune to swift changes and speedy winds. These conditions, coupled with very dense vegetation, pose a true ambitious challenge to the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems by the Colombian Armed Forces.

The technical trials carried out by the AR4 Light Ray UAS were performed at high altitudes, around 3000 meters (about 10.000 feet) and right in the heart of the mountainous region surrounding Bogotá, demonstrating the system’s ability to perform in the most challenging scenarios and under the most demanding weather conditions.

"The trials were a complete success," said Ricardo Mendes, TEKEVER Group COO. "We met and exceeded the goals we had planned for, by demonstrating the usage of the system to perform multiple types of missions in one of the most challenging environments in the world."

In partnership with the Aviation Global Group, TEKEVER's AR4 Light Ray demonstration followed a special invitation from the Colombian Armed Forces in November 2012 to see first-hand the outstanding performance of the system, after its global market launch at the 2012 Farnborough International Air Show.

The Colombian Armed Forces retrieved valuable lessons from the demonstrations, which will be instrumental for its ongoing procurement on mini-UASs that are specially designed for surveillance missions and capable of delivering true airborne superiority. 

"After these trials, we are extremely confident that our system will be successful in fulfilling the special requirements of the Colombian Armed Forces.", said Ricardo Mendes. He reinforced that this opportunity to present the AR4 Light Ray UAS to the Colombian Armed Forces represents an important step towards the reinforcement of Portuguese aeronautics in the global aerospace market. 

TEKEVER SPΔCE at the QB50 Workshop

TEKEVER SPΔCE attended the QB50 Workshop held at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) premises in Brussels, where updates on the evolution of the QB50 Initiative and the status of the QB50 Launch were presented.

An EU FP7-funded project, QB50 (https://www.qb50.eu) has the scientific objective to study in situ the temporal and spatial variations of a number of key constituents and parameters in the lower thermosphere (90-320 km) with a network of 40 double CubeSats (miniaturised satellites), separated by a few hundred kilometres and carrying identical sensors. QB50 will also study the re-entry process by measuring a number of key parameters during re-entry and by comparing predicted and actual CubeSat trajectories and orbital lifetimes. QB50 will also accommodate about 10 double or triple CubeSats for In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) of technologies and miniaturised science sensors and the Gossamer-1 solar sail technology demonstration package. 

At the QB50 Workshop, TEKEVER SPΔCE hosted a splinter session on the ambitious GAMANET endeavour, aiming to create the largest ad hoc communications network ever in Space, providing the networking capability to satellite constellations. This session generated a great deal of interest from workshop participants and instructive discussions took place concerning the next steps of this revolutionary initiative in space communications. TEKEVER SPΔCE's GAMANET proposition will join CubeSats and ground stations in a seamless communications network that will be instrumental to validate innovative communication technologies in space and to improve the overall QB50 communications and scientific results.

TEKEVER's Solution Selected for Mobile Banking

TEKEVER's Mobile Banking Solution has just been awarded a contract by the largest bank of the Eurozone to develop a multi-channel solution that enables the bank's clients to access and manage all their financial applications.    

Based on the MORE technological platform (http://www.tekever.com/en/products/more/), TEKEVER's Mobile Banking Solution was selected due to its unparalleled capability to make whole organisational processes available in multiple platforms and channels in real-time, delivering efficiency and enabling a high-level of customer satisfaction.

Within the framework determined under the contract, TEKEVER will provide the bank's clientele access to their financial applications through SMS and mobile Web; hence, hybrid mobile banking applications will be made available in major app stores and, finally, native applications will be developed for the primary operative systems.

TEKEVER Technology Promotes SKYMEDIA's Successful Field Demonstration

The SkyMedia Project (http://www.ict-skymedia.eu) successfully demonstrated its technology accomplishments in the 26th edition of the Turin Marathon 2012, this Sunday. 

This final demonstration of the complete SkyMedia system delivered the Marathon's audience a richer and more complete multimedia experience that involved a group of runners with wearable sensors that monitored in real-time the runners' position, speed, pace and biometric parameters during the race. A special audience group was selected amongst sponsors, VIP, press and business partners to view that live tracked data through mobile applications and touchscreen interactive displays with 3D video augmentation technology. Also a group of spectators followed the race from their smartphones and from HD or 3D screens deployed along the Marathon's course, using a dedicated iPad application, available for download from the AppStore.

TEKEVER Communication Systems' WAC radios were successful in providing all communications between the UAV, collecting Marathon content, and the ground command centre. Additionally, also the wireless sensors network and data fusion enabled applications developed by TEKEVER IT were used by runners to augment the 3D video content capture, supported by other system components. Indeed, for SkyMedia, TEKEVER IT delivers expertise in the software platforms for embedded systems, wireless sensor and ad-hoc networks (WSAN) and focuses on the WSAN development and integration.

SkyMedia or UAV-based capturing of HD/3D content with WSN augmentation, real-time processing and immaterial rendering for immersive media experiences is a FP7 ICT research project that aims to explore, design and demonstrate a novel scalable and easy to manage multimedia end-to-end architecture that provides unique immersive media experiences to audiences during live events.

TEKEVER IT Awarded A Contract on Workforce and Assets Management

TEKEVER IT has been awarded a contract by a Portuguese utility gas company to integrate the OZONO Service Suite's product within the organisation's management system in order to make available to the whole organisation a mobile solution that makes all relevant business processes more agile, particularly the Assets Management and the Field Technicians Mobility Management processes.

Bridging with the organisation's commercial information system, OZONO Service Suite will consider a field workforce of more than 500 technicians and an additional 100 backoffice employees, enacting a total annual volume of service orders of 500.000.

TEKEVER's OZONO Service Suite combines advanced technologies of mobile computing and wireless communication with optimisation and simulation algorithms to deliver increased efficiency in the intelligent management and optimisation of assets and business processes, allied to a drastic reduction of the carbon footprint. Specifically designed to satisfy the demanding requirements of utility customers, the OZONO Service Suite is a well-implemented product in the market, with a broad range of national and international customers. To know more about this product, please consult http://www.ozono-systems.com/en/products/oss/glance/. 

TEKEVER Unveils AR5 Life Ray in Portugal

TEKEVER publicly presents for the first time in Portugal the latest addition to its family of Unmanned Aerial Systems, the Tactical UAS AR5 Life Ray, at the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) Annual Convention, taking place on October 10th-12th, in Lisbon. TEKEVER sponsors the most important event for ASD, an Association that has 28 member associations in 20 countries, representing more than 2,000 companies with approximately 80,000 suppliers and bringing together the major players at the ASDS market.

Specifically designed for Maritime and Near-Shore Surveillance and Search and Rescue (SAR) missions, the AR5 Life Ray is an impressive 9-meter wingspan platform, able to achieve a cruise speed of 120 km/h, carry a 90-kg payload for multiple sensors and provide satellite communications, thus delivering a new added advantage to current monitoring activities and rescue operations. 

"For centuries, Portugal has looked towards the Sea for technological, social, cultural and economic prosperity. Once, we led innovation in Maritime environments, and it gave us greatness. Now, we are working hard to really push the envelope of technology with the AR5 Life Ray UAS, and it makes a lot of sense that a great product, primarily targeted to the Maritime Market, comes from Portugal.", commented TEKEVER’s COO Ricardo Mendes. The AR5 Life Ray is scheduled to begin operational tests in 2013.

TEKEVER’s UAS Presented in Las Vegas to the American Market

The AR4 Light Ray, TEKEVER’s fully autonomous UAS, will be present at this year’s edition of the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America Conference and Exhibition, which takes place in Las Vegas from 6th to 9th of August.

With this international endeavour, TEKEVER positions itself as a potential supplier to the American and every pro-American market, for the United States and Israel have dominated this technology and associated sales worldwide.

TEKEVER’s move onto the American market is the logic, almost compulsory, follow-up after the extraordinary performance of the AR4 Light Ray at the Farnborough International Air Show, in the United Kingdom, where it flew daily between July 9th and 13th, thus becoming the first fully autonomous UAS to fly in this emblematic aeronautics industry.

The official presentation to the United States’ market of the AR4’s advanced capabilities for ISTAR missions will take place at the most prestigious event on unmanned vehicles and systems – the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America Conference and Exhibition. 

The AUVSI Las Vegas 2012 Show is the ideal stage for that presentation, for it remains the primary forum for exhibiting and debating unmanned systems and technologies, gathering the main players in the market: organisations, companies and governmental entities from more than 40 countries.

TEKEVER’s UAS at Farnborough Stars in BBC Show

The AR4 Light Ray, TEKEVER’s UAS launched into the global market at the Farnborough Air Show 2012, was presented by the BBC journalist Anita Rani, in a prime time live broadcast from Farnborough, as “the example in Farnborough of the growing importance of unmanned aerial systems”. 

In BBC’s “The One Show”, it was also displayed a segment of the video footage produced by the AR4 while in flight, showing Farnborough’s Airport, the exhibition area and the many aircraft in the airfield (http://autonomous.tekever.com/ar4/index.html). 

The attention given by the British media to the Portuguese UAS is coherent with the enormous interest the aerospace industry and aeronautics professionals have expressed in regards to this first aeronautical product from the TEKEVER Group, which surprises for its effectiveness, flexibility and total ownership cost.

Farnborough 2012 sets Portugal’s entry into the world market of autonomous aerial systems, for the four public flights performed by the AR4 Light Ray, from July 9th to 13th, have attained high-performance levels, in spite of the intense rain and 25-knot wind weather conditions. 

Being the first fully autonomous UAS to perform outdoor flight demonstrations at the Farnborough International Air Show, already in its 48th edition, the AR4 Light Ray has granged the attention of clients, partners, government officials and media throughout the entire week.

Ricardo Mendes, TEKEVER Group’s COO, confirms in the meantime negotiations with different organisations in several continents. 

Make History With TEKEVER at Farnborough 2012

The TEKEVER Group invites you to visit its booth C6 in Hall 2 at the Farnborough Air Show, from July 9th to 15th, in the United Kingdom. 

At Farnborough, the TEKEVER Group signals the international acknowledgment of its leadership in the offer of disruptive technologies for the Aerospace, Defence and Security markets, after winning the coordination of eight European R&D projects in the Aeronautics, Security and Space expertise domains, within the FP7 context.

At Hall 2, Booth C 6, the TEKEVER Group will present state-of-the-art technologies in Tactical Communications Systems, Command and Control Systems and Autonomous Systems, entirely developed in Portugal.  

This Farnborough edition will also be a mark in the History of the TEKEVER Group, and Portugal, when, for the first time, an unmanned aircraft will perform daily flying exhibitions, between July 9th and 13th (http://www.farnborough.com/trade-aircraft/trade-flying-display-aircraft).

TEKEVER's AR4 Light Ray will be the first fully autonomous UAS to be exhibited in an international Air Show, setting a world premier and an accomplishment that will surely be remembered in the world's aeronautical market for years to come, reinforcing the Portuguese technology's positioning in the global worldwide Aerospace market.

OZONO At the Enterprise Mobility Exchange

OZONO is one of the few elected companies that each year are invited to attend the exclusive Enterprise Mobility Exchange (EME) event, taking place on 21st to 23rd May, in Rotterdam.

At EME 2012, OZONO presents the OZONO Service Suite and uMeter products, delivering a powerful hands-on experience on how OZONO’s mobile technology increases profitability, productivity and customer service excellence.

OZONO takes this unique opportunity to network with Chief Information Officers and Heads of Mobile Workforce, Fleet Management and Operations from global field service organisations and discuss the challenges of implementing mobile technology for their field workforce.

To learn more on OZONO’s be smart, go beyond the meter concept, please see http://www.ozono-systems.com  

TEKEVER At the UX Lx

TEKEVER teams up with world-class user experience professionals at the User Experience Lisbon (UX Lx), a premier User Experience Conference that takes place in Lisbon, from May 16th to 18th.

Aiming to continuously improve its high-skilled tablet and mobile experience design team, TEKEVER professionals will be working closely with known usability experts, information architects and interaction designers in the next three days.

UX Lx is the perfect opportunity for TEKEVER to further exploit innovative ways of planning, organising, writing and developing its own products and services for online and mobile applications that do a better job of meeting the real needs of its customers.

To know more, please see http://www.ux-lx.com/

President Cavaco Silva Signs TEKEVER’s new UAV for Maritime Operations

The TEKEVER Group presented the new Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle for Maritime Operations in this year’s edition of the Sea Forum, visited by the President of the Portuguese Republic Cavaco Silva that kindly agreed to sign the aircraft, which aims to establish a new era for the missions of the Portuguese Navy.

Specifically designed for maritime surveillance operations, the new UAV reveals advanced capabilities in detection, localisation and tracking of elements of interest, producing high-resolution imagery and video. This potential, allied to the possibility to pursue maritime operations under adverse meteorological conditions, is a differentiating element to the importance of autonomous aerial vehicles in the domains of maritime traffic control, coastal surveillance, fishing activity inspection, illegal activities’ detection, piracy combat and search and rescue operations.

In the context of the Sea Forum 2012, the TEKEVER Group presented its portfolio of maritime safety and security solutions that is the result of intense research and development efforts, involving specialised know-how and promising technologies in the areas of autonomous aerial vehicles, future generation communications systems and network-enabled command and control systems.

 

Mobizy 1.5 Hits the Market !

Mobizy has just launched the new version of its Enterprise Mobility Services platform.

Mobizy 1.5 includes improvements in all search screens for the Mobizy Mac and iOS versions, as well as a brand new interface, with intuitive icons and navigation schemes, for all Windows Phone users.

The new Mobizy 1.5 has hundreds of value-added improvements, details that make a real difference in your daily business!

For more information, please consult http://www.mobizy.com/. 

uMeter at the App Me Up February

uMeter is one of the three applications chosen by TeK to be evaluated at the 1st edition of App Me Up, a new competition created by Microsoft to procure the best app to have in your mobile device. This announcement featured an article at the Portuguese TeK specialised website.

Piloted at INOVCity in Évora, uMeter (http://www.umeter.me/about_en.jsp) is a revolutionary service platform that provides precise and detailed information on energy consumption, helping consumers to know their habits and adjust them, so as to reduce their respective costs and associated carbon footprint.

To know more, please see http://tek.sapo.pt/noticias/computadores/criatividade_a_prova_no_concurso_app_me_up_1231365.html

TEKEVER Takes A Leading Role in European Aeronautics R&D

The TEKEVER Group has been awarded two European Aeronautics R&D projects, coordinated by the Group’s subsidiary companies, in the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), in the value of 5 millions and a half euros, reinforcing its leading position as a provider of disruptive technologies for the Information Technologies, Aeronautics, Space, Defence and Security markets. 

In a sector strongly marked by fierce competition of international manufacturers and integrators, the TEKEVER Group invests in technological innovation as the strategy to conquer the international market, developing technologies and products that defy status quo and enable high added value. The two projects now awarded are focused in aerostructures and flight management systems (FMS), introducing new concepts and high potential approaches. 

The CHANGE project explores innovative concepts for adaptive aerostructures, incorporating new composite materials and intelligent materials, with the goal to significantly improve aircraft performance. Project BRAINFLIGHT, which results from the Group’s wide experience with autonomous systems, introduces an unforeseen approach to aircraft control. This new technology allows the shift of the navigation and control paradigm and it is applicable to both manned and unmanned aircraft, in the commercial, military and private contexts, giving way to multiple opportunities of commercial exploitation in the FMS, Flight Control Systems and cockpits international markets.

The two projects’ award, based on their high technological innovation levels, is evidence of the TEKEVER Group’s international recognition in the Aeronautics domain. It also bears a relevant mark for the Portuguese participation in European programmes, doubling the number of projects coordinated by Portuguese entities, and highlighting the TEKEVER Group as the Portuguese entity coordinating the highest number of projects in European Aeronautics R&D.

The results today attained by the TEKEVER Group enable the consolidation of its national leading position in the Research, Development and Innovation for the Aeronautics specialised sector, a market in full growth, and in which Portugal is committing a strategic investment with the creation of a technological cluster of international projection. 

TEKEVER is the Portuguese Reference in European Security R&D

The TEKEVER Group has been awarded three European Security R&D projects, in the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), in the value of 13 million euros, reinforcing thus its leading position as a provider of disruptive technologies for the Information Technologies, Aeronautics, Space, Defence and Security markets. 

Evaluated as the second Best European project in the Security call, iSAR+ (Online and Mobile Communications for Crisis Response and Search and Rescue) aims to research and develop guidelines and an associated platform that, in crises, enable citizens to use the mobile and internet technologies to become actively involved in the response effort. The SNIFFER (SeNsory devIces network For Food supply chain sEcuRity) Project proposes the concept and development of a distributed sensors network, capable of detecting multiple types of agents and CBR agents in the food supply chain. Finally, the PPDR-TC (Public Protection and Disaster Relief – Transformation Center) goal is to define a roadmap for the adoption of novel emergency communications, using cognitive radio, hybrid networks and UAV technology, ensuring interoperability, security and resilience.

These projects now won by the TEKEVER Group are instrumental in the national entrepreneurship effort that has been consolidating Portugal’s reputation in the European and international R&D community.

For the first time, a Portuguese Group undertakes the coordination of two FP7 – Security projects, an achievement that highlights TEKEVER’s leadership capability and reinforces its unsurpassable reference status in R&D and Innovation for the competitive Security market.

Mobizy Gone Mac !

Mobizy Enterprise Application Services are now available in the Mac version, powered to use contacts from your device phone book and integrate Mobizy calendar events with your own calendar.

The feedback has been quite positive: Mobizy is already in the Top 10 of business apps downloaded on the Mac App Store!

For more information, please consult http://www.mobizy.com/