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Product catalog summary
Overview
The document provides a detailed overview of C-Astral's unmanned systems, emphasizing their cost-effectiveness, ease of maintenance, and transportability compared to manned aircraft. The BRAMOR UAS family is highlighted for its advanced aerodynamics and precision in surveying, achieving a ground sampling distance as low as 0.7 cm.

Specifications
The BRAMOR UAS is made from aerospace-certified materials such as KevlarTM, VectranTM, and carbon composites, ensuring high aerodynamic efficiency and endurance. It features a Blended Wing Body airframe, large payload capacity, and precision optics with multiple sensor options.

Applications
The systems are versatile, supporting applications like surveying, remote sensing, infrastructure control, flood monitoring, open pit mining, precision agriculture, and ecological sensing. They are also used in ISR, wildfire management, search and rescue, civil defense, and fire control.

Features
The BRAMOR C4EYE UAS line offers up to 3 hours of endurance, a range of up to 150 km, and is 100% autonomous. It is wind resistant up to 30 knots and features a modular airframe with an integrated parachute landing system. The system supports encrypted communication and MANET digital communications.

Sensors and Capabilities
The EYE-X EO/IR/Laser Illuminator gimbal provides capabilities for target tracking, geo-location, and tactical mapping. It includes a 10 MP visible light sensor and a thermal imagery uncooled micro-bolometer. The system supports both on-board and off-board video recording.

Communication and Networking
The document details the tactical network digital communications capabilities, including the TSM waveform for robust performance in challenging environments. The systems are integrated with MIL SISTEMIKA C4i battlefield management suites.

Software and Workflow
The C-ASTRAL C3P software facilitates mission planning, real-time system monitoring, and data processing. It supports various flight modes and provides critical flight control data.

Conclusion
The BRAMOR UAS systems are presented as highly capable and versatile tools for a wide range of applications, offering advanced features and robust performance in various operational environments.

Additional Overview
The document also provides a technical overview of the Bramor ppX UAS and its sensor options, highlighting its applications, specifications, and capabilities in surveying and remote sensing.

Accuracy Assessment
The Bramor ppX system demonstrates a mean error of 6 mm for X/Y coordinates and 24 mm for Z coordinates, indicating high precision in data acquisition.

Sensor Capabilities
The system is equipped with a 24.3-megapixel RGB sensor for high-resolution mapping and photogrammetry, enabling sub-centimeter ground sampling distance acquisition. It supports applications such as digital terrain modeling and volume calculations.

Thermal and Multispectral Sensors
The FLIR Duo Pro R thermal sensor provides accurate temperature measurements, while the multispectral sensors capture multiple spectral bands for detailed vegetation mapping and analysis.

Hyperspectral and Gas Detection Sensors
The gHY sensor offers high-resolution spectral imaging suitable for agriculture and water research. The gAS sensor provides advanced methane leak detection capabilities.

System Package and Enhancements
The Bramor ppX system includes a robust airframe, ground control systems, and optional enhancements such as high precision IMU, ADS-B transponder, and emergency beacon locator.

Technical Specifications
The Bramor UAS features a fixed-wing, blended wing body configuration with a Kevlar-reinforced carbon airframe. It offers a cruise speed of 16 m/s, a maximum takeoff weight of 3.8 to 4.7 kg, and an endurance of up to 3.5 hours.

Company Overview
C-Astral is a leading aerospace solutions provider based in Slovenia, specializing in small UAS manufacturing and services. The company focuses on high productivity, endurance, surveying, and remote sensing.

Global Presence
C-Astral has a diverse customer base, including commercial UAS operators, institutional networks, scientific users, and government entities. Their systems are operational across four continents.

Research and Development
The company has established a multidisciplinary software and hardware laboratory for aerodynamics and systems integration.

Sales and Distribution
C-Astral has a global network of sales partners across various regions.

Contact Information
C-Astral headquarters can be reached via email at [email protected] or by phone at +386 5 85 00 840.
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C-ASTRAL Highlights C-Astral unmanned systems are much smaller than manned aircraft, easier to maintain and transport and therefore much more cost-effective, providing excellent productivity and fast return on investment. The industry leading BRAMOR UAS family is electrically powered and is able to achieve superior stability and endurance through its unique advanced Blended Wing Body airframe aerodynamics. It is capable of achieving the most precise surveying results in the small UAS category down to 1,5 cm, with a Ground Sampling Distance that starts at 0,7 cm. MANUFACTURED FROM ADVANCED AERODYNAMICS...

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C-ASTRAL Applications THE ULTIMATE SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR MISSION. ppX SURVEYING AND REMOTE SENSING INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROL PRECISION AGRICULTURE Point cloud derived DSM, DEM, orthomosaic, Aero-photogrammetry, mapping, surveying, volume calculations and estimations. Roads and railroads management and control, critical infrastructure monitoring, pipeline and well monitoring, upstream, midstream and downstream monitoring. Vigor and health of crops, yield estimation, crop counting and volume calculations, chemical management, plant deconvolution. Target tracking, coordinate estimation, tactical level...

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“The Ultimate C4ISR Solution – the most capable and affordable small UAS in its class in the world!“ A NATO OPERATIONS C-ASTRAL USER IN OPERATIONAL USE ON FOUR CONTINENTS ≥ Long Range (30km+) IP Manet data/videolink ≥ Encrypted communicationOPTIONAL BATTLEFIELD AND SPECIAL OPS PROVEN ≥ MANET (Mobile Ad Hoc Network) optional secure digital communications ≥ Wildfire management ≥ Environmental monitoring RETRACTABLE EYE-X/HD SENSOR TRACK, GEO-REGISTER OR LOCK TARGETS ≥ Infrastructure control ≥ Over the hill observation (LOS) ≥ Night surveillance MODULAR AIRFRAME ≥ Fire control ≥ Civil defense ≥...

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BRAMOR C4EYE Sensor Options “We have put this machines through their paces in battle zone conditions and the MOD has decided that this will be the UAS of choice for future procurement.” MODULAR AIRFRAME A SOVEREIGN C4EYE OPERATOR IN EUROPE PARACHUTE LANDING SYSTEM SUPREME AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY ≥ Up to 3 h endurance ≥ Range up to 150 km ≥ 100% autonomous ≥ Wind resistant up to 30 knots ≥ Carbon / KevlarTM / VectranTM Construction The field proven BRAMOR C4EYE UAS line is appropriate for operations where real-time or near real time video observation and surveillance capability is of utmost importance....

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Bramor C4EYE EYE-X EO/IR/LI Gimbal Sensor “The system performed much better than what we were used to from other UASs and the change detection counter IED workflow saved lives.“ A BRAMOR SYSTEMS INSTRUCTOR FROM A NATO COUNTRY OPERATING IN AFGHANISTAN TARGET GEO-LOCATION VEHICLE TRACKING Accurate geo-location of a target based on its location in a video image is a key functionality provided by the EYE-X gimbal sensor at day and night. Enables 10MP snapshot stored on-board micro SD card or real-time download from UAV. Video recording is possible on-board as well as off-board. Live snapshot gallery...

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Tactical network digital communications “Advanced signal processing and cooperative communication technologies built from the ground up to deliver the world’s most robust and reliable high-speed wireless IP networking coverage.“ For the demanding conditions encountered in operational uses, C-ASTRAL systems have been integrated with the TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. TSM™ waveform mobile ad-hoc mesh networking capabilities, enabling seamless scalability and network agility in dynamic environments. TSM waveform networking provides robust performance in challenging environments, and can scale from...

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WORKFLOW PHASES MISSION PLANNING FLIGHT & DATA COLLECTION ONLINE FLIGHT LOGBOOK DATA & IMAGE EXPORT C-ASTRAL PILOT C 3P SOFTWARE DATA PROCESSING COMPATIBLE WITH ≥ Ergonomic touch screen GUI ≥ Critical flight control data always present on screen ≥ Seamless and fast mission planning ≥ In-flight systems monitoring ≥ Area, mission time, GSD and precision estimation ≥ Failsafes management ≥ System health monitoring ≥ Real-time camera feedback ≥ 3D SURVEY ≥ ENSO MOSAIC ≥ AGISOFT PHOTOSCAN ≥ PIX4D MAPPER ≥ PIENEERING ≥ MENCI SIMPLE FLIGHT PLANNING FUNCTIONAL GUI MODES REAL-TIME IN-FLIGHT SYSTEMS MONITORING...

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C-ASTRAL C3P Software Features ONE SOFTWARE – MULTIPLE PLATFORMS PRIMARY DISPLAY QUICK MAP TOGGLE MISSION DATA FLIGHT DATA OPTIONAL SECONDARY VIDEO DISPLAY COMMAND BUTTONS MISSION PLANNER CAMERA SETTINGS ≥ Multi-geometry VITAL COMMANDS ≥ Quick access to critical ad-hoc mission planning flight control commands ≥ Sensor data and still image recording ≥ Flight data display live control flight modes ≥ Constant image acquisition ≥ Quick access to critical ≥ Altitude mode flying ≥ Flight data display ≥ Loiter mode flying ≥ Target centric flying quality monitoring flight control commands FLIGHT PLAN...

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BRAMOR ppX GNSS SURVEY GRADE RECEIVER FEATURES ≥ Accuracy down to 0,6 cm ≥ Command, Control & Communications ≥ Real-time system health monitoring ≥ 100% Autonomous ≥ Exchangeable sensors ≥ Imaging control computer SURVEY GRADE IMUOPTIONAL * Flight endurance measured at ICAO standard atmosphere conditions (15 °C / 1013,25 hPa / winds calm), depends on UAS configuration/sy

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BRAMOR ppX Sensor Options multi Sensor “We would not have been able to map more than 300 km of a remote railway line in Ethiopia in a week without Bramor’s capability to acquire data without a preplaced grid of ground control points.“ CARBON / KEVLARTM / VECTRANTM CONSTRUCTION JAN ZOREC, KOBALE SURVEYING SERVICES LONG RANGE DATA LINK ANTENNAS PITOT CLEANING AND OBSTRUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM GNSS SURVEY GRADE RECEIVER ≥ Post Processing Kinematic ≥ Integrated IMUOPTIONAL ≥ L1&L2 (L5 ready) GNSS receiver ≥ Fast initialization ≥ RTK datalink independent ≥ Accuracy down to 0,6 cm** NAVIGATION LIGHTSOPTIONAL...

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