Selected Strategic Portfolio

Technology with mission outcomes

A curated set of programmes that show the progression from technical authority to product, programme and technology leadership.

EDF Optoelectronics 2026 – Present

SPIRIT: European Sovereign Infrared Detectors

EDF
🔬 SWIR • MWIR T2SL • ROIC • Space Payloads

Build sovereign European capability in advanced infrared detectors (SWIR, MWIR T2SL) and read-out circuits (ROIC) independent of third countries.

Budget: €39.2M (€29M EU)
Tracking Radar 2025 – Present

CAPTOR 14m Tracking Radar

RADAR
📡 14m Cassegrain • Space Debris • Data Marketplace

Develop and industrialise a high-precision tracking radar with a 14-metre Cassegrain antenna for space-debris monitoring and orbital-data provision.

Space C2 Suite 2024 – Present

Space C2

C2
⚡ Real-Time • GPU • AI • ML Algorithms

Transform complex orbital analytical models and distributed sensing into an operational, sovereign and real-time C2 product powered by GPU and artificial intelligence.

Hypersonic Defence 2023 – Present

ODIN'S EYE II: Hypersonic Missile Early Warning

SBMEW
🛡️ SBMEW • Hypersonic Tracking • EDF

Detect and warn against ballistic threats, hypersonic gliders and ASAT from space.

Budget: €96.6M (€90M EU)
Military SSA 2025 – Present

EMISSARY: Military Space Domain Awareness

SSA
🛰️ SSA • C2 • EDF • Space Domain Awareness

Coordinate sensor networks, recognition and Command and Control (C2) software development for military SSA operations across a consortium of 17 countries and 47 companies.

Budget: €158M (€100M EU)
National SSA Ops Centre 2024 – 2025

S3TOC-GAP & Spanish SST Centre

S3T
📡 S3T • EU SST • Cyberdefence • Space Surveillance

Identify existing gaps in cybersecurity, cyberdefence and validation within the current system to enhance and maintain operational services.

Optical Sensor & Laser 2022 – 2023

CRETA: Dynamic Traffic Emissions & 5G AI

5G
🚗 5G • AI • Remote Emissions Sensing • RSD

Remote and dynamic real-time measurement of vehicular emissions and pollutants using advanced optical instrumentation.

Budget: €2.7M (UNICO 5G)
Product Manufacture & Validation 2022 – 2023

Ommatidia LiDAR Q2

Q2
🔬 Q2 • FMCW • LiDAR • 3D Metrology • Customer Support

Measure full-field vibrations and 3D geometry without deploying contact sensors.

Space Optical Payload / In-Orbit Salvage 2021 – 2022

NEWSat

LEO
🛰️ LEO • Hyperspectral • Optical Recovery • STOP

Guarantee optical and radiometric performance of the LEO constellation, resolving post-launch deviations under flight constraints.

Budget: €10M+ Revenue Unlocked
H2020 / EIT Award 2020 – 2023

NEMO: Noise & Emissions Monitoring Infrastructure

NEMO
🏆 RSD • Acoustic Sensing • IoT • Remote Emissions Sensing

Develop and standardise a European infrastructure for remote vehicle emissions and acoustic noise sensing.

Budget: €5.9M (H2020)
EDIDP / Advanced Space C2 2020 – 2024

INTEGRAL: Advanced Space Command and Control

EDIDP
🌐 SSA • SC2 • Sensors • Catalogues • Space Picture • EDIDP

Process, fuse and exploit SSA data from sensors and catalogues to provide a complete space picture.

Budget: €8.4M (€7.5M EU)
ESA Copernicus Mission 2019 – 2021

CLIM Cloud Imager for Copernicus CO2M

CLIM
🛰️ CLIM • Optical Instrument • CO2M • ESA • Stray Light

Manufacture and validation of the high-precision space optical instrument for cloud and aerosol monitoring in Copernicus CO2M.

Space Payload / TRL9 2017 – 2018

DRAGO SWIR Spaceborne Camera

DRAGO
🚀 SWIR • Satellite Camera • Earth Observation • InGaAs • TRL9

Develop a compact, uncooled SWIR infrared camera for Earth-observation satellites, tailored to volume and low-power constraints.

Budget: €70,000 (GobCan I+D)
Institutional R&D 2017 – 2019

IACTec Space: Microsatellites & Payloads

IACTEC
🏛️ Microsatellites • Payloads • Optomechanics • Cleanroom

Develop technological capabilities in small-satellite payloads and cleanroom qualification methods.

Budget: €600,000 (Cabildo de Tenerife)
Adaptive Optics / H2020 2015 – 2018

GREST & EST MCAO Real-Time Simulator

GREST
☀️ EST • MCAO • Solar Telescope • Adaptive Optics • Real-Time Simulation

Develop and validate MCAO technologies to correct daytime solar turbulence for the 4-metre European Solar Telescope (EST).

Budget: €3,956,730 (H2020)
Adaptive Optics / WHT 2013 – 2018

AOLI: Adaptive Optics Lucky Imager

AOLI
🔭 AOLI • WHT • Wavefront Sensing • TP3-WFS • Lucky Imaging

Reach the diffraction limit in visible light by combining AO and Lucky Imaging on a 4.2-metre telescope.

Budget: €3.9M (FEDER)
High-Cadence EMCCD 2013 – 2016

Wide FastCam Commissioning & Characterisation

FASTCAM
⚡ FastCam • TCS • High Temporal Resolution • EMCCD

Instrumental physical characterisation and commissioning of a high-temporal-resolution optical camera with EMCCD detectors on the 1.52-metre TCS.

ESO VLT / Exoplanets 2012 – 2016

ESPRESSO Spectrograph for the 4x VLTs

ESPRESSO
🌍 ESPRESSO • VLT • Radial Velocity • High-Resolution Spectroscopy

Deliver ultra-high-precision spectroscopy for rocky-exoplanet detection combining the four 8.2-metre VLTs.

Budget: €1.39M (MICINN AYA2011)
Observatory Operations 2013

Telescope Operations & Site Testing

OT
🔭 Teide • 10+ Telescopes • Site Testing • Seeing

Operate and maintain availability across a multi-instrument professional observatory suite.

Climate Big Data & HPC 2009

TROPA: Variabilidad del Atlántico Tropical y la Transición Climática

TROPA
🌩️ ECMWF • MARS • I.P. Dra. Belén Rodríguez • Conversión a Imágenes

Colaboración en proyecto de investigación climática (I.P. Dra. Belén Rodríguez): obtención de datos históricos del ECMWF (MARS) y pipeline de conversión en imágenes para el análisis del Atlántico Tropical.

Sun Microsystems Lab 2006 – 2008

Aula SUN-UCM Supercomputing Grid

SUN
💻 Solaris • Linux • Computing Grid • HPC

Deploy high-capacity distributed computing infrastructure and provide technical training.