Radius brings partners together in Portugal to demonstrate the project results

July 10, 2024

Radius, the European project that is developing a technology to use drones to enhance the monitoring of critical railway safety signalling equipment, has brought its partners together to demonstrate its viability. The result has been very successful.

The flight tests gathered more than twenty experts in Ourique, in the Alentejo region, and took place in mid-July. The base was the Ourique railway station, on operative station with regular train traffic, allowing the technology to be tested in a real-world scenario.

The main objective was to demonstrate all the components of Radius worked together. Until now, different elements have been tested in the flights carried out by the project, but a demonstration of the complete solution is a significant step for the project.

In particular, the demonstration included the final version of the custom developed docking station, a key element of Radius because it allows the drone to take off, land, and charge the drone, thus increasing the range of the solution and making it viable commercially.