Aerial Research Platform

National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) has a new  Aerial Research Platform (PAI), called C-295MW.

INTA Aerial Platforms for Research are a national large-scale scientific and technical facility at the service of the scientific and research community, whose main component is a fleet of aircraft equipped with the necessary instrumentation to carry out airborne experiments.

The main objective of PAI is to provide access to all those users that need an aerial platform to carry out their studies in fields as diverse as:

Flight tests

Atmospheric research

Earth Observation

Development and testing of new instrumentation and technology in real flight conditions

Flight crew training for flight tests

The capabilities of the PAI are among the most requested by European users, such as campaigns for the Earth observation community, campaigns whose object is the study of the atmosphere and the phenomena that occur in it, or remote sensing campaigns to support future Earth observation missions from space, carried out by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The execution of these flights has been financed with funds from European R&D programs in some cases, and in others with funds allocated within the framework of national R&D&i and have resulted in numerous campaigns throughout the European space with INTA aircraft.

The PAI is ready to be used as a basis for any type of embarkable scientific-technological experience, since it has a high degree of compatibility for sensors, equipment and projects, always after checking the compatibility with the aircraft.

Therefore, INTA-PAI invites scientific or technological partners, whether from the public or private sector, nationally or internationally, who require the use of instrumented aircraft for their projects.

More information about INTA's PAI department (on-board and ground instrumentation, aircraft or campaigns carried out, among others) can be found at the following link: