HEMAV TECHNOLOGY SL

Their core work

HEMAV is a Spanish SME specializing in drone (UAV) technology and its commercial applications, particularly in precision agriculture and unmanned traffic management. They develop drone-based solutions for agricultural monitoring and contribute to European frameworks for safe, autonomous drone operations. Their work spans from practical agricultural drone services to the regulatory and technical infrastructure needed for integrating drones into European airspace.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

HEMAV entered H2020 in 2017 with a clear commercial focus — using drones for agriculture (APMAV) and contributing to airspace regulation (CORUS). By 2019, their involvement shifted toward deeper technical challenges: autonomy, security, safety, and interoperability of drone systems through COMP4DRONES. This progression suggests a move from application-level drone services toward the foundational technology stack that enables autonomous drone operations at scale.

HEMAV is moving from sector-specific drone applications toward cross-domain enabling technologies for autonomous UAV operations, positioning them for roles in any project requiring safe, interoperable drone systems.

How they like to work

HEMAV has coordinated one project (the SME-focused APMAV) and participated in two larger consortia, suggesting they are comfortable both leading small initiatives and contributing specialist knowledge to large teams. Their 68 unique consortium partners across 10 countries — a remarkably wide network for just 3 projects — reflect their involvement in major multi-partner efforts like COMP4DRONES and CORUS. They appear to be a flexible, team-oriented SME rather than a dominant consortium leader.

Despite only 3 projects, HEMAV has built a network of 68 partners across 10 countries, largely through participation in large-scale drone and aviation consortia. Their network spans multiple European countries with no single dominant geographic cluster.

What sets them apart

HEMAV bridges two worlds that rarely overlap in EU projects: practical, commercial drone operations (especially in agriculture) and the regulatory/technical frameworks for autonomous airspace integration. As an SME with both coordination and participation experience, they bring real-world operational insight to research consortia — they are not just theorizing about drones, they deploy them. For consortium builders, they offer a credible end-user perspective on drone technology feasibility and market readiness.

Highlights from their portfolio

• APMAV
  HEMAV's only coordinator role — an SME Phase 1 feasibility study for their own agricultural drone solution, showing direct commercial ambition.
• COMP4DRONES
  A large-scale framework project (2019-2023) tackling autonomy, safety, and interoperability for drones — HEMAV's most technically ambitious involvement.