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CRM GROUP

CRM Group is an R&D organization active in the field of metal and steel production with the mission to develop new processes, products and applications. CRM was funded in 1948 to become the collective research Centre for the Steel and Non-Ferrous Metal Industries with laboratories and pilot facilities located at Liège and Gent. CRM Group employs 275 employees and researchers.

AEROSPACELAB

 Activities and experience

Aerospacelab is a Belgium "new space" scale-up founded in 2018  by Benoît Deper. The company’s vision is to enhance efficiency across markets by making geospatial intelligence both actionable and affordable. With the objective of becoming the European leader in satellite-based intelligence, Aerospacelab follows a vertically integrated approach, developing expertise both in upstream and downstream markets.   

SW_ACTIO

The objective of the ACTIO project is to respond to the evolution of observation instruments towards more commercial environments by addressing two areas of research:

  • Increase the spatial resolution of the instruments while keeping them in microsatellites;
  • Develop economically attractive solutions, applicable to many commercial spatial RFI.

Specifically, the project aims at:

SW_S@T

Research and developments proposed in this project « S@T » address important trends in the Aeronautic and Space sectors : 

SW_UAC

The project U.A.C. aims at building an air-conditioned hangar for large size and high-precision machining operations.
 
Since the beginning of the SW_UAC project many clients show interest for machining opportunities in air-conditioned hangar. It actually turns out that there are very few companies that offer this capability.

This investment has also enabled the acquisition of a very large machine. The purchase was made in order to provide expertise and an increasingly accurate and reliable manufacturing process.

SW_THEO

The objective is to provide a new generation of Earth observation instruments which will allow the development of a broader set of applications.

The client, typically an emerging country, will use the data provided by the satellite for various useful purposes useful to its development.

To meet this trend, we must use more sensors (panchromatic, hyperspectral and infrared) and comply with the constraint of using a micro-satellite required to combine these sensors in a single instrument.

SW_SOCOEV

SW_SOCOEV project addresses the needs of the space market. In this project, the partners combine their expertise in numerical multi-physics simulation and characterization of behavior laws of materials like glue, and equipment testing and optical measurements, to meet new challenges in designing innovative opto-mechanical systems.

SW_SALTO

The SALTO project aims to develop an adaptive optics solution that is financially accessible to the majority of scientific observatories. To achieve this, the partners will adapt the adaptive optical technology with laser guide star already developed for large scale expensive telescopes to medium-sized industrialized telescopes (2 to 4 m).

Beyond scientific applications, this technology will also allow the development of an autonomous adaptive optics system for the promising market of optical space telecommunications.

SW_FASOPT

Within the FASOPT project, the Walloon SME’s involved in the project aim to develop a new generation of optical systems for earth observation embedded on micro-satellites. 

These optical systems are designed and optimized to be manufactured by 3D printing technology (metallic and ceramic materials). This allows the production of very innovative shapes of extremely light mirrors integrating several functions.

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