Advance Materials
Hereafter a list of R/D activities in which SAB Aerospace has been or is currently involved:
- ADVANCED CERAMICS
- SMITA: developed a prototype Structural Health Monitoring system (SHMS) to monitor the structural integrity of a TPS
- DEDALO: development of novel materials for TPS for re-entry vehicles and equipped with SHMS (in collaboration with CGS and CNR-ISTEC)

- LIGHT ALLOYS
- Magnesium Alloys: innovative application of magnesium alloys for aerospace systems (including FSW)
- THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
- PANDION: development of GHP and LHP with ceramic wick (in collaboration with CGS and CNR-ISTEC) + deployment system


Aeronautical Systems and Applications
SAB Aerospace activities related to Aeronautics and applications covers the following areas:
- UAV SYSTEMS
- ENVIRO: development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for environmental monitoring
- FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
- AFMS: development of Advanced Flight Management System for General Aviation (supported by CIRA)
- VISION BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
- SiNAV: development of an innovative navigation system for UAVs based on Vision and LIDAR in order to include 3D mapping and hazard detection capabilities (Integration of Camera, LIDAR, IMU/GPS)
- ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING APPLICATIONS
- CONERO UAV: development of an application for environmental monitoring using data coming from UAV payloads