Innovation and continuos research, in order to provide the most advanced solutions and products, requires continuos investment in R&D activities. Since the beginnig of its operations UTRI has highly invested in research in order to roll out all its products lines, based on proprietary and cutting edge technologies and to provide new service solutions to its space sector clients. Many of UTRI’s engineers, scientists, hardware and software developers are engaged in continuos research and development activities to provide newer, unique, more sophisticated, effective and reliable systems for the global marketplace. UTRI, since 2004, is recognized also advanced research laboratory in the automation sector from the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region(Italy).

UTRI active collaboration with Universities and Research Centers in Italy and abroad permits to be involved in very high scientific projetcs in order to  create value to its customers.

Main research and development programs ranges form the Defence sector to the Space sector. Examples of past and ongoing programs are:

• Robust self-scheduling control
• Visual servoing
• Target Tracking
• Trajectory optimization based on wind estimation and prevision
• Automatic control of UAV based on system identification from telemetry data
• Indoor guidance and control of micro-VTOL UAV
• Development of a new hybrid unmanned aerial system
• Advanced control for Space Launch Vehicles
• Advanced Antenna Concepts for Aircraft in Flight Entertainment: termostructural and mechanical arrangement and analysis for KU-band antenna (Esa programme)