Evolve Space Solutions, Lda
EVOLVE is an independent Portuguese SME specialised in verification and validation of software to European Space Agency. The company has been providing outsourcing services at ESOC and EUMETSAT.
EVOLVE developed competencies in several software areas in the Space & Aeronautics markets. The current experiments in wich the company is envolved are:
• Verification and Validation, assuring the quality level of the product meets the customer expectation;
• Simulation, allows the reproduction of a particular system’s behaviour through abstract models;
• Virtualization, a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources with a software layer;
• Control Systems, a system to manage, command, direct or regulate the behaviour of other devices or systems.
In June 2008, the company started the execution of its product oriented strategy. In order to implement this strategy, EVOLVE invested in R&D projects with clients such as ESA and Thales Alenia Space.
The current developments are:
• iMoted, immersive Systems and 3D engines applied in Space Operations or to support the Spacecraft Design;
• VIRTU, a virtualization tool for automatic test and configuration of applications on distributed environments;
• Mobile-gEO, geographical information application for mobile devices that combines some of the new features of mobile technologies.