OUR TEAM
Flavia Causa
CEO - Founder
Federica Vitiello
CTO - Founder
Paolo Veneruso
Founder
Enrico Miccio
Founder
Giancarmine Fasano
Senior Advisor - Founder
OUR HERITAGE
FLYGRÆAN isn’t just a name: it’s a tribute to our roots.
Our journey began in the heart of the Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei) in Naples, a land defined by its relentless energy and ancient history. It was within the laboratories of the University of Naples “Federico II” that our team took shape, fueled by passion and forged through decades of academic research. For over 20 years, our core team has conducted cutting-edge academic research on the pillars of autonomous systems.
Our heritage spans through:
Today, we are translating the mastery we achieved into impact. We founded this startup to bridge the gap between academic discovery and industrial reality. Our ultimate goal is to transform our extensive research background into products with increasingly high Technology Readiness Levels.
At Flygraean, we don’t just build systems; we solve the challenges that modern avionics faces today. Whether you are looking to integrate cutting-edge autonomy or need to enhance the resilience of your current platforms, we have the experience to take you further.
OUR BACKGROUND
Major projects from national initiatives to global ventures
5 years NASA Agreement
Space Act Agreement on Urban Air Mobility Sensing Strategies Research.
ASTONISH
Alternate Surveillance Technologies for Innovative Solutions Exploratory Research Project funded by SESAR.
HISENSE
Highly Integrated System for Enhanced Navigation in Safety-critical Environments.
TECVOL
Tecnologie del Volo Autonomo (Autonomous Flight Technologies).
SMARTGO and SMARTGO4AAM
GNSS enabled urban air mobility through AI-powered environment-aware techniques for strategic and tactical path planning operations.
EVOLVE
Innovation in Enhanced Visual Operations for Approach and Landing of Highly Autonomous Air Vehicles.
SKYNET
SKY surveillance with ground-based radar NETworks for urban air mobility.
CREATEFORUAS
Cooperation and REliable Autonomous TEchnologies to Foster Operations.
4IPLAY
Improving Intelligent Infrastructure Inspection by Pushing UAS Level of AutonomY.
Global collaborations with leading research centers
Strategic partnerships in the aerospace sector
High-impact peer-reviewed publications
- Fasano, G., et al., Radar/electro-optical data fusion for non-cooperative UAS sense and avoid (2015) Aerospace Science and Technology.
- Causa, F., Fasano, G., "Improving Navigation in GNSS-challenging Environments: Multi-UAS Cooperation and Generalized Dilution of Precision." (2020) IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic System.
- Causa, F., Fasano, G., "Multiple UAVs trajectory generation and waypoint assignment in urban environment based on DOP maps." (2021) Aerospace Science and Technology.
- Vitiello, F., Causa, F., Opromolla, R., Fasano, G., "Radar/Visual Fusion With Fuse-Before-Track Strategy For Low Altitude Non-Cooperative Sense And Avoid." (2024) Aerospace Science and Technology.
- Miccio, E., Veneruso, P., Opromolla, R., Fasano, G., Tiana, C., Gentile, G., "Vision-aided Sensing Pipeline with AI-based vertiport detection for Precision Navigation in UAM Approach and Landing Scenarios." (2025) Aerospace Science and Technology.
Award-winning research
Optimal Fault-Tolerant Ground-based Radar Placement for AAM Surveillance
Awarded at IEEE/AIAA ICNS
Best of Track: Navigation and Surveillance
Enhanced AAM Surveillance using Radar/Visual Distributed Sensing
Awarded at IEEE/AIAA DASC
Best of Track: Urban, Advanced Air Mobility & New Space
Ground-based Radar Networks for Urban Air Mobility: Design Considerations and Performance Analysis
Awarded at IEEE/AIAA DASC
Best of Track: Communications Navigation Surveillance and Information Networks
Navigation-aware Path Planning for Multiple UAVs in Urban Environment
Awarded at IEEE/AIAA DASC
Best of Track: UAS Traffic Management