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Centum Research & Technology
Centum Research & Technology (trading as CENTUM) designs, develops and commercializes airborne mission systems—payloads, sensors, RF/SIGINT and avionics equipment—for manned and unmanned aircraft used in search and rescue, maritime surveillance, firefighting, emergency communications and border control. Founded in 2010 (as iQube Research, renamed after being acquired by Centum Digital in 2012) and headquartered in Vigo with a Madrid office, it has over 80 employees and flagship products Lifeseeker, Cellair and NoJamZone, used in over 20 countries.
Founded
2010
Founders
3
News
0
Rounds
0
Investors
2
SectorsDefense & Security, Aerospace, SIGINT/RF Technology, Avionics
Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Drone & UAV manufacturing
Profile updated 31 Jul 2026
Founders
A
Alexandre Bastos
Co-Founder / Shareholder
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I
Igor Amantegui
Co-Founder
J
Javier Chamorro
Co-Founder & Executive President
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Global models 5
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EEpirus
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FFortem Technologies
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$120MComparable
Investors 2
Funding rounds
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