Unifly UTM Platform “Enables Advancement of UAM Throughout Europe, Especially in High-Risk Environments” 

Uni­fly, a group com­pa­ny of Ter­ra Drone Corp, and a leader in Unmanned Traf­fic Man­age­ment (UTM) solu­tions, announced this week the suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of the CORUS-XUAM project, “a col­lab­o­ra­tive effort that has reshaped the land­scape of Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (UAM).

This ground­break­ing ini­tia­tive sig­ni­fies a piv­otal mile­stone in ensur­ing the safe and effi­cient inte­gra­tion of UAM oper­a­tions by extend­ing the cur­rent U‑space Con­cept of Oper­a­tions (CONOPS). 

The project received fund­ing from the SESAR Joint Under­tak­ing (JU). The JU receives sup­port from the EU’s Hori­zon 2020 Research and Inno­va­tion Pro­gram.

The release explains, “Six major demon­stra­tions in Bel­gium, France, Ger­many, Unit­ed King­dom, Italy, Spain and Swe­den, val­i­dat­ed the inte­grat­ed oper­a­tions of Unmanned Air­craft Sys­tems (UAS) and eVTOL air­craft along­side manned air­craft oper­a­tions for diverse mis­sion types such as pas­sen­ger trans­port, logis­tics, deliv­ery, emer­gency response, and sur­veil­lance.” 

It goes on, “These demos show­cased advanced forms of inter­ac­tion through dig­i­tal data exchange sup­port­ed by inte­grat­ed and advanced U‑space ser­vices in var­i­ous sce­nar­ios, includ­ing urban, sub­ur­ban, and inter-city set­tings, as well as areas in and near Air Traf­fic Man­age­ment (ATM) con­trolled air­spaces and air­ports.”

The Demon­stra­tion Areas in Europe (Cred­it: Uni­fly)

The Bel­gian tri­al, for exam­ple, cen­tred around the Antwerp port area near con­trolled air­space, aimed at devel­op­ing guide­lines for safe UAM oper­a­tions at ports and oth­er crit­i­cal infra­struc­ture sites. Unifly’s UTM plat­form served “as a key solu­tion in tack­ling chal­lenges such as sit­u­a­tion­al aware­ness, and flight autho­ri­sa­tions while enabling the cru­cial scal­a­bil­i­ty for Urban Air Mobil­i­ty oper­a­tions,” con­tin­ues the release.

Andres Van Swalm, CEO of Uni­fly, remarked, “This accom­plish­ment high­lights our com­mit­ment to push­ing the fron­tiers of inno­va­tion in UTM and UAM. The out­comes of the CORUS-XUAM project play a cru­cial role in influ­enc­ing the future of urban air mobil­i­ty and marks an impor­tant mile­stone for Uni­fly.” 

The results, assist­ed by con­sul­ta­tion with stake­hold­ers, were used to con­sol­i­date the CONOPS which serve as a ref­er­ence man­u­al for U‑space by address­ing UAM needs and reg­u­la­to­ry evo­lu­tion from oth­er R&D projects. 

Build­ing on the suc­cess of the CORUS-XUAM project, oth­er SESAR JU pro­grams are using the results, while con­tin­u­ing to research and test. As the inte­gra­tion of U‑space advances, the air­space above urban cen­tres is poised to evolve into a hub of inno­va­tion, reshap­ing modes of trans­porta­tion and unlock­ing many pos­si­bil­i­ties for more inter­con­nec­tion.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.unifly.aero

https://corus-xuam.eu/

(Top image: Uni­fly)

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