The U-ELCOME project has announced that “the first simulation of civil-military coordination in U-space airspace took place on European soil” yesterday (June 26) in San Mateo de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain.
The demonstration featured the dynamic reconfiguration of airspace using ENAIRE’s U-Hub platform, which enabled the release of drone-occupied airspace to allow the safe passage of a manned helicopter from the Spanish National Police.
Simulated flights by Bluenest by Globalvia and UMILES , representing medical logistics use cases, were integrated in real time with the helicopter through the activation of a Dynamic Airspace Reconfiguration (DAR) from the Zaragoza Air Base.
The operation was monitored using trackers from ITG Technology Center, (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ), and ENAIRE , as well as drone detection antennas provided by Senhive .
Stakeholders involved in the event included the Spanish National Police, Guardia Civil’s Pegaso Patrol, Fire Brigade Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza , Civil Protection Gobierno de Aragón – Government of Aragon , SIAM Cluster and Novaltia Sociedad Cooperativa as the end user.
The U-ELCOME project said on its LinkedIn page that now that the Zaragoza demonstrations have successfully concluded, a further project awaits in Fuerteventura.
The U-ELCOME project is led by EUROCONTROL , funded by CINEA – European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency , and supported by SESAR Joint Undertaking
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