Descrizione del progetto
Dare forma al futuro della mobilità aerea urbana
Con la progressiva crescita del settore della mobilità aerea urbana (UAM, Urban Air Mobility), saranno necessari nuovi concetti operativi, regolamenti e norme per garantire che un tale ambiente possa integrarsi in sicurezza con l’aviazione pilotata e il controllo del traffico. Contribuendo a questo settore, il progetto SAFIR-Med, finanziato dall’UE, si propone di ottenere una UAM sicura, sostenibile, socialmente accettata e vantaggiosa. Nel progetto, cinque piattaforme di velivoli senza pilota saranno combinate con l’aviazione pilotata in esercizi di vita reale per convalidare la tecnologia in un ambiente urbano reale. Le dimostrazioni si terranno in diverse città europee. Il lavoro del progetto contribuirà ai principi dell’architettura U-space e creerà indicatori misurabili per UAM, aiutando le città smart a comprendere la UAM nelle loro future roadmap sui trasporti.
Obiettivo
The SAFIR-Med project’s vision is to achieve safe, sustainable, socially accepted and socially beneficial urban air mobility.
SAFIR-Med represents all value chain actors and stakeholder as either project partner (ATC, USPs, Operators, UAS Manufacturers, cities) or formal associate partner (major customers, technology & service providers) at a representative international level. Five unmanned UAV platforms (passenger eVTOL, Hydrogen fuel cell VTOL, AED medical drone, X8 medical transport) will be combined with manned aviation in real life exercises validating technology in real urban environment. Technologies of all partners will be leveraged to make use of the maximum number of U-Space services towards the highest possible operational safety level, including advanced Detect And Avoid U-space service.
The demonstrations will take place in the cities of Antwerp (BE), Aachen (DE) and Heerlen (NL), leveraging the MAHHL trans-border region, following a full de-risking exercise at the DronePort BVLOS test-facility in Sint-Truiden, Belgium.
The demonstration results will be further virtually enhanced through large-scale simulations in order to test the maximum airspace capacity of the CONOPS. The project results will then further be validated and made representable for the whole of the EU, by simulating demonstrations in two additional locations in Europe, namely Athens, Greece (South EU) and Prague, Czech Republic (East EU). Lessons learnt will be documented in a Performance Assessment and recommendations report, providing refinements to the current U-space architecture principles and creating measurable indicators for UAM which will enable Smart Cities to include UAM in their Transport Roadmaps, support standardisation and thereby safety. Finally, SAFIR-Med will have made an important contribution to the EU healthcare system, by ensuring that future generations will continue to democratically have access to the best cure and care.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringurban engineeringsmart cities
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
- social sciencessocial geographytransporttransport planningair traffic management
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells
- social sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systems
Programma(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
IA - Innovation actionCoordinatore
2610 Antwerpen
Belgio
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