The project will define, design and deliver a detailed concept of operations and a set of urban air missions. This will be by simulations and a large real flight campaign composed of three demonstrations (in United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Spain) to verify and validate the concepts in order to compare two UTM architectures. AMU-LED will allow UAM stakeholders to specify various use cases applicable to logistics and urban transport of passengers, while integrating these in a UAM environment, to demonstrate the UAS ground and airborne platforms and finally, to assess safety, security, sustainability and public acceptance.
The corresponding City Councils of the demos have confirmed their interest, involvement and needs for Air logistics, transport and emergency services.
With respect to the use cases, the consortium will consider at least the following missions: logistics and good transportation, air taxi, surveillance, infrastructure inspection and monitoring and emergency services. Conventional UAS (multicopter and fixed-wing), large eVTOL and helicopters will be the platforms supporting the demonstrations, thus representing a complete urban air mobility ecosystem. The tests will be performed in cities with highly accurate 3D terrain and city models, surrounding drone traffic, diverse weather conditions, UTM regulation for U-Space and communication coverage. U-Space service provision will be based on the latest EASA Opinion and in accordance to new EC regulation, proposing a regulatory framework with a Common Information Service (CIS) and several U-Space Service Providers. Discussions on the regulation are ongoing between the member states.
