Project description
AI-based framework airspace management and U-space services
The widespread use of drones, along with their increasing adoption by corporations, organisations and others, has highlighted the necessity for airspace management to prevent collisions, mitigate risks and avoid causing damage in restricted and urban areas. This becomes even more critical in densely populated urban regions where the interaction between a growing drone population and dynamic environments can cause significant issues. The EU-funded AI4HyDrop project aims to establish a comprehensive framework that efficiently facilitates the flow of information for organising airspace use and related U-space services. Additionally, the project will incorporate input from stakeholders and collect information that could impact airspace management from various sources, including meteorological data.
Objective
With an increasing number and diversity of potential drone operations, managing the airspace to accommodate these drones will become an increasingly sophisticated task, especially in densely populated urban areas encompassing restricted zones with dynamic environmental and operational influences. Due to the associated higher probability of conflicts, and ultimately collisions, such areas require management of dedicated structured airspace, operations, and services to help mitigate these potential hazards.
Several projects are currently working on defining ConOps for U-space services. Corus and Corus-XUAM have defined a possible capabilities model, such as airspace organization and services. However, a holistic framework is necessary to create an effective and efficient flow of information between the various capabilities in order to systematically organise the airspace usage. Such an automated Air Traffic Management System will be essential for the introduction drone operations at scale.
AI4HyDrop evaluates the various stakeholder needs, delivering validated concepts, defining a methodology for an airspace structure organisation and associated U-space services. The framework considers the information from other services such as meteorological and separation provision, which can then be used for flight planning approval process, prioritization. In addition, essential elements such as surveillance and contingency planning can be addressed. The framework incorporates various AI based tools and associated information flows necessary to addresses the complexity, safety and scalability required for implementing such U-space services.
The proposed framework represents a digital step change in ATM, using AI as a means to overcome many critical barriers foreseen in the introduction of automated U-space services. The findings could later be expanded to support general airspace management.
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering robotics autonomous robots drones
- social sciences social geography transport transport planning air traffic management
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HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01
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3184 BORRE
Norway
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