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With U-Space areas, drones are to be safely integrated into the airspace – including in interaction with manned aviation, Droniq announces. This enables regular use of drones, for example in logistics, agriculture, for supplying hard-to-reach areas, or for transporting vital medical equipment. How U-Space areas can function in practice was tested in real operation in the U-Space real laboratory that Droniq and DFS set up in the Port of Hamburg. The seven-month research project had a volume of approximately one million euros and was supported by the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) with almost 500,000 euros.
Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport: “Germany is the leading market for drone technologies with around 400 companies. We want to strengthen and further expand this technological lead of Germany. The U-Space real laboratory has answered many important questions for the establishment of U-Space areas. We are now using this successful practical experience to enable progress. The first U-Space areas in Germany are to be established as early as next year. This will create security in German airspace and enable more innovations in unmanned aviation.”
The BMDV is using insights and recommendations from practical tests in the U-Space Reallabor Hamburg to develop a concept for the nationwide establishment of U-Space areas. According to a press release, the requirements of the European U-Space Regulation (2021/664) are also being taken into account. The concept aims to create all legal and practical foundations for the implementation of U-Space areas. The BMDV already intends to designate the first U-Space areas in 2023.
Research in this area is also being further advanced, for example through the BMDV-funded project LUV (Solutions and Recommendations for National Implementation of the U-Space Regulation). The goal is to further expand technological progress in unmanned aviation and to strengthen Germany as an innovative economic location in international competition.
First Implementation of U-Space Areas in Model Regions
The proposals include the recommendation to establish U-Space areas in model regions to gain further experience in their implementation and operation. For this purpose, Droniq and the DFS recommend complex airspaces with heavy unmanned and manned air traffic, such as large cities with airport connections. This is because a coordinating and regulatory framework like U-Space is especially necessary there. With increasing experience, additional U-Space areas could be introduced, or existing U-Space areas could be expanded or interconnected. A criteria catalog developed by Droniq and DFS is intended to help evaluate when and where the establishment of a U-Space area is sensible.
U-Space Service Provider
Another recommendation concerns the competitive situation in a U-Space area. In this area, U-Space Service Providers (USSP) coordinate drone traffic. Generally, there can be several USSPs in a U-Space who compete with each other and differentiate themselves in terms of service and price.
“In order for U-Space areas to foster the economic potential of drone operations, there needs to be competition from which drone operators benefit,” says Jan-Eric Putze, CEO of Droniq. “We look forward to welcoming other market participants in U-Space alongside us as USSP.”
Another important recommendation from his perspective is to establish U-Space areas within an airport control zone if necessary.
“This paves the way for new Urban Air Mobility concepts, for example when it comes to flying from the airport to the city using air taxis.”
To ensure efficient networking of all involved parties in a U-Space area, it is recommended to establish a provider of common information services for each U-Space area – the so-called Single Common Information Service Provider. Based on this, the operator of U-Space services – the U-Space Service Provider – can provide their services, as demonstrated in the real-life laboratory. An integrated air situation picture for all participants is key to the safe operation of manned and unmanned air traffic.
“The insights from the real-life laboratory show that the implementation of the U-Space concept in Germany works,” says Angela Kies, Head of Unmanned Aerial Systems at DFS. “The implementation can now be consistently advanced to efficiently enable the safe use of drones.”
What does that mean?
With the U-Space areas, drone applications are becoming very concrete for the first time - but it also shows the logistical effort required to establish corresponding flight zones.
Translated automatically from German.
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