SESAR 3 JU’s CORUS-XUAM project unveiled the latest edition of the U-space ConOps which now encompasses Urban Air Mobility.
The 4th edition of the Concept of Oerationps extends the previous edition from 2019 and looks into the future – all with the goal of serving as a reference manual for delivering U-space, Europe’s enabling framework for the safe and secure integration of uncrewed aerial systems, or drones, into airspace. It also builds on the preliminary ConOps version v3.10, which was released in July 2022 for comments.
Specifically, the ConOps now:
- addresses UAM needs, in particular processes at vertiports, airspace structures & flight rules, and eVTOL passenger-carrying ops
- is aligned with EU U-space regulations
- includes inputs coming from other SESAR research & innovation projects.
CORUS-XUAM is a recently completed two-year very large-scale demonstration project designed to show how U-space services and solutions could support integrated UAM flight operations. A project of the European SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking and funded within the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme, CORUS-XUAM was coordinated by the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub, and included partners from the leading innovative research arms of the ATM, UAS and UAM industries: Groupe Aéroports de Paris, AOPA UK, ASLOGIC, DFS, DLR, Droniq GmbH, DSNA, ENAIRE, ENAV, HEMAV, INDRA, LFV Group, NATS, Pipistrel VS, SkeyDrone, Unifly nv, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Volocopter, M3 Systems, Ehang Holding GmbH, Hologarde, CRIDA, D-FLIGHT, NAIS, DTA, IBG, Linköping University, Citymesh, SABCA.
