U-ELCOME progress: first drone flights to transport goods from Malpensa
During the night of 8-9 July, the first set of test flights were carried out using drones with vertical take-off and landing capabilities to transport goods from Malpensa’s airport Cargo City to Barbarini & Foglia’s logistics warehouse. The relevant drones cargo operations were carried out without affecting Malpensa airport manned aviation operations. The cargo […]
U-Elcome precision farming flight trials at Castel Campagnano in Italy
Today, we have performed a series of precision farming flight trials at Castel Campagnano in Italy within U-ELCOME DSD Project. The first set of flight operations has conducted for the digital mapping of the area to select the portion of the vineyards requiring an organic phytosanitary treatment. The second set of flights has executed the organic phytosanitary treatment through some focused spraying operations on parts […]
SJU visits the flight area of U-ELCOME French cluster
Last week, SJU visited the LF-R333, the restricted area dedicated to drone operation in Ile de France, South of Paris. This airspace is used by the French Cluster and is operated by Systematics. The objective of this visit was to gain a better understanding of the operators and the activities they perform within the framework […]
U-Elcome flies over Seville for three days
U-ELCOME Project has landed finally in Sevilla with three intense days (18-20th June) of flights, testing relevant use cases for ports such as medical logistics, shores and docks surveillance and volumetric measurements for supplies. Bluenest team has successfully completed over 20 flights in adverse climate conditions thanks to the kind support of Autoridad Portuaria […]
The experimentation of U-space services by Rescue Drones Network OdV in U-Elcome continues
Specifically, the operational mission was helpful in supporting the Viterbo Police Department in the removal operations of a World War II explosive device. During the activities, drone operators tested the Network Remote Identification U-space service provided by d-flight and enabled by the Pollicino tracker. This device and its integration with the D-Flight portal allow for […]
Drones to transport medicines to remote areas: Telespazio’s U-ELCOME project presented at the Fucino Space Centre
Using drones to transport medicines in villages that are difficult to access or in remote areas, thus providing citizens with an indispensable and sustainable service in areas where traditional means of delivery may be slow or difficult. This is the goal of the UELCOME project, presented today at the Fucino Space Centre by Telespazio, a […]
Drone Test Flight at the Hospital La Paz in Madrid
Hospital La Paz in Madrid hosted new remotely piloted drone tests to advance the definition of the European U-Space flight space. Making remotely piloted drone flights a reality in Europe requires the creation of the U-Space environment, which is a management framework designed to facilitate safe access to drone operations. The European U-Elcome project will […]
Experts analyze in Barcelona the challenges encountered during the initial phases of U-space implementation in U-ELCOME Project
The 3-year U-ELCOME Project, coordinated by EUROCONTROL and involving 51 European partners, organized the second U-ELCOME workshop in the Polytechnical University of Cataluña, in Castelldefels, Spain They have been analyzing interoperability between operators and U-space service providers (USSPs), U-space services, integration with air traffic management (ATM), common information services, communications, local engagement and regulatory challenges, […]
U-ELCOME Italian cluster demonstration campaign has started successfully
From late January 2024 till last week (20-21 March) U-ELCOME Italian cluster is doing its demonstration campaign successfully. Last 29th January, Techno Sky (UAS Operator) started the monitoring of (ATM) CNS infrastructures with drones supported by u-space services provided by D-flight near Rome. Last 24th February, Rescue Drone Network OdV, external UAS operator acting as […]
U-ELCOME will be next March, 20th at Airspace World in Geneva at SESAR Walking Tours
After first edition last year, Airspace World will bring together all the key players from aviation under one roof to collaborate on our vision for future skies next 19th to 21st February in Geneva (Switzerland). Last year, one of our U-ELCOME project leader explained at Boeing Theatre in Airspace World how a large European project […]
