Imagine air taxis needing a digital traffic controller and a parking garage that talks to the plane. This project creates the rules and software to make sure these flying taxis can land and take off safely without crashing into each other. It's like building the digital highway and signage for the future of city flight.
Urban air mobility lacks a standardized way to integrate landing hubs (vertiports) into existing air traffic control, leading to safety risks and operational inefficiency for eVTOLs.
Four TRL7 solutions covering arrival/departure trajectories, collaborative traffic management, emergency handling, and network flow capacity.
If you are a vertiport operator dealing with chaotic landing schedules and safety risks — this project developed a Collaborative Traffic Management system that centralizes airside information to optimize capacity.
If you are an eVTOL manufacturer dealing with uncertain regulatory requirements for flight paths — this project developed performance-based requirements for approach and departure procedures to ensure your aircraft can operate across EASA Member States.
If you are a U-space provider dealing with emergency drone failures in urban areas — this project developed a disruption and emergency management solution to handle tactical airspace changes during critical failures.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or implementation costs are provided.
The project aims to deliver 4 solutions at TRL7, which are intended to be used as a deployable blueprint across EASA Member States.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned, but the goal is to provide widely accepted solutions for European reuse.
It extends the U-space regulatory framework and ATM air operations to include vertiport-specific requirements for both crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
The project runs from 2023-06-01 to 2026-05-31, with the goal of providing deployable blueprints by the end of this period.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven with a 74% industry ratio, comprising 29 industrial partners including 9 SMEs. Led by EUROCONTROL, the group spans 9 countries, suggesting a strong commercial interest in standardizing vertiport operations for the European market.
Contact EUROCONTROL regarding the Vertiport Collaborative Traffic Management system.
Contact us to identify which of the 4 TRL7 solutions fits your infrastructure roadmap.
