UAM: Urban Aerial Mobility - AAM: Advanced Aerial Mobility.
Trafikkavvikling på en sikker måte i det laveste luftrommet, er åpenbart utfordrende. Siden retningslinjene for den nye typen fly er like strenge som for kommersiell luftfart i dag, er det ikke bare bare å få dette på beina i luftrom som allerede er sterkt trafikkert. Sertifiseringforskrifter for alle de pussige greiene som skal fly, synes å være det minste problemet, men luftrommet som skal betjene både ubemannede- og bemannede farkoster er noe annet. (Red.)
Sharing the
Skies Above London’s Heathrow Airport
How do you operate crewed and uncrewed aircraft in some of the world’s most congested airspace, safely and efficiently? This is the big question that a Consortium led by Operational Solutions Limited, in which Thales UK is a key player, is looking to answer at one of the world’s busiest international airports.
HADO (high-intensity
autonomous drone operations) is an ambitious two-year project to deploy and
operate a highly-automated 24/7 BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) drone
operation at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR).
Thales’s
involvement in this ground-breaking project will include supporting the
development of automated technologies, skills, operating procedures, use cases,
and safety-case approvals required to deploy the TopSky UAS Airspace Manager.
In particular, to support Project HADO’s four-month 24/7 live BVLOS drone
operations in the high-intensity environment of LHR. Use cases will demonstrate
operational, economic, and societal benefits in areas such as infrastructure
inspections, logistics support and security operations.
For Thales, the
key challenge Project HADO aims to address is coordinating uncrewed traffic
management (UTM) with well-established air traffic management (ATM) operations
in a defined volume of airspace. Our contribution to the project will build on
the successful UTM trials currently being conducted across several European
airports, as well planning for statewide operations in the US.
Bringing it all together
As well as
supporting the HADO consortium to define use cases, Thales will work with OSL
to build a UTM interface with a command and control (C2) node able to bring
together data from numerous sensors across Heathrow to create a single,
composite situational awareness picture. It’s this rich data source that we’ll
use to support traffic management.
The future of airport operations
Attractive use
cases for drones across LHR’s 12 km2 estate and proximate airspace are numerous
and diverse. Security monitoring, perimeter surveillance, small-scale
logistics, airport maintenance, and drone traffic (including non-authorised
flights) monitoring are all areas where drones could significantly enhance
operations, while also reducing costs and environmental footprint. What’s more,
part of the BVLOS UAS evaluation will include missions that move in and out of
the Heathrow perimeter.
Another area of
huge potential benefit is sustainability. Using drones instead of standard
vehicles to carry out many routine airport activities could reduce the carbon
footprint of airport operations and engineering teams, while supporting
Thales’s own journey to carbon neutrality.
“If you can
deploy drones in a safe and efficient manner, without adversely impacting
existing airport operations, endless possibilities exist to monitor, manage, or
measure all manner of important airport activities. We envisage that costs,
time, and carbon savings will be demonstrably significant as use cases and
operating concepts are refined in coordination with the authorities and other
stakeholders at Heathrow. Project HADO will be a major first step to achieving
all of these things.”
“Enabling
autonomous beyond visual line of sight drone operations in intensely busy areas
is key to unlocking drone-enabled economies and a future of smart airports and
smart cities. We believe that HADO is a unique project with potential to unlock
significant commercial opportunities in the UK.”
“There are lots
of challenges that need to be overcome for us to safely integrate autonomous
drones into our existing airspace. The information project HADO gathers during
its ambitious four-month trial, in the challenging environment of Heathrow,
will be vital in helping the industry understand how we can resolve issues
before we scale up further.”
Taking UTM to new heights
HADO has two
clear aims. First, to demonstrate that commercially beneficial Autonomous BVLOS
operations are possible using uncrewed aerial systems (initially, in the under
25 kg category) in high-intensity, controlled airspace environments. And
second, to inform and help shape future autonomous BVLOS regulations by
providing evidence-based recommendations to Regulators about the technology and
operating procedures needed to achieve safe and cost-effective BVLOS operations
in mixed-traffic environments.
Ultimately, HADO
aims to create a world-leading and world-first capability that will
revolutionise the use of automated UAS in complex air traffic environments, and
put the UK at the forefront of global thinking in this sector. And in doing so,
create a model for commercial autonomous UAS operations that can be quickly
scaled and rolled-out across hundreds of sites in the UK and globally.
Find out more
about Thales in the UK’s future of aviation solutions
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