PJ34-W3 AURA - ATM U-Space Interface

The global objective of AURA is to lay the foundations for the integration of the new entrants in current and future air traffic environment, developing the required concept of operations and validating U-space services information exchanges with ATM systems. In order to achieve this objective, all relevant stakeholders (drone operators, U-space service providers, data services providers, ATM providers and authorities) are included during the project development and throughout its lifetime.

AURA project identified the requirements for U-space information exchange with ATM through SWIM and validated a set of selected U-space services, developing the service definition for the SWIM candidate services. Secondly, it defined a novel Collaborative ATM-U-space Concept of Operations (ConOps) for drones in a fully collaborative environment with ATM that go beyond the existing concepts developed for a U-space.

AURA project contributed to enabling of the development of Very Low Level (VLL) markets, allowing the introduction of new actors in a safe, harmonized, sustainable and efficient way, compatible with current ATM environment. Also, the project contributed to avoid the segregation of the airspace and increase the interoperability. AURA provided inputs for the current regulatory and standardization initiatives regarding U-space with a high involvement of external stakeholders through an Advisory Board.