The AMU-LED initiative demonstrates how to safely integrate all types of drone operations in urban environments.
TECNALIA is part of the multidisciplinary team of professionals involved in the AMU-LED initiative: it includes experts in air traffic solutions, simulation and operations with drones, technological research centres, legislative bodies and experts in testing and demonstrators.
AMU-LED will combine a multitude of exercises: air taxi passenger transport, freight transport, delivery of goods, police surveillance and support to emergency services. Demonstrations will take place in 2022 in three European countries: Spain, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
TECNALIA organises the flight tests
The exercises planned include more than 100 flight hours; different unmanned aerial systems; and various scenarios, use cases and applications. TECNALIA will undertake air taxi operations, cargo transport, delivery of goods and medical equipment, infrastructure inspection, police surveillance and support to emergency services.
It will explore and demonstrate the benefits of road congestion relief through air mobility by means of real-life tests and simulations, together with improvements in passenger and goods transport, shorter, more flexible journey times, less pollution and fewer traffic accidents.
Developments in air traffic management
Thanks to the data obtained from the different tests, AMU-LED will be able to provide valuable information to regulatory authorities such as EASA, and will contribute to developing and establishing laws and regulations in the field of urban air mobility.
The project involves 17 companies and institutions from Europe and the United States, including TECNALIA, Airbus, AirHub, Altitude Angel, ANRA Technologies, Boeing Research & Technology-Europe, FADA-CATEC, Cranfield University, EHang, ENAIRE, Gemeente Amsterdam, INECO, ITG, Jeppesen, NLR, and Space53. The consortium is spearheaded by Everis.
AMU-LED is a European Union H2020 project under the SESAR Joint Undertaking (grant agreement No. 101017702). SESAR's objective is to modernise air traffic management in Europe, where Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a key element.
