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Safe Urban Air Mobility For European Citizens

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project summary

Safe urban air mobility for European citizens

As cities grow larger, they increasingly face problems caused by transport and traffic. Urban Air Mobility (UAM) offers a promising opportunity to mitigate road (surface) congestion by taking urban mobility to the third dimension – the airspace. The EU-funded project AURORA (sAfe Urban aiR mObility for euRopeAn citizens) will develop and integrate safety-critical technologies to support autonomous flight UAM in urban environments, focusing its demonstrations primarily on emergency-related applications. To foster adoption of UAM, AURORA will involve end-users and relevant stakeholders in all phases of its journey.

AURORA believes in creating solutions that do not only extend and complement current mobility systems, but more importantly have a beneficial impact on people and society. By facilitating the integration of UAM in a safe, secure, quiet and green manner, AURORA proposes to pave the way towards smarter cities and pioneering services. AURORA’s unique multidisciplinary consortium will not only bring exciting new technological developments, but also ensure that innovation in UAM meets the needs of citizens and stakeholders, resulting in services that create added value for them.

partners

Expertise In Aeronautics, Smart City Technologies, Image Processing, Sensing and Social Science

 

  • 8 partners from 5 EU countries
  • 3 research institutions, 2 SMEs,1 NGO and 2 large industry partners
  • The project will last for 3 years
  • We will have 3 EU Smart City UAM solutions/demonstrations

Work Plan

WP 1: Urban Mobility Framework

WP 1.1 Transition to UAM & Management of change

UGENT

WP 1.2 UAM Sustainability Framework

UGENT

WP 1.3 UAM Public Acceptance

EPF

WP 1.4 UAM Concept Of Operations

SEALA

WP 1.5 UAM Safety Acceptance

SEALA

WP 2: Urban Flight Navigation

WP 2.1 Requirements & Specifications

UNIFI

WP 2.2 Technological Building Blocks

THALES

WP 3: Urban Autonomous Flight

WP 3.1 Safe Autonomous Guidance-Navigation Solution

UGENT

WP 3.2 Emergency Landing Solution

THALES

WP 3.3 Autonomous Flight Control

SEALA

WP 4: Urban Airspace Operations

WP 4.1 4D Trajectory-Based Operations & Free Route Airspace

SEALA

WP 4.2 Noise Abatement Operations

SEALA

WP 4.3 Electric Flight Operations

UGENT

WP 5: Integration

WP 5.1 UAM Vehicle Integration

SEALA

WP 5.2 U-Space Integration

ROB

WP 5.3 First Responders Elements Integration

ROB

WP 5.4 Logistics Elements Integration

UNIPI

WP 5.5 Smart City Elements Integration

UGENT

WP 5.6 Decision Support & Legacy

UGENT

WP 6: Demonstration & Stakeholders Engagement

WP 6.1 Virtual Environment Demonstration

SIEMENS

WP 6.2 Real-World Demonstration

UGENT

WP 6.3 Local Stakeholders Engagement Response

EPF

WP 7: Project Management

WP 7.1 Project Administration

SEALA

WP 7.2 Reporting

SEALA

WP 7.3 Communication

EPF

WP 7.4 Dissemination

EPF

WP 8: Ethics Requirements

WP 8 Ethics Requirements

SEALA

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101007134