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