City-ATM

To deal with the question of how a future airspace management system for unmanned and manned airspace users, especially operations in urban areas could look like, the German Aerospace Center has started the City-ATM Project at the beginning of 2018. It will address a variety of constraints to ensure safe and efficient integration of new airspace users. These airspace users can be very diverse and, in addition to VFR air traffic, also include others such as personal air vehicles (PAV), cargo UAS, parachutists, weather balloons or prioritized air traffic, such as rescue helicopter. In addition to aspects of different size, performance and abilities, additional requirements with regard to protected flight areas (so-called geo-fencing) or favored, risk-minimized routes must be taken into account in a U-space concept.

The target system is intended to enable and support flight testing within the developed City-ATM, initially in simulated - later real, but delimited - airspace. The aim of the project is also to bring together relevant stakeholders (such as UAS manufacturers, UTM system providers, aviation authorities and users) to develop a secure and efficient overall solution for the U-Space. The City-ATM project started on 1 January 2018 and is managed by the Institute of Flight Guidance.

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