Research for urban air transport

HorizonUAM

Flight demonstration on the grounds of Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport
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The Project

The HorizonUAM project aims to provide initial answers to the vision of urban air transport. The focus is on aspects such as vehicles, infrastructure, operation and acceptance.

As part of the project, a survey on the topic of UAM (Urban Air Mobility) was conducted in Europe in order to record the industry's expectations of future utilisation scenarios and compare them with those from research.

The first results and future paths were presented on 22 and 23 September 2021 at the first HorizonUAM Symposium, organised by DLR. In the further course of the project, flight demonstrations were and will be carried out at the Magdeburg-Cochstedt Test Center. The first tests took place at the end of 2021.

DLR's second Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Symposium took place on 1 and 2 December 2022, focusing on current research into UAM aircraft, the corresponding infrastructure, UAM services and public acceptance of future urban air transport.

On 4 and 5 July 2023, the 3rd Urban Air Mobility Symposium took place in Cochstedt, which concluded the HorizonUAM project. The project partners presented the research results on UAM and in particular the topics of aircraft, infrastructure, operation and public acceptance in lectures, panel discussions, poster sessions and flight demonstrations.

Further information on the project can be found on dhe project's website.

Data

Project

HorizonUAM - Research for urban air transport at the German Aerospace Center

Runtime

2020 - 2023

Financing

Institutional funding

Website

HorizonUAM.dlr.de

Participating Institutes and Facilities

Institute of Flight Guidance (Project leader)

The Institute of Flight Guidance is working on the development and application of future processes and technologies for the integrated airborne and ground-based guidance of aircraft.

General enquiry

DLR's Institute of Propulsion Technology carries out its research at its facilities in Cologne, Berlin, Göttingen and Trauen on the development of high-performance and environmentally friendly aircraft engines and power plant turbines.

Institute of Flight Systems

The Institute of Flight Systems (FT) has been active in the topics of flight mechanics and measurement and system technology of all flying systems at the DLR site Braunschweig since 1953.

Institute of Air Transport

In order to ensure that aviation can continue to make a decisive contribution to the individual mobility of people, solutions are needed that contribute to the sustainable development of air transport. To this end, the Institute of Air Transport researches the complex interrelationships of air transport and its subsystems. This includes the development of scenarios for the air transport markets, economic and business analyses of the air transport system, as well as the modelling and simulation of flight and fleet operations from the perspective of the air transport industry.

Institute of Communications and Navigation

The Institute of Communications and Navigation develops and investigates new systems and methods for radio transmission and radiolocation.

Institute of Aerospace Medicine

Within the entire German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Institute of Aerospace Medicine is the only research institute that focuses on life science issues related to transport and aerospace.

Institute of Atmospheric Physics

The Institute of Atmospheric Physics investigates the physics and chemistry of the global atmosphere from the Earth's surface up to the stratosphere.

Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics

Aeronautics is digitalised from aircraft design through to production and operation. This continuous availability of all data is known as the digital thread. The Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics is researching how practically usable knowledge can be derived from these extensive data.

Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul

The Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul based in Hamburg Finkenwerder conducts research in the field of optimisation and automatisation of maintenance processes and explores innovative technologies for diagnostics, maintenance and modifications of airborne systems.

National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

The National Experimental Test Centre for Unmanned Aircraft Systems will serve as a cornerstone for the further development of UAS technologies and thereby play a pioneering part in the enhancement of scientific and economic progress in the field of UAS.