Lessons learned in implementing U-Space in Finland
Dr. Petri Mononen, Principal Scientist VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
June 2021 VTT – beyond the obvious Dr. Petri Mononen
Principal Scientist VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd Leader of VTT UAV Excellence Node AiRMOUR Coordinator Drolo Research coordinator
[email protected] +358 40 5155 808
VTT – beyond the obvious VTT today 2,049 44% employees of turnover from abroad* EUR 268M 36% 363 of Finnish innovations patent families have links with VTT’s competences 171 M€ Turnover (parent 160 M€) VTT 26 M€ Other operating income is under the state ownership steering of the Ministry 71 M€ Government grant of Economic Affairs and Employment
VTT – beyond the obvious *VTT Group 2018 Contents
Finnish UAV research & demonstrator landscape Autonomous intelligent multi-purpose drone enabled business in evolving U-Space environment (Drolo) Lessons learned and to be learned along the way
Goal: show challenges and learnings for players that start with U- Space from the ground up
VTT – beyond the obvious UAV research & demonstrator landscape in Finland
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EFOU (Oulu) Finnish stance in UAV & UAM & UTM
UAV offers huge potential for developing innovative civil applications in a wide variety of sectors that benefit the society and will contribute to creating new business and jobs By and large, Finland actively contributes to the development of a drone ecosystem supporting the emergence of this promising sector
In addition to national activities, heavily leaning on UAV development globally
Up to now, no large scale implementations or demonstrators of U-Space / UTM • one smaller scale one with single user company, food logistics in a smallish area European & international • AiRMOUR (H2020, a few words on this later) • Flying Forward 2020 (H2020 sibling) • 5G Drones (H2020) • GOF & GOF 2.0 (SESAR) • Hyfliers (H2020), Nordic Drone Initiative, etc.
Nationally funded Research • Drolo (Business Finland, more later) • FUAVE (Academy of Finland) landscape • RoboMesh (Academy of Finland) • VED, SURE, CityLog, etc. etc.
Foci including drone ecosystems, 5G, cross-border, eVTOL, logistics, U-Space, ground infra, autonomy, propulsion tech, business models, education, etc.
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2 years c.a. 8 M€ 11 partners + ecosystem “Investigate and demonstrate the U- U-Space demonstrator Space integration into and interplay with ATM CTR. Develop various other Drone business development technological and economical aspects, such as business viability, hydrogen Drone technology RDI propulsion and 5G connectivity.” Concept RDI “Drolo is linked to European regulatory development so that U-Space services can be piloted, tested and launched in Finland among the first.”
A lot on USSP operators’ plate Schedule - Inter-USSP data exchange, CIS was going to be the integration point, will this be feasible? Project start - Methods to convey UAV location data from U-Space to ATM actors - Handover operability between USSPs at country borders, a lot of Consortium agreement undefined interfaces and options Steering group (every 4 months)
Define, design, implement, validate Test flight activity (to archipelago etc.) Banking on the UTM vendor? estimated EU legislation schedule U-Space setup
Pre-commercial U-Space / UTM Commercial U-Space
Airport corridor definition 5G network analysis 5G flights Fuel cell drone 2021 2022 2023 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Companies WPs Public research Business model: Pricing & commercial viability? - Especially with low initial volumes - E.g. city last mile & U-Space capabilities + high demands from Specific cat. to BVLOS operations - Safety first, sure, but does it Co X leave room for viability?
Public procurement for pre- commercial deployments is a Co Y laborious and delicate task E.g. GDPR issues & hosting setup with potential non-EU vendors
How to define U-Space areas? Ecosystem Launchpad (led by VTT)
Partners & enablers directly connected to the co-innovation project Subcontractors, co-creation Examples of some foreseen Committed partners with ecosystem co-innovation project partners and other subcontractors, co-creation Core partners / drivers / business champions stakeholders & enablers that partners and other have already been contacted stakeholders & enablers that will be contacted Cargo (small & big) immediately at project & Committed enablers Surveillance & ecosystem start of DroLo project Inspections implementation
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Multi-purpose drones U-Space systems and drone fleets …etc, etc… Company led activities Research led activities Possible extension co-innovation
UC9 UC7 UC3 UC6 U-Space UC8 UC1 Urban UC11 service UC10 UC2 delivery UAV Demanding In-airport products, Advanced Next Security/ regulatory & environ- usage: CIS service energy Advanced generation Surveillance Delivery UC5 surveil- Solutions, operational Radar ment commercial and connectivity Cases with remote drone UAV usage – lance, model, improved Solutions products for island Inspection certification piloted UAV plane airspace flighttime For UAV and Drolo harbour, cargo requirements systems situational check, modelling, and corridors solutions for equipment payload Use awareness multi Specific UAV check u-space Category setup requirements
Multipurpose drone, business models, ecosystem creation (VTT, FMI, Aalto) UAV operational fleet management platform (Fleetonomy.ai)
5G Connectivity (Nokia + Elisa + MediaTek) Layers U-Space for city & airport environment (OUKA + VTT +City Fintraffic and regionANS) involvement:
Drolo Initial negotiations done with CIS (Fintraffic ANS) e.g. ANSP, CAA and the city Airport environment (Finavia) actors foreseen to take the Enabling main responsibility of UTM City area (Oulu, Business Oulu) provision initially UTM & CTR challenge
Acknowledgeing that in the end state when operating close to airport, the UAV certification levels must be high (air- and trustworthiness, redundancies, risk levels etc.) U-Space & UTM setup will require constant dialogue to CAA & ANS
For us, Traficom (CAA) & Fintraffic ANS (CIS operator & partner) • What we or non-aviation experts might wish to learn and benefit from Conclude other similar or related activities • Where we think we might be able to help others This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon. 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101006601 ! You Coordinator Coordinator +358405155808 [email protected] R e s e a r c h Thank Dr. PETRI MONONEN A i R M O U R D r o l o