Bluenest joined forces with La Paz University Hospital, Spanish air navigation services provider ENAIRE and ITG on January 20 to carry out a new demonstration of flight operations controlled via Bluenest’s vertiport control centre.
The demonstration, part of the U-ELCOME DSD project, was attended by key officials from SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU), Eurocontrol and the governments of Spain and Japan as well as experts from Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.
The U-ELCOME DSD project aims to support the implementation of a set of U-space services and procedures to safely and efficiently manage, coordinate and integrate drone air traffic into European airspace. The project is funded by SESAR JU, led by Eurocontrol and ENAIRE in Spain and coordinated in Madrid by Bluenest.
The January 20 event kicked off with presentations from executives from the hospital, ENAIRE and Bluenest, the company said in a LinkedIn post. Attendees then moved to the flight area to receive safety instructions and explanations about the control software platforms used for the operation.
Two simultaneous eVTOL demonstration flights were successfully operated by Bluenest and ENAIRE despite rainy and foggy conditions. The test allowed Bluenest to test multi-USSP (U-space service provider) interoperability as Bluenest’s flight was associated with ENAIRE’s USSP and ENAIRE’s flight with ITG’s USSP. Live tracking was provided for the medicine delivery flights.
The demonstration saw Bluenest fully monitor the operations from its mobile vertiport control centre.
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