INTEGRAL-TX
INTEGRAL-TX seeks to create and evaluate methods for seamlessly integrating air taxis into the operational traffic processes of airports, ensuring safety and efficiency. Methods are being developed to enable the regular operation of air taxis within airport system architectures. The project uses a digital twin of Cologne/Bonn Airport, which is virtually transferred to a flight test field in Aldenhoven, ensuring no interference with ongoing air traffic and creating a secure real-world testing environment.
In the testbed, the flyXdrive convertible tilt-wing drones are operated fully autonomously to emulate various air taxi configurations in real flight operations. This hybrid simulation environment, combining synthetic and real-world elements, offers the opportunity to test the integration of air taxis into airport traffic processes in various scenarios.
A key aspect of the project is the development of a smart digital link between Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) to ensure coordinated and integrated traffic management.
EULE
The EULE project focuses on developing innovative drone solutions for the transportation of medical goods. The goal is to create a safe, efficient, and sustainable network connecting hospitals, laboratories, and pharmaceutical distributors in the Rhenish Region.
Key objectives include ensuring rapid delivery of critical medical supplies, optimizing logistics processes, and integrating drones into existing traffic management systems (UTM). Using BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) technology, EULE enables autonomous, long-distance operations while adhering to high safety and reliability standards.
flyXdrive operates the transport UAV, integrates it into medical processes, and provides a system enabling the drone to land directly into the gripper of a robotic arm. This innovation enhances the efficiency and precision of the logistics chain, supporting seamless handling of medical goods.
5G-DOS-FIRE
The 5G-DOS-FIRE project aims to improve firefighting operations by leveraging 5G technologies to increase efficiency and enhance safety for both emergency responders and the public. A central component is an operational cockpit that integrates live data from drones, robots, and other systems to provide real-time situational awareness.
flyXdrive is responsible for modifying a commercial UAV to integrate with the operational cockpit. The drone will be equipped with 5G functionality to transmit live video streams and be controlled directly from the cockpit via a mobile 5G network. These enhancements will provide critical aerial data to support firefighting teams during operations.
U-SpaceR3
The U-SpaceR3 project examines how manned and unmanned aviation can safely coexist in U-Spaces, leveraging a real-world testbed in the Rhenish region. The goal is to gather insights that will support the design and scaling of future U-Spaces.
flyXdrive is responsible for operating unmanned aerial systems (UAS) within a U-Space equivalent. Various use cases, levels of automation, and flight mechanics are analyzed within the project. Additionally, U-Space services will be integrated both onboard the UAS and in the ground station to provide an intuitive interface.
A key part of the project involves conducting connectivity tests with a UAS, and the results will contribute to the standardization of UAS integration in U-Spaces. flyXdrive will also oversee obtaining operating permits and conducting flight operations within the real-world testbed.
Vision
Interconnected, integrated UAS based data acquisition and processing for support of authorities and organizations with security tasks. A prerequisite for high efficiency of operations of authorities and organizations with security tasks (BOS) is a quick and thorough assessment of the situation. Aerial data provides valuable additional information for this task. For an effective use of the UAS by BOS, automatic vehicle operation as well as fully automatic data acquisition including data preparation and visualization has to be provided. Additionally the UAS have to be safely integrated into public airspace while operating beyond visual line of sight.
SAFIRmed
SAFIR-Med will demonstrate how drones can be used to support Europe’s healthcare system with transport of urgent medical goods. Goal is to accelerate the adoption of drones into the healthcare system in a safe, sustainable and socially acceptable way. During this project advanced U-space services enabling the highest possible operational safety level are going to be demonstrated. These include detect-and-avoid, dynamic geofencing and air traffic prioritization rules. Five drone platforms (including flyXrive TW-Neo VTOL UAV) will be combined with manned aviation in operational exercises validating technology in real urban environment.
Funded by the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No 101017701)
FALKE
During a mass casualty incident a strict plan is required to categorize the patients, especially regarding their injuries and need of treatment. It is the objective of the FALKE project to gain targeted and highly detailed information of the accident and the medical condition of the involved persons by using a unmanned aerial system that is equipped with several sensors.
UNICARagil
The project UNICARagil aims to develop a versatilely applicable platform for automated electric vehicles, which allows realizing different vehicles as private small cars, taxi vans or delivery vans by different combinations of the same modules. Central aspects of the research and development in this project are a kit of mechatronic modules, a modular software architecture based on uniform interfaces, and a powerful, functionally reliable architecture of the electric and electronic components. Within UNICARagil flyXdrive drones provide aerial sensor input to support autonomous navigation.
