Keeping aircraft safely separated is one of, if not the core function of air traffic management today. As larger numbers of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) take to the skies, separation management becomes more important to avoid mid-air collisions. The project is addressing separation between unmanned air vehicles, in particular, strategic and tactical conflict resolution services and the relationship between separation and capacity in U-space airspace.

Over the next years, U-space is expected to provide the means to manage safely and efficiently high-density traffic at low altitudes (involving uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and conventional manned aircrafts), as well as operations over populated areas and within controlled airspace.

Within this context, SPATIO is researching advanced U-space services (U3) addressing separation between Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). In particular, SPATIO is addressing the strategic and tactical conflict resolution services and the relationship between separation and capacity in U-space airspaces (i.e., the relation with the dynamic capacity management service).

SPATIO solutions aim to facilitate the definition of high-performance U-space airspaces where UAS operations will cover a wide range of missions. Facilitating the increase of UAS operations, while maintaining the safety objectives in the U-space airspaces, will allow the market uptake of the drone industry, thus enabling a variety of applications including e.g., surveillance and inspection operations, freight transport, Urban air mobility (UAM) etc. Moreover, the project will aims to contribute to the societal acceptance of simultaneous operations by defining and monitoring indicators regarding the noise footprint and visual impact on the population