Ensuring an interoperable and effective interface between unmanned and conventional traffic and air traffic control is critical for the delivery of the future Digital European Sky. This project aims to refine and complete the definition of a common interface and services for U-space and ATM. The project will develop a standardised data model, architecture and an operational methodology. The project will also develop a dynamic airspace configuration service to help ATC actors in charge of airspace reconfigurations to maintain traffic segregation and to avoid proximity between manned and unmanned aircraft within the designated U-space airspace.

In this way, ENSURE promises to create an efficient and safety integration between U-space and ATM systems, defining and validating the common ATM-U-space interface composed of the integration of different services. And with this interface, it will provide outputs that will help the evolution of the current standards and regulations, allowing the coexistence between all airspace users and encouraging a significant growth of the UAS market.