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Project panel: Bern Korn DLR, Douwe Lambers DFS, Anthony Rushton NATS, and Michael Hillermeier, Volocopter, and Giancarlo Ferrara, Eurocontrol.
tween two targets and then flew an evasive maneuver
around the helicopter then continued the
flight to the target point.
Before and after this, the various participating authorities
explained how the German air navigation
service provider DFS, its British counterpart
NATS, and EuroControl work together with the
other players, such as Volocopter or Droniq. In
Germany, several DLR institutes are also involved,
as well as their national testing center in Magdeburg-Cochstedt.
One of the main tasks of the trials
is to test which mechanisms and technology
are needed to integrate small and large eVTOLs
into existing traffic. One thing is clear: coordination
between manned air-taxis, UAS and ‘normal’
aircraft cannot work with radio alone, as has been
the case in air traffic control up to now. Upcoming
parts of the Corus XUAM are tests in different areas
of Europe such as a test traffic of the German
case: from Frankfurt Fair to Frankfurt Airport without
disturbing existing fixed-wing and HEMS (Rescue
Helicopters) traffic; and the UK Case between
the airports of London City and London Heathrow.
The DLR Institute of Flight guidance presented
their simulation in the two cases for how the
UAS can be integrated and where are the biggest
challenges.
The VoloDrone on its way: a small camera drone was recording the
whole exercise on video.
In one Hangar the DLR had also organized a small exhibition for all participants
of the Corus XUAM program.
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