Drones & UAS

Revolutionising Air Transportation: Shaping the Future of AAM and UAM

The ATM consultancy solutions of DFS Aviation Services are at the forefront of shaping the future of air transportation, fueling innovation in the design, regulation, and operation of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM). As the aviation landscape transforms, we are empowering stakeholders to unlock the full potential of these groundbreaking mobility solutions. Through our consultancy services, we are pioneering new pathways for the movement of people and goods through the skies, driving the next generation of aviation forward.

Emerging technologies in the field of aviation include the areas of electric propulsion and automation and are summarized under the term of Advanced Air Mobility. DFS Aviation Services specializes in integrating air taxis and drones into existing airspace structures, both controlled and uncontrolled, ensuring safety and efficiency.

Jan Rosolino

UAM Expert

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AAM in a nutshell
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Drones & UAS
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Advanced Air Mobility

Advanced Air Mobility extends beyond Urban Air Mobility (UAM) by including longer-distance travel between regions. AAM addresses challenges in both unrestricted (cross-country) and complex (urban) airspace. Qualified ANSPs play a crucial role in integrating AAM, ensuring safe and efficient journeys from take-off to landing.

Urban Air Mobility

Urban Air Mobility, a megatrend shaping tomorrow’s air traffic, involves electric aircraft operating in urban environments. As UAM concepts proliferate globally, collaboration with the corresponding ANSP becomes crucial. ANSPs facilitate seamless integration of air taxi and drone projects into existing airspace structures, ensuring safe and efficient operations. For stakeholders less familiar with ATC topics, our expertise is available to support your UAM project.

Integration in controlled and uncontrolled airspace

Urban Air Mobility faces the challenge of integrating air taxis and drones into existing airspace structures. As air taxis become available in large urban areas, their unique selling point lies in connecting these regions. However, complex airspace structures – due to existing infrastructure like major airports – require careful integration. Consulting with a capable ANSP is essential. ANSP expertise ensures safe operations near runways, taxiways, and aprons. By collaborating with ANSPs, efficient flight paths and procedures can be developed, enabling airport shuttle operations to connect major airports with urban areas, revolutionizing travel time.

Operational Concepts

Operating air taxis, drones and other unmanned aircraft systems involves adhering to rules and regulations. The “operational concept” (ConOps) integrates these guidelines for both operators and air traffic control. While operators provide project details, we enhance the operational concept from an ATC perspective, ensuring safe and efficient drone operations within existing procedures and regulations.

Drones & UAS
Projects

Project Reference

Integration with manned aviation, Operational concept & Consultancy

Air taxi integration into EDLN CTR

Germany, Mönchengladbach

Since 2018, DFS Aviation Services has developed operational procedures to integrate VLOS UAS within controlled airspaces near aerodromes. These procedures, including cooperative and non-cooperative UAS, have been successfully implemented and approved by the German National Supervisory Authority.

Project Reference

Integration with manned aviation, Operational concept & Consultancy

UAS Strategy Definition

Germany

In 2018, DFS Aviation Services devised a strategy to address challenges and opportunities posed by UAS. Balancing safety for manned airspace users and accommodating UAS capabilities and stakeholder demands was crucial. The strategy, aligned with various stakeholders, laid the groundwork for successful solutions approved by the German national supervisory authority.

Project Reference

Definition of a strategy for UAS

Integration with manned aviation, Operational concept & Consultancy

Germany

DFS Aviation Services (DAS) was contracted to draft an operational scope and the strategy to integrate UAS in controlled airspace within the Slovak Republic, both Beyond Visual Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) and Visual Line-Of-Sight (VLOS). This strategy lists and describes a number of detailed measures to integrate UAS in controlled airspace and to build up an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM). Furthermore relevant operational requirements that are needed to support the integration of UAS both for conventional towers and for remote digital towers were defined. The results and elements of the strategy, as well as and the operational requirements, were defined, developed and verified using a user-centred design workshop led and moderated by DAS subject matter experts, in which  subject matter experts from LPS SR participated. The outcome of the workshop was then analysed and phrased into a strategy plan describing specific measures to be actioned by LPS SR, with the added value of highly successful hands-on, multi-year operational experience from DAS in its very own German towers.

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