As part of the SESAR Industrial Research Project AURA Solution 2, the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre, NLR, together with their partners from the German Aerospace Centre, DLR, investigated requirements for an interface between ATM controlled airspace and U-space.
The project defined the so-called ATM U-space Shared Airspace (AUSA), which must be seen as generic airspace that can be delegated to contain both ATC controlled and U-space controlled airspace volumes. The simulations focused on U-space contingencies that could have an impact on those parts of the AUSA controlled by ATC. This includes specific U-space user missions and related emergency and other contingency situations that would require an extension of U-space into ATC controlled airspace.
For the experiment, the role of a manager for Dynamic Airspace Re-configuration (DAR) processes was introduced. The DAR Manager received contingency requests from U-space and negotiated them with both the tower and approach controller in order to find the most appropriate solution for airspace changes.
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