ENAIRE and Indra validate the safe and effective integration of drone and manned aircraft flights throughout Europe
ENAIRE, the Spanish state air navigation service provider, has taken a key step towards the safe and efficient integration of drone flights into European airspace. ENAIRE, in collaboration with Indra, has successfully validated the interoperability between unmanned aircraft traffic management (U-space) systems and conventional air traffic control (ATM) through a technical and operational demonstration at Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, operated by Aena.
The validation demonstrated how they can co-exist in a safe and coordinated manner by managing their flights in a fully digital setting, thereby laying the groundwork for the progressive incorporation of new drone and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)operations into the day-to-day environment. These include infrastructure inspection, surveillance, emergency management, monitoring, and delivery services, the development of which requires orderly and reliable integration into the airspace.
