ENAIRE successfully completes three-year European SPATIO project and lays the foundations for the future U-space
ENAIRE has hosted the final event to present the results of the European SPATIO project (u-Space sePAraTIOn management), bringing to a close three years of intensive research aimed at addressing one of the main challenges facing aviation today: safely integrating growing numbers of drones into increasingly complex and dynamic airspace.
The event brought together more than 60 attendees from 30 public- and private-sector companies and organisations in the aeronautical and technology sectors, including representatives from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Spanish Air Safety Agency (AESA) and the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation.
Led by ENAIRE through its R&D&I subsidiary CRIDA, and developed together with more than 20 European partners, the SPATIO project is a three-year strategic initiative of the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking (2023–2026), aimed at developing advanced U-space services to support the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into European airspace. The project receives €7 million in European funding under the SESAR programme through Grant Agreement No. 101114674. SPATIO has advanced the development of next-generation U-space services to support the safe and efficient management of large-scale drone operations. Partners based in Spain include CRIDA, Ineco, Indra, Boeing, ITG and Sopra Steria, as well as the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Polytechnic University of València.
