Successful drone flight carrying medical supplies between two Madrid hospitals under the European U-ELCOME project
Madrid’s Carlos III and La Paz hospitals have witnessed a demonstration of medical supply transport by drone between the two centres. As part of the European U-ELCOME project, coordinated by EUROCONTROL and led in Spain by ENAIRE, today’s trial was carried out using U-Space technology to manage drone operations in the airspace. The operation was particularly noteworthy for taking place in an urban environment with complex airspace, given its proximity to Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport as well as the presence of urban heliports nearby.Â
The demonstration involved a drone flight in the city of Madrid between Hospital Carlos III and Hospital de La Paz, transporting medical supplies through urban airspace managed as U-Space
The pilots, from Bluenest by Globalvia, used U-Space services to monitor the position of their drone and any other nearby drones at all times, as well as to follow a defined flight plan with alerts to warn them if the drone strayed from its designated route, among other functions.
These U-Space services were provided by the technology centre ITG through its USSP platform, Daliah®. ENAIRE, acting as the Common Information Service Provider (CISP), played a key role by supplying the airspace information necessary for ITG to deliver its U-Space services.
