SAMVA (SBAS (EGNOS) Adoption in Multicopter VTOL Aircrafts) – GSA SAMVA will focus on the operational implementation of EGNOS satellite-based operations for new autonomous and electric aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically (e-VTOL).

 

Leader: PILDO Labs, Spain.
Duration: 24 months
Start date: 01.07.2022
Total budget: 3 million EUR

Website: samva-project.eu

SAMVA project will increase the adoption of EGNOS technology within the provision of rotorcraft services and will pave the way toward seamless integration of VTOL autonomous aircraft by means of:

• Achieve operational use of EGNOS within the provision of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services by implementing the first Point-in-Space and Low- Level-Route operation in Spain.

• Deploy the first EGNOS VTOL operation at a European airport (LEDA), and demonstrate how EGNOS can support ATM tasks for entry into operations.

• Unleash EGNOS capabilities on board a VTOL Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) (EHANG EH216) for the provision of precise and integer navigation guidance and support U-Space Airspace integration.

• Develop, in-flight test, and validate an EGNOS RNP flight procedure design criteria based on the specific navigation performance of an AAV passenger capable.

• Demonstrate how the current EGNOS Safety-of-Life Service can best support VTOL urban operations by hybridising data from onboard sensors.

• Evaluate how the current EGNOS service could evolve to provide high-accuracy integrity values in combination with the Galileo High Accuracy Service.

• Promote the adoption of EGNOS services towards the provision of Urban Air Mobility services through the support of Stakeholders from different European cities and regions.

 

ARC role: work package leader of the communication and dissemination activities. Main ones: at the beginning of 2024, ARC will organise a dissemination workshop at Lleida Airport, where demonstration flights will be held. ARC will also organise the final event in the second half of 2024.