U-ELCOME makes history with the first Beyond Visual Line of Sight flight at the inaugural French long-range corridor

The U-ELCOME Project, led by EUROCONTROL with funding from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) in cooperation with the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking will be at Paris Air show 2023 this week with two great events.

Today, the 21st of June from 12.00 to 13.00, Farah Luu, leader of the U-ELCOME French cluster, will present the project on the main European commission stand, CLEAN AVIATION - SIAE 2023 / hall 2A B276.

FIRST OFFICIAL BVLOS U-ELCOME FLIGHT
On Thursday 22nd of June from 12.30 to 14.30 in the Paris Air Show Auditorium you will have the
great chance to watch by streaming and live experience the official inauguration of the long-range
corridor with a live BVLOS flight in Bretigny-sur-Orge. Ludovic Legros, the U-ELCOME project manager will make a keynote and introduce this special flight.

During this flight, the U-ELCOME French cluster participants will show their solutions and services and you will see for the first time in Europe a live opening of a corridor with the first BVLOS flight operated by Parrot, in the airspace managed by Systematic. 

U-ELCOME - 15 LOCATIONS IN ITALY, SPAIN, AND FRANCE TO VALIDATE & IMPLEMENT
U-SPACE SOLUTIONS

Drones have the potential to greatly support Europe's shift towards a green and digital
economy. Addressing safety, security, privacy, social acceptance, and environmental concerns
while creating a sustainable economic environment for the growth of the European drone
industry is crucial. U-space services and smart traffic management solutions will be key in
enabling drone operations and reaching the necessary high level of integration with Air Traffic
Management (ATM).

U-ELCOME is a 3-year SESAR Digital Sky Demonstrator project, involving 51 partners whose
overall aim is to support the market uptake of U1 and U2 services. With demonstrations taking
place in three European countries, the project aims to develop interoperability and support EU
harmonisation of U-space services. Taking into consideration the various U-Space actors and
stakeholders this project values collaboration and information-sharing. Join us to find out more
about the research project and what activities are planned and how the project hopes to make
U-space a European reality.