Project Rise

在过去的十年里，无人机技术取得了前所未有的进步，反过来又导致了无人机使用量的惊人增长。从未与无人机互动的行业正在迅速将其融入日常活动中：用于农业的无人机，用于监视和安全的无人机，用于医疗用品交付的无人机。它们的使用被认为是对抗二氧化碳排放、节省时间的技术和平民保护的合理步骤。考虑到这一点，无人机行业在立法形式上已经达到了一个平台。系统法规需要与技术同步发展，以使无人机行业能够继续帮助世界变得更美好。阻碍无人机系统（UAS）融入更广泛空域的一些挑战包括感知和规避技术以及对系统方法的系统缺乏了解。除此之外，无人驾驶航空系统交通管理（UTM）的使用才刚刚开始。现在，我们开始看到对FMS系统的需求，这些系统能够提供更先进，更复杂的自主飞行，超越视觉视线（BVLOS）。Project Rise的核心目标是开发和演示一个开放标准应用程序编程接口（API），这意味着API将包括一个丰富的数据集，其功能可用于更广泛的UAS行业。该API将是一个集成平台，而该平台又将被集成到一个系统的原型系统中。我们的想法是将集成平台视为一个飞行管理系统（FMS），作为一个中心，集成无人机操作工作流程的所有相关元素。该平台的贡献者包括UAS运营商、UAS连接集成、UTM服务提供商、空中交通管理（ATM）服务提供商、民航局（CAA）、二级数据服务提供商和公共用户。我们的目标是让FMS提供完整的操作功能，包括但不限于：-飞行计划和地图-飞行操作仪表板-区域内航班的发现-空域授权-动态限制管理-影响发现和避免服务-飞行集结点和故障安全措施-事故和事件报告-飞行日志，预测性维护和使用人工智能（AI）的分析测试系统和展示其功能将通过多个无人机飞行来完成，这些无人机将运送货物/物资，特别关注UTM 1级（BVLOS，<400英尺，<20公斤，E-ID，标称和紧急情况）。最近的Connected Places Catapult Paper（“在英国实现UTM”）促使该团队采用开放获取UTM框架指导原则，以帮助在Project Rise和未来飞行挑战赛社区内的更广泛项目中实现一定程度的协调。该联盟由英国无人机行业最聪明和最领先的人才组成。项目负责人Dronecloud完全有能力交付该项目，因为他们在行业中发挥着重要作用，这要归功于他们的FMS，该FMS在全球范围内被国家运输服务，UTM供应商和监管机构所使用。Dronecloud的服务管理无人机飞行的各个方面，从飞行合规性和空域监控到飞行记录和机队管理。Sky-Drones是一家全球无人机航空电子解决方案提供商，包括飞行控制和地面控制系统，通信系统以及具有人工智能分析的无人机机队管理。该公司为送货、农业、执法、安全和检查等领域的无人机制造商和服务提供商提供产品和服务。克兰菲尔德大学是一所专门研究科学、工程、技术和管理的研究生大学。作为一个专家，克兰菲尔德的世界一流的专业知识，大型设施和无与伦比的行业合作伙伴关系正在创造全球技术和管理的领导者。克兰菲尔德在航空航天、城市空中交通通信、系统集成和自主系统领域的领先声誉是通过对该领域三十多年的研究建立起来的。克兰菲尔德对Rise项目的贡献主要集中在复杂的机载和地面飞机连接挑战的系统集成、冲突解决、空中交通管理和现场测试试验设施。Skyports通过其物流部门Delivery by Skyports提供无人机送货服务，该部门通过为苏格兰的NHS进行医疗送货并帮助皇家邮政向英国最偏远的地区送货，证明了该公司一流的无人系统技术的可行性。在RISE项目中，Skyports将对支持超视距无人机飞行的无人机系统交付操作进行现场试验，以测试开发的系统及其功能。Frequentis是负责安全关键任务的控制中心通信和信息系统的国际专家。Frequentis成功地为通信、网络基础设施、SWIM、无人机和航空信息管理以及机场优化领域设计和提供系统和解决方案。重要的重点在于未来的通信基础设施领域和新技术，通过支持面向服务和开放的标准化架构来实现通用操作画面的可视化。Frequentis为Rise项目提供通用信息服务解决方案、空域授权服务以及可互操作的SWIM信息交换服务标准化方面的专业知识。

The last decade has seen unprecedented advances in UAV technology and in turn has led to an incredulous rise in the use of drones. Sectors that have never interacted with UAVs are quickly integrating them into their daily activities: drones for agriculture, drones for surveillance and security, drones for medical supply deliveries. Their use has been considered a logical step in the fight against CO2 emissions, time-saving techniques, and civilian protection. With this in mind, the drone industry has reached a plateau in the form of legislation. Regulations for systems need to advance alongside the technology so as to allow the UAV industry to continue its assistance in making the world a better place. Some of the challenges inhibiting the integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the wider airspace include sense and avoid technologies and the overall lack of understanding when it comes to a system of systems approach. Alongside these, the use of unmanned aerial systems traffic management (UTM) is only just beginning to take flight. It is now that we are starting to see the need for FMS systems that are capable of delivering more advanced, more complicated, autonomous flights that go way beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS). So begins Project Rise.Project Rise’s core objective is to develop and demonstrate an open standards application programming interface (API), meaning the API would include a rich data set with functions available to the wider UAS industry. The API would be an integration platform which in turn would become integrated into a prototype system of systems. The idea is to consider the integration platform a flight management system (FMS) that functions as a hub, integrating all the relevant elements of a drone operational workflow. Contributors towards the platform include UAS operators, UAS connectivity integration, UTM service providers, air traffic management (ATM) service providers, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), secondary data service providers, and public users. Our aim is for the FMS to provide full operational functionality, including but not limited to:- Flight planning and mapping- Flight operational dashboard- Discovery of in-area flights- Airspace authorisations- Dynamic restrictions management- Impact discovery and avoidance services- Flight rally points and failsafe actions - Accident and incident reporting- Flight logs, predictive maintenance, and analytics using artificial intelligence (AI)Testing the system and demonstrating its functionality will be done through multiple flights of UAVs delivering goods/supplies with a specific focus on UTM Level 1 (BVLOS, <400ft, <20kg, E-ID, nominal and emergency scenarios). The recent Connected Places Catapult Paper (‘Enabling UTM in the UK’) has spurred the team onto adopting the Open-Access UTM Framework guiding principles to help enable a level of coordination within Project Rise and the wider projects within the Future Flight Challenge community.This consortium is formed of a selection of the UK’s most intelligent and leading minds the UAV industry has to offer. Project leader Dronecloud is perfectly positioned to deliver this project as they play a significant role in the industry thanks to their FMS which is used worldwide by national transport services, UTM providers, and regulation authorities alike. Dronecloud’s services manage every aspect of drone flight, from flight compliance and airspace monitoring to flight logging and fleet management. Sky-Drones is a global provider of UAV avionics solutions including flight control and ground control systems, communication systems, and drone fleet management with AI analytics. The company provides products and services to drone manufacturers and service providers in the delivery, agriculture, law enforcement, security, and inspections sectors.Cranfield University is a postgraduate university specialising in science, engineering, technology and management. As a specialist, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Cranfield reputation for leading in the field of aerospace, urban air mobility communications, system integration and autonomous systems has been established through more than thirty years of research into this field. Cranfield contributes to Rise project are primarily focusing on system integration for complex on-board and ground aircraft connectivity challenges, conflict resolution, air traffic management, and facility for field test trial. Skyports provides drone delivery through its logistics arm, Delivery by Skyports, which is proving the viability of the company’s best-in-class unmanned systems technologies by conducting medical deliveries for the NHS in Scotland and helping Royal Mail to deliver to the most remote parts of the UK. In project RISE, Skyports will operate field trials of an UAS delivery operation supporting BVLOS drone flights to test the developed system and its functionality.Frequentis is an international expert for communication and information systems for control centres with safety-critical tasks. Frequentis successfully designs and supplies systems and solutions for the domains of communication, network infrastructure, SWIM, drone and aeronautical information management, and airport optimisation. Important focus lies in the future communication infrastructure domain and new technologies for visualisation of a common operational picture by supporting service oriented and open, standardised architecture. Frequentis contributes to project Rise with a Common Information Service solution, airspace authorization services, and expertise in standardisation of interoperable SWIM information exchange services.