Hosting a delegation from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

In January, our partners in the OperA project, ENAIRE and CRIDA A.I.E., had the honor of hosting a delegation

from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan’s leading agency for research and development, along with representatives from the SESAR Joint Undertaking.

During this fruitful visit, Danlin Zheng and Marc Olmo had the opportunity to present the OperA project and showcase Crida’s innovative Cockpit simulator alongside Enaire’s ATM platform simulator, Gamma Sim. Both simulators will play a pivotal role in the upcoming EXE#01, which is a real-time human-in-the-loop validation of Integrated Air Mobility (IAM) procedures for the Solution A – Lilium cluster. This critical activity is set to commence this month and is expected to conclude in April 2025.

The primary objective of this validation exercise is to ensure operational acceptability and evaluate human performance, focusing on the acceptability from the perspectives of ATCo and pilots. Additionally, we will be exploring the interaction between these new procedures and regular runway traffic in airport environments, examining the use of U-space corridors within CTR and airspace G, and enhancing overall information sharing.

We are excited about this validation phase and believe it will significantly contribute to the success of the OperA project and the future of air mobility!