HD OUH — Holo

Odense University Hospital

Information (26th of January 2022)

Status Ended
Goal of project Test of Detect and Avoid system and U-space functions.
Flights More than 350 mission during 3 months
Flying setup VLOS mission
Flights in KM More than 75 km each week
Location Odense University Hospital
Project partners The University of Southern Denmark, Falck, Odense University Hospital, Unifly & Scandinavian Avionics
Funded by Innovations Fund Denmark
Read about the Healthdrone Project here.

Testing U-space functionalities

In June 2020, an agreement about establishing U-space functionalities (U-Space Funen) in Denmark was in place. This was a huge milestone for the Healthdrone project, where this then paved the way for unmanned drones to fly next to conventional airborne traffic in the same airspace. U-space provides the digital infrastructure and supporting systems to allow for direct communications from drones to manned flights.

As one phase of the Healthdrone project, Holo and project partners from The University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Falck, Odense University Hospital (OUH), Unifly & Scandinavian Avionics, were collaborating at OUH in Funen. At OUH we were testing U-space functionalities. Testing the U-space means that we are flying around the hospital, alongside the rescue helicopters.

We aim to make room for everyone in the airspace and we worked towards making sure the hospitals won’t have to decide if the helicopter coming in with a critical patient should be prioritized, or the drone with a new heart to the patient should be prioritized. There should be room for every patient to get equal treatment.

U-space is important for the future of Urban Air Mobility. These flights at OUH are the foundations for the future of U-space. Holo is still contributing to develop the U-space in Denmark through the U-Space Funen project.

The testing was successfully conducted and we are paving the way for moving mobility forward for good.

U-Space in details

Creating Urban air mobility for future development and deployment of drone technology, is a worldwide competition. When Danish authorities came to an agreement during the summer of 2020, it meant that Denmark was the first country in Scandinavia to start working on U-space.

U-space can be compared to the functionality of traffic signals on the ground for vehicles. This way the air traffic would be able to contain both helicopters, flights and drones all at the same time.

We were excited to be successfully testing the U-space functionalities and strengthen Denmark's position in the position for development and innovation for drone technology.

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