{"id":1867,"date":"2025-12-08T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eusome.eu\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:15:40","slug":"eyes-on-the-sky-how-eusome-is-making-u-space-a-reality-for-the-southeast-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eusome.eu\/?p=1867","title":{"rendered":"Eyes on the Sky: How EUSOME Is Making U-space a Reality for the Southeast Mediterranean\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1867_c1e615-67 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1867_c1e615-67 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1867_c1e615-67 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px 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Parcel&nbsp;logistics, emergency response, environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection: professional UAVs are absorbing tasks that once belonged exclusively to&nbsp;manned&nbsp;aviation. As more&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;of every kind share the same low-altitude airspace, an unavoidable question follows. How do we keep them safe around each other?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That question sits at the heart of EUSOME, the Horizon Europe Excellence Hub for Advanced Air Mobility in the Southeast Mediterranean. Within the consortium, ATHENA Research Center leads Work Package 2, the technical groundwork of a shared sky. Its central piece is\u00a0<strong>airspace awareness<\/strong>: the practical ability to know who is in the air, where, and when.\u00a0<br>Modern drones are supposed to announce themselves, broadcasting their identity over a standard called Remote ID, the digital equivalent of a\u00a0licence\u00a0plate. For cooperative\u00a0aircraft\u00a0this works well. The harder problem is the rest: drones flying without\u00a0authorisation, transponders that have failed, operators who switched the wrong setting.\u00a0A credible system has to catch both kinds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ATHENA\u2019s answer is a sensing suite of three technologies that complement each other.\u00a0A\u00a0<strong>Wi-Fi-based receiver<\/strong>\u00a0listens\u00a0for\u00a0Remote ID broadcasts from cooperative\u00a0aircraft. <br>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1867_2da541-c0 inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where Remote ID falls silent, a\u00a0<strong>millimetre-wave radar<\/strong>\u00a0takes over,\u00a0scanning for\u00a0objects that emit no signal at all. Tying everything to the ground, a\u00a0<strong>5G telemetry module<\/strong>\u00a0keeps the airborne platform in contact with operators in real time.\u00a0This is not a paper exercise. In January 2026, ATHENA ran a live field campaign to\u00a0characterise\u00a0the air-to-ground 5G link, using UAV telemetry as the payload, while the Remote ID\u00a0transmit\/receive subsystem entered bench validation. In parallel, the architecture is being plugged into the EUSOME Digital Twin, where thousands of traffic scenarios can be tested before they occur in the open air.\u00a0All of this prepares the ground for U-space, the European Union\u2019s framework for managing drones at low altitude. As defined by EASA, U-space rests on three pillars:\u00a0identifying\u00a0cooperative\u00a0aircraft, detecting non-cooperative ones, and keeping operators reliably connected. The EUSOME sensing suite is a direct answer to those requirements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Cyprus and&nbsp;Greece&nbsp;the timing is especially important. Both countries are designing their national U-space deployments now, and the technical choices made over the next year will shape Advanced Air Mobility in the region for a long time. 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