At a time when Urban Air Mobility is the next big advancement, High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE) has initiated the rollout of a new generation of advanced autonomous aviation digital infrastructure. It is claimed to benefit the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) of cities in a secure, safe, and regulated way. Recently, HTCE appointed Serendipity to execute the technical coordination of its field lab.
High Tech Campus Eindhoven claims to be the smartest km² in Europe with more than 220 companies, startups and institutes. According to HTCE, more than 12,000 researchers, developers and entrepreneurs are working on developing future technologies and products that will affect the lives of billions of people.
Part of Flying Forward 2020 consortium
The field lab will be a part of the Flying Forward 2020 consortium (FF2020). It is a three-year collaborative innovation and research project, which was funded by the European Commission. After completing the launching site at HTCE, the infrastructure for UAM will be tested at four other field labs including the University of Oulu in Finland, Ospedale San Raffaele Milan in Italy, Tartu Science Park in Estonia, and the City of Zaragoza in Spain.
The international FF2020 consortium consists of public and private organisations, universities, and international multi-disciplinary teams of experts – Digie, Nalantis, EUROUSC Italia, VERSES, Serendipity, and the University of Maastricht. This consortium is backed by numerous large institutions including Microsoft, LUMO Labs, Nokia, VDL, NXP, and the European Space Agency (ESA).