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The UTM Box technology of Certiflight validated in a new study: Addressing safety and conflict resolution challenges for UAS operations

April 30, 2025

A scientific paper validated the Certiflight UTM Box technology for e-conspicuity and conflict resolution, demonstrating successful conflict advisories for GA-UAS encounters at the ICNS Conference in Brussels.

Certiflight successfully completes the first phase of the project with the celebration of its final meeting in Prague

April 21, 2025

Certiflight completed its first development phase, achieving all four strategic objectives: liability chain for UAS operations, mission data certification, safety for GA/UAS, and interoperability with UTM platforms.

Certiflight completes its validation phase and prepares for its market launch

April 1, 2025

Certiflight held its Qualification Review Meeting, confirming the technology is ready for commercial exploitation after successful validation in multiple scenarios across Europe with positive expert feedback.

The third meeting of the Certiflight Advisory Board brought together over 40 experts to discuss the project

March 18, 2025

Over 40 experts attended Certiflight third Advisory Board in Bucharest, discussing validation results, business opportunities, and the go-to-market strategy as the project nears completion.

Certiflight validates the usefulness of its technology for the Port Surveillance scenario and ends its validation campaign

February 24, 2025

Certiflight completed its validation campaign with the Port Surveillance scenario at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, demonstrating real-time drone surveillance for infrastructure inspection and debris management.

Certiflight demonstrates its effectiveness for the Airspace Infringement and E-Conspicuity use cases in Italy

February 10, 2025

Certiflight demonstrated airspace infringement detection and e-conspicuity features in Italy, validating conflict resolution algorithms for drones and improved situational awareness for general aviation near Taranto airport.

Certiflight demonstrates how its technology enhances airport inspection tasks in test flights in Grottaglie

January 27, 2025

Certiflight successfully tested drone-based airport inspections in Grottaglie, Italy, demonstrating runway FOD detection and PAPI/ILS equipment inspection with authenticated positioning data.

Certiflight ended 2024 by successfully passing its sixth milestone, the Acceptance Review

January 13, 2025

Certiflight passed its Acceptance Review milestone, showcasing validated technologies including the UTM Box for authenticating flight data and successful validation scenarios in powerline inspection, agriculture, and monitoring.

Certiflight conducts a validation scenario to prove its technology is useful for monitoring activities

December 20, 2024

Certiflight validated its technology for monitoring activities in Taranto Bay, Italy, using a multispectral camera to demonstrate certified environmental monitoring and infrastructure inspection capabilities.

This video summarises the Certiflight validation in agricultural applications in one minute

December 11, 2024

This one-minute video summarizes Certiflight agricultural validation in Puglia, showing how drones with multispectral cameras and authenticated tracking improve precision farming and regulatory traceability.

Certiflight validates the viability of its technology in agricultural applications

December 9, 2024

Certiflight validated its technology for agricultural applications in Puglia, Italy, demonstrating certified monitoring of olive groves with multispectral cameras to support precision farming and regulatory compliance.

Certiflight validates its powerline inspection features in Czech Republic

November 25, 2024

Certiflight validated its powerline inspection technology in the Czech Republic with ČEZ Distribution, demonstrating authenticated flight tracking and certified reports for aerial inspection of power lines and poles.

Certiflight at SESAR Innovation Days: Connections and collaboration for the future of U-space

November 22, 2024

Certiflight participated in SESAR Innovation Days 2024 in Rome, presenting its blockchain-based flight certification technology and establishing strategic connections with U-space projects and industry experts.

Certiflight begins its validation plan with the volume calculation scenario

November 18, 2024

Certiflight began its validation campaign with a volume calculation scenario at Holcim cement factory in Czech Republic, testing authenticated tracking and flight logbook generation for industrial applications.

These are the main conclusions drawn from the development of Radius

November 6, 2024

Radius completed its first development stage, concluding that drone technology works for railway signalling asset monitoring, the docking station makes the project feasible, and the information obtained is useful for maintenance.

Certiflight participates in the Air Mobility Show and Roma Drone Conference

October 31, 2024

Certiflight presented its authenticated flight tracking technology at the Air Mobility Show and Roma Drone Conference, explaining how Galileo OSNMA and blockchain ensure data origin and traceability.

Radius celebrates its final event and puts an end to the development of the project

October 23, 2024

Radius celebrated its final event in Rome with EUSPA and industry experts, presenting promising accuracy results for monitoring cabinets, light signals, and switches, with recommendations for commercial development.

VIDEO: Participation of Radius in Innotrans, Berlin

October 10, 2024

This video captures Radius participation at InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin, showing the booth, docking station display, and interactions with rail industry professionals interested in drone-based inspection technology.

Innotrans photo gallery

October 4, 2024

Photo gallery from Radius at InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin, where the project showcased its docking station prototype and drone-based railway inspection technology to international rail industry experts.

Radius unveils docking station at Berlin’s InnoTrans Fair, paving the way for project success

September 16, 2024

Radius unveiled its docking station at InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin, a key component enabling longer drone flights by allowing autonomous recharging and data upload at strategic railway locations.

Radius to Participate in InnoTrans Fair in Berlin from September 24 to 27

September 9, 2024

Radius participated in InnoTrans 2024 in Berlin, showcasing its drone-based rail inspection technology to international experts and fostering collaborations for transforming European rail safety.

This video summarises some of the highlights of the Radius final demo in Portugal

August 28, 2024

This video summarizes highlights from the Radius final demonstration in Portugal, showing VLOS and BVLOS flights monitoring switches, cabinets, and level crossings with AI-powered image analysis.

This photo gallery shows the best moments of the Radius test flights in Portugal

August 20, 2024

Photo gallery from the Radius final demonstration in Portugal, capturing key moments of VLOS and BVLOS flight tests monitoring railway signalling assets with the custom docking station.

Radius conducts its final demonstration in Portugal to validate its technology to improve railway safety

August 12, 2024

Radius successfully completed its final demonstration in Portugal with VLOS and BVLOS flights, testing the complete solution including the custom docking station for autonomous drone operations in railway environments.

This video summarises the participation of Certiflight in Gitex fair, held in Africa

August 7, 2024

This video summarizes Certiflight participation in Gitex Africa 2024 in Marrakech, where the project presented its authenticated flight tracking technology to emerging markets across 130+ countries.

EuroUSC will be present on the Radius demonstration flights next week

July 10, 2024

Radius held demonstration flights in Ourique, Portugal, showcasing the complete monitoring solution for switches, lineside cabinets, light signals, and level crossings to prove drone technology advances railway safety.

VIDEO: The Second Advisory board of Certiflight in less than two minutes

July 9, 2024

This two-minute video captures highlights from the second Certiflight Advisory Board in Madrid, where partners presented project status and gathered expert feedback on the certified flight tracking platform.

Photo gallery of the Second Certiflight Advisory Board held in Madrid and organised by EuroUSC España

June 26, 2024

Photo gallery from the second Certiflight Advisory Board in Madrid, organized by EuroUSC España, where partners and industry experts discussed project progress and future challenges.

Certiflight participates in the Gitex Africa 2024 show presenting its project to emerging markets

June 14, 2024

Certiflight expanded its reach at Gitex Africa 2024 in Marrakech, presenting its authenticated flight tracking technology to startups and companies from North Africa, Middle East, and North America.

Certiflight successfully holds its second Advisory Board to set the roadmap for the project

June 7, 2024

Certiflight held its second Advisory Board in Madrid with partners, EUSPA representatives, and industry experts, discussing the software platform, UTM services, and business models for commercial exploitation.

Design of drone friendly signalling assets: a key factor of Radius

June 6, 2024

Radius is designing drone-friendly signalling assets with wireless communication capabilities, enabling safe and reliable data collection from trackside equipment for improved railway infrastructure monitoring.

EuroUSC organizes the second Certiflight Advisory Board in Madrid to discuss progress and identify challenges

May 16, 2024

EuroUSC organized the second Certiflight Advisory Board in Madrid, bringing together partners and industry experts to discuss progress, challenges, and opportunities for the certified flight tracking technology.

VIDEO: Certiflight test flight to inspect the runways of Grottaglie airport

May 6, 2024

This video shows Certiflight test flight at Grottaglie airport, demonstrating runway inspection capabilities with FOD detection and security protocol validation in a real airport environment.

Certiflight celebrates Test Readiness Review meeting (TRR) in Prague

April 29, 2024

Certiflight held its Test Readiness Review in Prague, confirming all system components are ready for integration and verification, with EuroUSC exceeding communication and dissemination objectives.

Radius - EuroUSC participates in the test flight conducted by Radius in Naples

April 26, 2024

EuroUSC participated in Radius test flights at Hitachi Rail Naples, demonstrating remote data acquisition from signalling assets using drones equipped with Wi-Fi adapters and Nvidia Jetson Nano processing.

Certiflight will perform an inspection flight over the runway of an Italian airport

March 19, 2024

Certiflight demonstrated runway inspection capabilities at Grottaglie airport during the Mediterranean Aerospace Matching event, testing pavement, safety area, and visual aid inspection for airport maintenance.

Certiflight, the solution to the existing E-conspicuity problem between drones and General Aviation

January 31, 2024

This technical note explains how Certiflight addresses the e-conspicuity challenge between drones and general aviation, using Velocity Obstacle-based algorithms for automated separation in U-space.

Radius obtains a time extension to continue developing the project

January 26, 2024

Radius obtained a 10-month extension from EUSPA until October 2024 to complete ongoing tasks and participate in InnoTrans 2024, ensuring optimal project completion and market preparation.

Certiflight analyses the U-space regulation compliance and standards

January 11, 2024

Certiflight published deliverable D2.3 analyzing U-space regulations and standards, providing guidelines for the EGNSS/IoT UTM Box design and assessing legal validity of certified flight tracks.

Certiflight holds its Check Point meeting to define the next steps of the project

December 22, 2023

Certiflight held its Check Point meeting at project midpoint, reviewing the first UTM Box prototype, platform development, GNSS algorithms, and USSP interfaces, ready to begin final component development.

Transportation Research Procedia publishes a paper on the benefits of Radius

December 14, 2023

Transportation Research Procedia published the Radius paper from TRA 2022, detailing challenges in railway signalling monitoring and how UAS technology overcomes limitations of human inspection and diagnostic trains.

From Tracking to Legal Recording or Accident and Incident Reporting: these are all the services offered by Certiflight

December 13, 2023

Certiflight published its service CONOPS, detailing seven core services including Tracking, Authenticated Tracking, Remote ID, Legal Recording, Digital Logbook, Accident Reporting, and Smart Contracts.

Radius - A key player in the digitization strategy in the railway sector

December 7, 2023

Radius aligns with EU railway digitization strategy by using drones and GNSS technology to improve safety through automated inspection of switches, level crossings, and lineside cabinets.

This video explains in less than two minutes what the Certiflight test flights were about

November 24, 2023

This video explains Certiflight first public demonstration flights at Drones Beyond 2023, showing canal inspection and traffic accident investigation scenarios with authenticated positioning and certified reports.

Radius participates in EU Space Week to showcase the business opportunities it proposes to improve rail safety

November 9, 2023

Radius participated in EU Space Week 2023 in Seville, presenting GNSS applications for railway infrastructure monitoring with drones and discussing innovation opportunities for rail maintenance.

Certiflight successfully completes the first flights of the software platform and UTM box prototypes

November 2, 2023

Certiflight successfully tested its UTM Box and software platform prototypes at Drones Beyond 2023, demonstrating BVLOS canal inspection and traffic accident investigation with certified flight reports.

Drones Beyond 2023 hosts the first demonstration of Certiflight

October 18, 2023

Certiflight demonstrated its technology at Drones Beyond 2023 in Bari, performing live drone flights for urban canal inspection and traffic accident investigation with authenticated positioning.

Certiflight participates in the Airspace Integration Congress, which brings together the best air navigation professionals

September 28, 2023

Certiflight participated in the Airspace Integration Congress in Madrid alongside EUSPA, presenting its Galileo OSNMA-based flight authentication solution to air navigation professionals from 130+ countries.

Certiflight completes its preliminary design phase with a successful Critical Design Review meeting

September 4, 2023

Certiflight completed its Critical Design Review milestone, finalizing system architecture, CONOPS, and requirements for the certified flight tracking platform, ready to begin development and prototyping.

In what use cases can Radius help to improve railway safety? Article 3: Level crossings

September 4, 2023

This article describes how Radius monitors level crossings using drones to detect barrier degradation, verify positioning, and measure movement timing to prevent collisions between trains and vehicles.

In what use cases can Radius help to improve railway safety? Article 2: Lineside cabinets

August 7, 2023

This article explains how Radius uses drones with RGB, infrared, and thermal cameras to inspect lineside cabinets, detecting degradation, open doors, rusty locks, and temperature changes for predictive maintenance.

In what use cases can Radius help to improve railway safety? Article 1: Switches

July 24, 2023

This article details how Radius improves railway safety through drone inspection of switches, detecting slide chair degradation, fastening element wear, obstructive elements, and stretcher bar breakage.

Why does RADIUS represent a major advance in railway safety?

June 14, 2023

This article explains why Radius represents a major advance in railway safety: drones enable simpler, safer, cheaper, and more efficient monitoring of tracks and infrastructure compared to traditional methods.

Certiflight First Advisory Board meeting

May 24, 2023

Certiflight held its first Advisory Board in Naples with nearly 50 experts from EUSPA, ENAC, EUROCONTROL, and industry, discussing U-space development, Galileo OSNMA, and blockchain for flight authentication.

RADIUS features, explained in a two-minute video

May 12, 2023

This two-minute video explains Radius features for railway infrastructure management, showing image processing, switch identification, cabinet anomaly detection, and digital modeling using drone-captured data.

Certiflight reaches its first major milestone, the Preliminary Design Review, in the EUSPA headquarters

March 27, 2023

Certiflight reached its first major milestone with the Preliminary Design Review at EUSPA headquarters in Prague, defining user requirements and ten use cases for the certified flight tracking solution.

RADIUS holds its second Advisory Board meeting

February 16, 2023

Radius held its second Advisory Board meeting, reviewing project progress and preliminary results for drone-based railway inspection, discussing business lines and Galileo/EGNOS positioning capabilities.

RADIUS attends the TRA Conference in Lisbon, Portugal

December 2, 2022

Radius participated in the 9th Transport Research Arena Conference in Lisbon with 2,000+ attendees, presenting project objectives and achievements to the European transport research community.

Certiflight Kick-off meeting

November 23, 2022

Certiflight officially launched with a kick-off meeting, introducing the 30-month project to develop certified flight tracking for drones and aircraft using Galileo OSNMA authentication and blockchain technology.

An interview with Alessandro Vecchi new RADIUS project coordinator

November 11, 2022

Interview with Alessandro Vecchi, new Radius project coordinator from Hitachi Rail, discussing his background, views on UAS integration in railway, and the challenges of the interim review meeting.

RADIUS, present in two important conferences this October

November 7, 2022

Radius presented at two conferences in October 2022: Ka Conference in Stresa as a selected key project, and JIIDE in Seville focusing on spatial data infrastructures and technological trends.

RADIUS test flights conducted in Casa Branca

October 20, 2022

This video shows four test flights conducted by Radius at Casa Branca station in Portugal, testing BVLOS functionalities for railway monitoring with EGNOS and Galileo augmented positioning.

RADIUS Interim Review Meeting

October 15, 2022

Radius held its interim review in Lisbon with EUSPA representatives, confirming the project is progressing well despite pandemic delays, with flight tests conducted at Casa Branca station the following day.

ICARUS final video

August 2, 2022

This three-minute video summarizes the ICARUS solution and its future impact for UAS and GA communities, marking the official completion of the project in July 2022.

ICARUS Third Advisory Board workshop

July 27, 2022

ICARUS held its third Advisory Board at e-Geos headquarters, presenting validation results and conclusions proving that common altitude reference computation is possible, with recommendations for future implementation.

ICARUS participates in the World ATM Congress 2022

June 24, 2022

ICARUS showcased its validation activities at World ATM Congress 2022 in Madrid, hosted by ENAV/d-flight, and participated in the SESAR 3 JU Panel on U-space services and urban air mobility.

ICARUS Architecture and Design document published

May 26, 2022

ICARUS published its Architecture & Design whitepaper, detailing the system architecture including GNSS module, Vertical Conversion Service, Vertical Alert Service, and geo-information module for U-space.

The features of the Vertical Alert Service explained in video

April 20, 2022

This video demonstrates the Vertical Alert Service (VALS) features, showing three alert levels (green/yellow/red) for collision avoidance based on real-time analysis of obstacles and surface models.

The ICARUS validation campaign takes off in Italy

April 5, 2022

ICARUS launched its validation campaign with three scenarios testing Vertical Conversion Service, Vertical Alert Service, and Real-Time Geographical Information Service using real and simulated flights.

Reaching better research outcomes using cross-fertilization

March 11, 2022

This article explains how ICARUS uses cross-fertilization with other research projects to optimize resources, refine requirements, validate approaches, and increase outreach, avoiding redundant research efforts.

Understanding the users needs: ICARUS web survey report published

March 1, 2022

ICARUS published its web survey report analyzing 173 responses from drone and manned aviation communities, revealing strong drone sector support for GNSS altitude reference and mixed reactions from pilots.

A first look at ICARUS Vertical Alert Service

February 21, 2022

ICARUS released a video demonstrating the Vertical Alert Service (VALS) and Common Altitude Reference Service (CARS), showing real-time obstacle clearance analysis using only aircraft telemetry.

ICARUS as an example of a key enabling factor of Advanced Air Mobility development

February 7, 2022

ICARUS was showcased at the ENAC conference on Advanced Air Mobility in Forli, demonstrating how GNSS-based altitude reference and research support the development of AAM in Italy.

The RADIUS introductory video has been released

October 11, 2021

Radius released a 3-minute animated introductory video explaining the project objectives in non-technical language, suitable for all audiences to understand drone-based railway infrastructure monitoring.

First meeting of the RADIUS advisory board

July 10, 2021

Radius established its Advisory Board with infrastructure managers, railway associations, and academia, holding its first meeting to discuss project objectives, business model, and safety considerations.

What we learned from the second ICARUS advisory board

June 30, 2021

Over 30 experts attended ICARUS second Advisory Board hosted by EUROCONTROL, reviewing problem description, concept definition, architecture, preliminary prototype, and ISO standards inclusion.

Understanding the complexity of the ICARUS concept

June 15, 2021

This video graphically illustrates the complexities of establishing a Common Altitude Reference in VLL airspace, showing QNH inaccuracy, height-above-takeoff limitations, and human factor challenges.

RADIUS Kick-off meeting

February 22, 2021

Radius officially launched with a kick-off meeting, introducing the 36-month project to develop drone-based monitoring of railway signalling assets using UAS to achieve TRL6 through planned demonstrations.

ICARUS participates in the SESAR Innovation Days 2020

November 30, 2020

ICARUS participated in the virtual SESAR Innovation Days 2020, the main vehicle for SESAR JU to share exploratory research results on long-term ATM innovation.

First impressions from the survey and the first ICARUS Advisory Board

November 9, 2020

ICARUS shares preliminary survey results and first Advisory Board feedback, revealing strong drone sector interest in GNSS-based altitude reference while manned aviation remains cautious about the proposed changes.

ICARUS short video explaining the ICARUS concept

November 2, 2020

This short video explains the ICARUS concept for establishing a Common Altitude Reference System using GNSS instead of traditional barometric altitude for drones and general aviation in VLL airspace.

ICARUS kick-off meeting

June 6, 2020

ICARUS officially launched, introducing the 27-month SESAR-funded project to define a universal GNSS-based flight altitude reference system for U-space and manned aviation in Very Low-Level airspace.

DREAMS last Advisory Board Workshop in Madrid

June 25, 2019

DREAMS held its final Advisory Board in Madrid, presenting preliminary results including scenario identification, regulatory analysis, gap analysis, and validation activities with simulation platform demos.

DREAMS announces the availabibility of interim project results

March 14, 2019

DREAMS published interim results including U-space survey and scenarios reports, alongside full deliverables covering scenario identification, safety assessment, data catalogue, and gap analysis.

DREAMS will participate in SESAR walking tours on the World ATM Congress 2019

March 14, 2019

DREAMS participated in the SESAR walking tour at World ATM Congress 2019, presenting U-space R&D solutions for safe drone integration including operations, communications, surveillance, and information management.

DREAMS publishes its U-space Scenarios report

December 18, 2018

DREAMS published its U-space Scenarios report, identifying relevant VLOS and BVLOS scenarios for drone operators and analyzing the aeronautical data items and services needed for safe U-space operations.

DREAMS Second Advisory Board Meeting

October 11, 2018

Over 25 experts attended DREAMS second Advisory Board in Delft, reviewing scenario identification, regulatory assessment, and gap analysis results, with brainstorming sessions on cooperative geotagging and capacity management.

DREAMS presented on two major RPAS conferences in Spain

June 8, 2018

DREAMS presented at two major Spanish drone conferences in May 2018: Drones International Congress Galicia and UNVEX Security and Defense, gathering feedback from the Spanish RPAS community on U-space.

DREAMS survey hightlighted by the Spanish Drone Portal Infodron

March 16, 2018

Spanish drone portal infodron.es highlighted the DREAMS web survey to determine users needs related to U-space, helping shape the future European drone management system.

DREAMS first Advisory Board meeting

March 8, 2018

DREAMS held its first Advisory Board in Rome, discussing e-registration, e-identification, geofencing, and airspace management for U-space, with experts from aviation authorities and industry.

DREAMS u-space web survey

February 27, 2018

DREAMS launched an anonymous web survey to understand aviation information needs of pilots and drone operators, identifying critical data for BVLOS operations and the minimum dataset for U-space development.

DREAMS kick-off meeting

October 20, 2017

DREAMS officially launched at its kick-off meeting in Brussels, introducing the SESAR-funded project to analyze aeronautical information needs for safe and cost-effective U-space operations.