GENIUS Project: Demonstrating U-Space in Action

People on the ground watching drone in the air

A sandboxed U-space in a live demonstration at the Hans Christian Anderson Airport in Odense, Denmark: This spectacular project completion had a three-year history and many partners with many ideas involved in its success.

Advancing U-spaces in Germany and Europe: The BLU-Space Project

Two HHLA Sky drones near car bridge at the Port of Hamburg

The BLU-Space (Blueprint U-Space) project is Germany’s first initiative to pilot an automated drone traffic management system in real-world conditions within controlled airspace (CTR), specifically in Hamburg. HHLA Sky is providing its UTM technology to create a scalable, safe, and efficient model for urban drone operations across Germany and Europe. BLU-Space is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport.

HHLA Sky Wins UX-Design Award

Product screens of HHLA Sky "Integrated Control Center"

The UX Design Award 2023 goes to HHLA Sky and its interface design for the Integrated Control Center – ICC. The ICC is a cybersecurity-certified Mobile Robot Management software, which automates and scales drone flights and robot operations – across the entire process chain. An innovative interface was developed and designed for this purpose: the future workplace for drone pilots and mobile robot operators.

HHLA Sky and LSBG enter into Innovation Partnership

Four men standing behind a drone in office space

To ensure that drone flights improve Hamburg’s infrastructure and facility management in the future, the city’s State Agency for Roads, Bridges and Waterways (LSBG) and HHLA Sky are entering into an innovation partnership.

HHLA Sky and the HPA form Technology Partnership at the Port of Hamburg

Drone pilot checking a monitor

HHLA Sky, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have agreed to a comprehensive technology partnership. Together, the companies want to make it possible to use automated drones within the Port of Hamburg. This technology will assist in finding many promising solutions for logistical, sensory or coordinative processes.