PROJECT OBJECTIVE:SIMULATION OF AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT SCENARIOS

The simulation of autonomous flight scenarios is currently one of the key challenges in the field of autonomous aviation and drones. In particular, Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) and conventional Air Traffic Management (ATM) play a crucial role in ensuring the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of airspace operations.

Within this context, PRISMA is a research and development project aimed at creating an advanced cloud-based platform for the simulation and planning of complex autonomous flight scenarios.

The PRISMA platform enables operators to design highly realistic flight scenarios using state-of-the-art tools to create customized simulated environments. Among the configurable elements: airports, vertiports, fixed and moving obstacles, conventional and unconventional air traffic, drones, weather conditions, and more.

At the heart of the platform’s development lie three key objectives:

• Strategic flight trajectory planning

• Optimized flight path generation

• Dynamic operational risk assessment

Thanks to a real-time UTM simulation engine and compatibility with XR-HMI systems (extended reality human-machine interfaces), PRISMA also supports the management of mixed air traffic in non-segregated airspace, making it a cutting-edge tool for experimentation, validation, and training.

The project marks a significant step forward in the evolution of digital aviation, contributing to the development of scalable and safe solutions for the integration of autonomous flights into urban and peri-urban airspace.

OUR ROLE

Our contribution made it possible to simulate autonomous flight scenarios in complex digital environments, ensuring an ethical and sustainable approach to the development of these technologies.

TopView served as the coordinating company for the PRISMA project, actively contributing to the development of the platform with a focus on the design and simulation of autonomous flight scenarios for electric aircraft.
We were responsible for defining simulation environments, generating flight data, and integrating features aimed at risk assessment and environmental sustainability.

We also oversaw aspects related to data protection, ethical compliance, and transparency—helping make PRISMA a model of responsible technological innovation in the management of autonomous air traffic.

Collaboration

As part of the PRISMA project, we engaged in a collaboration with Engare Srl, a company specialized in the analysis and management of system requirements for complex scenarios in the ATM/UTM domain. The collaboration focused on methodological aspects related to the definition of functional and non-functional requirements, with particular attention to the preparation of operational scenarios near airports and vertiports, flight data generation, and the integration of XR-HMI interfaces.
Further topics addressed included cloud system architecture and interfacing with XR headsets, as well as the analysis of key communication protocols and standards—both official and de facto—for real-time data exchange in ATM/UTM experimental contexts.

The supplier selection and contract management were carried out in accordance with the principles of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).