Submitted: AERIAL-EDGE — Twinning for Aerial Radio Measurement and Edge Data Intelligence

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We submitted AERIAL-EDGE to the Horizon Europe Twinning call (HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02) today, with ATHENA RC as coordinator.

Full title: AERIAL-EDGE — Twinning for Aerial Radio Measurement and Edge Data Intelligence for Mediterranean Drone Corridors

AERIAL-EDGE addresses a critical gap for U-Space deployment: the lack of calibrated, open aerial channel datasets and the edge data infrastructure to turn raw radio measurements into actionable drone corridor intelligence. The project will establish a permanent AERIAL Lab at ATHENA RC through structured knowledge transfer from advanced European partners.

Consortium (€1,500,000 total, 36 months):

ATHENA RC, Greece (Coordinator)
TU Ilmenau, Germany
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
University of Sussex, UK
KIOS Research and Innovation Centre, University of Cyprus

This work builds on ATHENA RC’s aerial communications experience in the EUSOME project.

Evaluation results expected in late 2026.

Proposal | Dr. Evangelos Vlachos

Submitted: AERIAL-EDGE — Twinning for Aerial Radio Measurement and Edge Data Intelligence