At Pilot Day 2025 in Belluno on October 11, the SIENA team presented a web-based prototype for automated drone operation risk assessment. Using a World Café format, mountain rescuers and researchers tested the tool across eight interactive rounds.

The prototype supports both open and specific category operations, focused on the Austria-Italy border region.

Core features:

• Enhanced risk layers: airspace boundaries, settlement areas, nature reserves, low-level flight zones
• Automatic SORA semantic modeling based on UAS type and max speed
• Instant risk calculation for uploaded or drawn flight polygons
• Hex-grid pre-aggregation enabling second-fast assessments
• Clear visualization: color scale for open ops, GRC/ARC/SAIL for specific operations

Feedback was consistently positive: speed, intuitive interface, and cross-border data integration were highlighted as key strengths. Requests for future development include a standard drone database, operation start-time planning, weather layers, obstacle mapping, and an offline-capable mobile app.

Development priorities have been updated accordingly: short-term implementation covers drone database, start-time selection, and obstacle layers. Features like weather risk modeling or Europe-wide coverage are planned for follow-up projects.