FAQ n.143022

A USSP is an organisation that is certified by the relevant competent authority to provide U-space services in a U-space airspace designated by the Member States. When the USSP provides services of a pan-European nature, the certification authority is EASA. USSPs provide services to UAS operators or to other USSPs. In order to be a USSP, the interested entity needs to demonstrate its capability of providing at least the four mandatory U-space services (network identification, geoawareness, traffic information and UAS flight authorisation). USSPs need to be certified if they want to provide U-space services, but they do not need to be designated for the U-space airspace in which they aim to provide U-space services. Once they are certified, they can provide services in any U-space airspace in the EU.