The unmanned ambition

Space53 is a public-private partnership – a single, shared portal for national and international organizations. With an airport in the immediate vicinity, a safety campus and a large number of special indoor and outdoor areas for research and testing with unmanned systems of all sizes, Space53 is unique in Western Europe. In addition, it collaborates closely with research and education institutes such as the University of Twente, Saxion University of Applied Sciences and ROC van Twente.

Space53 facilitates the complete innovation process of unmanned systems by providing access to everything that is needed: 

• Technological expertise
• Office space and technical facilities
• Indoor and outdoor testing areas
• Educational and training facilities
• All emergency services
• Possibility to simulate lifelike situations
• Necessary permits that are optimally aligned with the existing and future legislation
• ‘Launching customers’, such as the Province of Overijssel, Veiligheidsregio Twente and the Municipality of Enschede as living labs to try out smart ideas in real life