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Compared to well-assessed manned aviation systems scenarios, surveillance strategies in the AAM and small uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) context need to detect smaller platforms flying at lower altitudes against cluttered backgrounds in dense airspace. Fusion of data provided by a network of distributed sensing nodes is a powerful tool to enable detection and tracking in such complex conditions. This paper contributes to this research direction by proposing a surveillance strategy for the AAM environment based on sensor fusion of data acquired by distributed ground-based radars. Specifically, experimental data collected with three independent radars, observing the flight of two small UAVs, are used. Data fusion at the tracking level is based on a leader\u2013helper strategy, where the leader radar uses the helper\u2019s measurements to increase the lifespan of its generated tracks. 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