Uwe Riedel, Director of the DLR-Institute of Low Carbon Industrial Processes and Chair of the Department of Decarbonized Industrial Processes at BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg, has been awarded the ...

Reconnaissance in Türkiye: At the beginning of 2023, two colleagues from the DLR Institute of Space Research were on site with the aid organisation ISAR Germany to support emergency services with ...

Every second counts for emergency services and rescue personnel in the event of a forest fire, traffic accident or natural disaster. Yet at the start of an operation, precise information about the ...

Control centre staff monitor the drone mission on screen. The aerial images are transmitted directly to the fire brigade and police systems via the 5G network.

In the field of Earth observation, DLR is developing services based on the EU’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme to contribute to monitoring the world’s oceans. GMES ...

When disaster strikes, satellites can help – for example by spotting burnt areas early on and providing up-to-date maps for firefighting teams. Images from the German RapidEye satellite proved helpful ...

Diabolo is a DLR project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Defence in the Defence Technology research field. The aim is to further develop technologies for the design and performance ...

The DLR MACS-nano camera system installed on a drone from Quantum Systems, a cooperator since 2021 through the Live-Lage visual detection technologies research project.

DLR combines technologies from space, aviation, AI and security to cover the many aspects of modern wildfire monitoring – from global detection and drone swarms to real-time support with satellite ...

Close-up of the high-resolution camera on the emergency response drone. The sensor technology provides real-time images from the air and improves the situation assessment for emergency services.

Assistance for approaches in poor visibility conditions, for example in the open sea: the HELMA visual assistance system is being expanded in the HEDELA project to include approaches to a ship's deck.

Comparison of procedures following an emergency call: While manual control and longer preparation times are necessary today, the ADELE project will enable future autonomous drone flights with direct ...