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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From Aachen to Zittau and from Stade to Weilheim, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is represented by its institutes and facilities at 30 locations across Germany. One of the latest waves of ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Defence research is an integral part of DLR's programme. In the interest of achieving a mutual transfer of research and technology, defence-related topics are integrated into DLR's multidisciplinary ...

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 ...

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 ...