How will AI support air traffic controllers and pilots in the future? Over the past four years, DLR has been investigating this question as part of the LOKI project. Auroras are the visible traces of ...

If technical problems suddenly arise on board, weather conditions deteriorate unexpectedly or a medical emergency occurs, the cockpit crew must decide very quickly which alternate airport they can ...

How can medium-weight transport helicopters be made significantly faster? DLR is exploring this question with its High-Speed Rotorcraft (HSR) concept, a compound rotorcraft in which wings, propellers ...

The Structures for Satellites and Exploration research area develops innovative structural and thermal protection technologies for the next generation of commercial and scientific space systems. The ...

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 ...

Twice a year, the DLR MONITOR Air Transport and Low-Cost is published by the DLR Institute of Air Transport. This report highlights the latest developments among low-cost airlines operating in Germany ...

The first launch of the new European launcher, Ariane 6, is scheduled for 9 July 2024. Germany is the second largest contributor to the Ariane 6 programme after France, and German ESA contributions ...

Space radiation poses a significant health risk during long-duration astronaut missions. To develop protective solutions, comprehensive and consistent radiation data is required from beyond low-Earth ...

The German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the US space agency NASA are continuing their gravity field measurements from space with the 'Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - ...

Soot emissions alone cannot explain the formation of contrails, as recent atmospheric research findings show. With extremely low-sulphur fuels, volatile organic compounds and lubricating oil vapours ...

The world's first in-flight measurements of contrails from a hydrogen-powered turbojet engine have been conducted. The measurements provide new insights into the climate impact of contrails produced ...

More than 15,100 offshore wind turbines are in operation worldwide – with China operating more than half of them. China has seen rapid growth in offshore wind capacity in recent years, with installed ...