DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation

AND IT´S A WRAP!   Since Monday morning, the “Communications and Observations through Atmospheric Turbulence” (COAT) Workshop has been ongoing at the DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation in Oberpfaffenhofen.   With more than 150 guests from all around the globe, 7 invited speakers, 29 presentations, as well as 33 posters on topics ranging from ground based astronomy to ground-space laser links, this meeting was a real success! We are proud of the entire local organizing team for allowing the guests to network, visit our OGS and even including those connecting online. This year's special highlight belonged to Diversity Panel on the role of diversity and inclusion in teams. Special thank you to all the participants for the engaging Q&A sessions, which was appreciated by everyone.   We are looking forward to the next edition, thank you all for joining (both online and in-person).   COAT 2025 was organized in a collaborative effort from DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation, Durham University, European Space Agency - ESA, European Southern Observatory, Fraunhofer IOSB and Northumbria University.   (SOC: James Osborn, Andrew Reeves, David Alaluf, Ramon Mata Calvo, Angela Cortes, Pierre Haguenauer, Szymon Gladysz, Matthew Townson and LOC: Cécile Deprez, Florian Moll, Amita Shrestha and Juraj Poliak with a massive support of Johannes Prell, Josephin Reimer, Adriane Woito, Raphael Wolf and many others)   We would like to thank our sponsors Officina Stellare S.p.A, Thorlabs, Reuniwatt, TOPTICA Photonics, WORK Microwave, Cailabs, OHB SE and Microgate for making this COAT event possible.

🛫 📡 WIR HEBEN AB – Probelauf für Quantenkommunikation zwischen Flugzeug und Bodenstation.   Nachdem wir im vergangenen Jahr die optische Verbindung zwischen dem Forschungsflugzeug DO 228 CFFU und dem #QuBUS des Fraunhofer IOF erfolgreich in Betrieb genommen haben, sind wir seit dieser Woche wieder in der Luft und testen nun die Quantenverbindungen für verschiedene Experimente des DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation, Fraunhofer IOF, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg und Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI.   Der QuBus steht für diese Messungen zur Zeit beim Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light PL in Erlangen und ist mit der dortigen #Ionenfalle verbunden. Neben den anderen quantenkryptographischen Experimenten soll dann in der finalen Kampagne im kommenden Herbst auch ein durch die Luft übertragener Quantenzustand mit der Ionenfalle gekoppelt werden.    Wir danken allen Forscherinnen und Forschern für ihren Einsatz in den vergangenen und kommenden Tagen und drücken die Daumen, dass das Wetter mitspielt. Die #QuNET-Initiative ist ein Pilotprojekt des Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) zur Erforschung hochsicherer Quantenkommunikation im europäischen Raum. Sie wird vom Fraunhofer IOF, Jena geleitet. Weitere Projektpartner sind neben dem DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation das Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI, Berlin, das Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen und die FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.   Weitere Informationen zum QuNET-Projekt finden Sie hier: https://lnkd.in/ei3JWXYm

🚆🔍 Satellitennavigation für den Zugverkehr besser nutzbar machen   Präzise und zuverlässig zu wissen, wo sich Züge befinden, ist eine grundlegende Voraussetzung, um den Schienenverkehr zu digitalisieren – und damit die Kapazität und Leistungsfähigkeit des bestehenden Netzes auszubauen. Dieses Thema stand auch im Fokus des EU-Projekts „RailGap“, in dem europäische Forschungseinrichtungen und Unternehmen zusammengearbeitet haben. Das DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation analysierte für das RailGap-Projekt, wie sich unter anderem Satellitennavigation für die Lokalisierung von Zügen einsetzen lässt. Eine Herausforderung dabei ist die sogenannte Mehrwegeausbreitung von Satellitensignalen. Darunter versteht man, dass das Signal von Gebäuden, Schieneninfrastruktur oder der natürlichen Umgebung reflektiert wird.   #RailGap #DLR #Satellitennavigation #ETCS #Zuglokalisierung #Schienenverkehr   https://lnkd.in/drrQkcc8

The 2025 MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT will be concluded on day 3 with an overview on Bavarian and German activities in the field of GNSS. 📌 Session 8 MUNICH FLASHLIGHTS - NEWS FROM BAVARIA will give the floor to some local GNSS stakeholders from the Bavarian Cluster Aerospace. This year a special emphasis will be put on solutions integrating GNSS for various application areas.  Among the panelist is Rolf Kozlowski, Managing Director, DLR GfR mbH, who will give an insight into the work of a GNSS constellation service provider. 📌 Session 11 TOWARDS FUTURE GNSS ARCHITECTURES ENABLED BY OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION AND RANGING will be led by Michael Meurer, Head of Navigation Department, DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation. This panel will address the potential of optical technologies for time transfer and ranging for future GNSS architectures. André Bauerhin, Managing Director and COO, spaceopal GmbH, Munich, Germany will contribute an insight into the potential of this new technology from a service operator’s point of view. Looking forward to also meet the satnav community at the closing of this year´s Munich Satellite Navigation Summit with the traditional Bavarian Chill-out reception.    #munichsatellitenavigationsummit  #teamDLR #unibwm #DLR #gnss  #positioning #navigation

The real-world applicability of our research results is certainly one of the goals we pursue at the DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation. 🚀 👉 Dear Christopher Schmidt, with your research and development work on the CubeLCT you have always had this applicability in mind and made the project a success. Congratulations on winning this year's TESSA Award. 🥇 Many thanks to our partners at TESAT Spacecom and the Bundeswehr University Munich for this wonderful recognition. 👍 #teamDLR 

On day 2 of the 2025 MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT we are looking forward to enlightening insights from various panel discussions. 📌 Session 2 on RESILIENT PNT - LEVERAGING RESILIENCE FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE will address the relevance of satellite based PNT for critical applications and ways to improve resilience. Kai Bongs, Director of the Institute for Quantum Technologies of DLR, will address the role of quantum technologies in this field. 📌 Session 3 on JAMMING, SPOOFING, SOLAR ACTIVITY - EMERGING THREATS TO GNSS will cope with the threat due to jamming and spoofing as well as due to increased solar activity and will discuss technical approaches to mitigate this threat. Michael Meurer, Head of Navigation Department, DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation will give an insight in German Aerospace Center’s view and ways to increase resilience. 🎇 The evening highlight of the conference will be the STATE RECEPTION in the Max-Joseph-Saal of the RESIDENZ Munich hosted by the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie with a Welcome Address by the Bavarian Deputy Minister-President and Bavarian State Minister for Economics, Regional Development and Energy Hubert Aiwanger, MdL, and the Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and State Minister for Federal Affairs and Media Dr. Florian Herrmann, MdL.     #munichsatellitenavigationsummit  #teamDLR #unibwm #DLR #gnss  #positioning #navigation

🚀 COUNT DOWN to the opening   The 2025 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit under the motto “Resilient PNT - Backbone of Autonomy & Critical Infrastructure!“ opens today! We are looking forward to the welcome addresses and the opening panel with representatives from several international institutions and agencies.   Among the panelist will be René Kleeßen from the German Space Agency at DLR who will give an insight into German agencies’ view on the future of GNSS.   The Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) will be represented by its DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation and the DLR Galileo Kompetenzzentrum (GK) at the exhibition at booths 13 and 2, respectively. spaceopal GmbH and DLR GfR mbH are also present as sponsors of the event. We are looking forward to welcoming you there.   Stay tuned for more program updates!     #munichsatellitenavigationsummit  #teamDLR #unibwm #DLR #gnss  #positioning #navigation

🛳️ 🧭 Mehr über die Arbeit des DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation und seiner Partner bei Aufbau, Überprüfung und Standardisierung des terrestrischen Navigationssystem Ranging-Mode (#R-Mode) erfahren Sie hier und unter den weiterführenden Links: https://lnkd.in/dfbUbJJr

📅 🛰️ COUNT DOWN to the opening of the 2025 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit   This year´s Munich Satellite Navigation Summit co-organized by Universität der Bundeswehr München and DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation will take place at Alte Kongresshalle Munich from March 26 to March 28 under the motto “Resilient PNT - Backbone of Autonomy & Critical Infrastructure”.   We are looking forward to the welcome addresses and opening panel contributions from   Eva-Maria Kern, President, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg, Germany Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the DLR Executive Board, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany Christoph Kautz , Director for Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), Brussels, Belgium Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director, EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), Prague, Czech Republic Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz, Director of Navigation, ESA, Paris, France René Kleeßen, German Space Agency at DLR, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bonn, Germany Giancarlo Natale Varacalli, Head of Communications and Navigation Office, Agencia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Rome, Italy Du Juan, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China   Yet another highlight of the conference will be the STATE RECEPTION in the Max-Joseph-Saal of the RESIDENZ Munich hosted by the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie with a Welcome Address by the Bavarian Deputy Minister-President and Bavarian State Minister for Economics, Regional Development and Energy Hubert Aiwanger, MdL, and the Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and State Minister for Federal Affairs and Media Dr. Florian Herrmann, MdL.    The Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) will be represented by its DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation and the DLR Galileo Kompetenzzentrum (GK) at the exhibition at booths 13 and 2, respectively. spaceopal GmbH and DLR GfR mbH are also present as sponsors of the event.   Further details about the program can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dmPGmRq   Stay tuned for more program updates!

🌍 „Advanced Data Processing for Natural Disaster Management – Integrating Visual and Non-Visual Insights“ - CALL FOR PAPERS A workshop on this topic is taking place in Anchorage at the IEEE ICIP 2025, organized by DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation together with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more intense. Our ability to respond effectively to such events depends strongly, among other things, on timely and accurate processing of diverse sources of data, ranging from satellite imagery and camera-equipped drones to in-situ sensor networks and weather models. Imagery data from satellite and airborne platforms, alongside AI-based processing methods, is crucial in disaster management. However, a significant gap remains between visual data (like images and videos) and non-visual data (such as meteorological data, smoke models, and social media reports), and bridging this gap is key to enhancing disaster response and decision-making. The „Advanced Data Processing for Natural Disaster Management – Integrating Visual and Non-Visual Insights“ is designed to specifically address these challenges. We are seeking innovative papers for the upcoming workshop and encourage you to submit your results. This is an excellent chance to contribute groundbreaking research on integrating visual and non-visual insights to enhance disaster response strategies. Share your expertise and be part of the conversation shaping the future of disaster management! 📅 Submission Deadline: 28 May 2025 🔗 Workshop website: https://lnkd.in/dBYDrJR5   The workshop is being held as part of the TEMA project and offers a platform for interdisciplinary exchange to improve disaster management.   #DisasterManagement #AI #RemoteSensing #ICIP2025 #DataScience #TEMAProject