{"id":172300,"date":"2019-05-27T07:43:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T05:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=172300"},"modified":"2019-05-27T07:43:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T05:43:48","slug":"dlr-tests-atm-system-for-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/dlr-tests-atm-system-for-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"DLR tests ATM system for drones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up to now, the activity in the airspace above our cities is fairly limited. Air traffic to and from the airports is routed around cities as far as possible. The flight operations of sport and private aviation are also subject to strict regulations. On the other hand, police and rescue helicopters can move as operational necessities require.<\/p>\n

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During the City ATM\u00a0 trials in April, camera drones inspected Hamburg’s K\u00f6hlbrand Bridge for cracks.
Photo: DLR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, this is currently changing. Even in urban airspace, conditions could soon be as cramped as on the roads below. Air taxis could take over a portion of\u00a0 passenger transport. The use of drones in commercial and private hands becomes more and more popular. In the future, drones will take over a broad spectrum of tasks. These could be courier or transport services, the inspection of bridges or large buildings, or traffic surveillance.<\/p>\n

DLR researchers carry out flight trials
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This places new demands on the control of airspace and air traffic. For example, unmanned drones and small aircrafts must recognise and avoid each other. At the end of April, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum f\u00fcr Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)<\/a> demonstrated how this can work during flight trials in the Port of Hamburg. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Drones such as this Russian VRT-300 may carry out delivery\u00a0 services and courier flights in the near future. City-ATM explores technologies that enable them to operate safely above our cities.
Photo: Kirill Borisenko via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The flight test on 24 April 2019 is part of the larger City ATM research project. “ATM” stands for “Air Traffic Management”, i.e. the monitoring and control of air traffic. <\/span> In the vicinity of the K\u00f6hlbrand Bridge, a busy motorway bridge, scientists had drones take off one after the other or together. In total, they used three drones.\u00a0 The aim was to inspect the K\u00f6hlbrand bridge for cracks during ongoing traffic. The bridge crosses a tributary of Hamburg’s main river Elbe, thus connecting various parts of Hamburg’s port facilities.
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These three drones were used during flight trials at Hamburg’s K\u00f6hlbrand Bridge.
Photo: DLR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two drones ascended together. Then they flew their routes next to and under the K\u00f6hlbrand bridge. A special communication and navigation technology was installed in the drones. It enabled fail-safe communication between the drones and their operators on the ground. This allowed the operators to constantly track the course and positions of the aircraft. In addition, German Air Traffic Control (DFS)<\/a> , which is responsible for controlling air traffic over Germany, provided its surveillance data for the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

City-ATM is a long-term project<\/span><\/h3>\n

“We have demonstrated under very realistic conditions how, with the help of networked flight planning, registration and identification, as well as flight monitoring, conflict detection and conflict avoidance, automatically flying camera drones can operate together safely in urban airspace,” said DLR Project Manager Stefan Kern from the DLR-Institute<\/a> of Flight Guidance. “The\u00a0 example of an airborne bridge inspection was an ideal test scenario because the drones had to cooperate particularly close and dynamically.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In the “City-ATM” project, DLR and other partners from the science community and industry are working together. Their aim is to develop new technologies with which drones and other autonomous aircrafts can be safely integrated into air traffic above our cities<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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