Flight Operation and Acquisition

The group Flight Operation and Acquisition is responsible for the preparation and the execution of aircraft campaigns. This task includes administrative, financial and logistical aspects as well as technical preparation and realisation of the research flights. Experienced operations managers, flight dispatchers and DLR pilots coordinate the missions according to the scientific customer’s requirements. The preparation of campaigns can take many months due to the usersrequests concerning infrastructure, target area and necessary flight permits. Staff from the operations group take all measures to perform and support a campaign from first steps of planning to final user meetings

	Aircrews pilots:  ATPL + LR (Airline Transport Pilots License, Long Range), university degrees and/or, test pilot licenses, regular simulator training (e.g. Simuflite, USA) skilled technicians world wide aircraft operation user assistance on flight planning / flight pattern development
	Contracts official point of contact prime contractor user consulting (choice of location, airport) quotation/offering/billing
	Campaign Support and Logistics campaign-management/operations aircraft-coordination for multi-aircraft-missions full service (door to door) “just on time” shipment of ground-equipment/infrastructure customs clearance local rental agreements (hangar, lab, office, car ) infrastructure on the site contact to local authorities, embassies authorization (ferry flight, area of interest, special use of airspace, airport) budget controlling