Availability of communication connections and current data
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Adobe Stock / Sikov
Disaster events pose major challenges for civil protection and disaster control. This applies in particular to the availability of communication links and up-to-date data, e.g. on affected critical infrastructures or the accessibility of the disaster area for the safe transportation of goods.
The RESITEK project, led by the Institute of Flight Systems and the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, aims to establish a common data and visualization portal that provides a holistic view of a crisis situation and enables emergency services to take targeted and efficient action. In addition, the system should be able to monitor critical infrastructures in normal situations and provide recommendations for action. The operational capability will be demonstrated in a final demonstration in conjunction with reconnaissance technologies, various ground and airborne vehicles and other operational aspects. The combination of different research programs will bring together expertise from all DLR research fields of energy, aeronautics, space, transport and security. The technologies developed for civil defense and disaster management will be tested and demonstrated using a flood scenario in a rural area and a storm scenario in an urban area
The project focuses on the following topics: Space weather (impact on people and energy infrastructure), resilience of power grids (creation of island grids), mobility in extraordinary situations (use of electric cars for grids, escape and accessibility), remote control and mission planning (including communication and navigation) and the development of a common operational picture (based on a variety of mission vehicles). This results in a scenario- and user-open approach for the RESITEK project and the motivation to develop a modular and continuously expandable system. In the RESITEK project, the Institute of Flight Guidance is leading the main work package on disaster relief and the thematic focus on remote control and mission planning.
The RESITEK project addresses the following objectives
Development of monitoring methods for weather conditions and energy supply
Resilience analysis of the power supply including effects on the population and dependent entities and derivation of recommendations for action to increase resilience
Development of a user-orientated process chain for efficient situational awareness
Topicsof the Institute of Flight Guidance in RESITEK
Coordinated mission planning for all ground and airborne resources using robust communication and navigation
Central visualisation of the developed methods and process chains for the model regions in the respective damage scenario
Final demonstration of the information system in combination with a deployment scenario with various vehicles (incl. drones, rovers, autonomous cars)
Project
RESITEK (Resilient technologies for disaster protection)
Participants
Institute of Flight Systems (Lead)
German Remote Sensing Data Center
Institute of Flight Guidance
Galileo Competence Center
Institute for AI Safety and Security
Institute of Communications and Navigation
Institute of Aerospace Medicine
Institute for Frontier Materials on Earth and in Space
Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures
