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	Supporting small airports using virtual reality 08.04. \| DLR has worked with universities to develop a concept for cost-effective remote monitoring of small airports. A combination of a camera and a virtual reality headset can allow one controller to be responsible for several small airports.
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	Optimised flight routes for climate-friendly air transport 21.02. \| The new project 'Greener Air Traffic Operations' (GreAT) held its launch event at the DLR Institute of Flight Guidance in Braunschweig, Germany. This European-Chinese research and innovation project aims to reduce the impact of air transport on climate change.
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	New DLR ISTAR research aircraft 01.02 \| On 31 January 2020, the new DLR ISTAR aircraft – a modified Falcon 2000LX – flew from the Dassault plant in Bordeaux-Mérignac to its new home at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Braunschweig.
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	Hubschrauberanflug auf Schiff der Bundespolizei 01.01. \| Im November begleitete ein DLR-Mitarbeiter zu Forschungszwecken ein Schiff der Bundespolizei See, um für MaRPAS 2 die Abläufe an Bord, sowie technische und operationelle Anforderungen seitens der Bundespolizei zu analysieren.
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	Research successes in Lower Saxony: The Remote Tower des DLR 16.12 \| In a joint photo project the Lower Saxony Ministry for Economics, the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture and the Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts present successes "made in Lower Saxony" including Remote Tower.
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	Manfred-Fuchs-Innovationspreis geht an Remote Tower Team 07.11. \| Flughäfen aus der Ferne überwachen – für dieses neuartige Konzept wurde am 07. November 2019 der Manfred-Fuchs-Innovationspreis an Dr. Norbert Fürstenau und Jörn Jakobi verliehen.
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DLR and FAA are cooperating for the integration of commercial spaceflight into the air transport system

25.10. | DLR and the Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the US Federal Aviation Administration are seeking to identify the data that may need to be exchanged between United States and European Air Navigation Service Providers prior to, during and after a space launch or re-entry operation that is initiated in one country and traverses the airspace of another country.

	Sensors replace pilots 30.09. \| The companies Diehl and HENSOLDT carried out flight tests in July and August 2019 together with DLR on a new sensor system to increase air safety. The idea is to prevent collisions between aircraft.
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	European research for more punctual and efficient airport operations 19.09. \| To ensure that the complex ground processes become more punctual, efficient and safe, partners have implemented three SESAR solutions as part of the SESAR Integrated Airport Operations (IAO) project at three airports.
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	Technologies for crisis management in the event of a disaster 17.09. \| Earthquakes occur every day in Europe. The EU's DRIVER+ project conducted a comprehensive disaster management exercise to address this. It was held from 12 to 14 September 2019 in the Eisenerz region of Austria, with a view to strengthening crisis management capabilities.
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Supporting small airports using virtual reality

Optimised flight routes for climate-friendly air transport

New DLR ISTAR research aircraft

Hubschrauberanflug auf Schiff der Bundespolizei

Research successes in Lower Saxony: The Remote Tower des DLR

Manfred-Fuchs-Innovationspreis geht an Remote Tower Team

DLR and FAA are cooperating for the integration of commercial spaceflight into the air transport system

Sensors replace pilots

European research for more punctual and efficient airport operations

Technologies for crisis management in the event of a disaster