Modular Aerial Camera System (MACS)

Purposeful airborne data acquisition using a fully automated remote sensing system requires individual concepts of development and verification. Besides the prototyping of specialized solutions our main focus is a camera design with emphases to new imaging geometry concepts and novel spectral imaging combinations. The results are Modular Aerial Camera Systems which are tailored to the respective applications and carriers.

	MACS - Polar Scientific aerial camera system for the polar research aircraft of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Mapping of arctic regions in the visible, near-infrared and thermal-infrared spectrum Permafrost, sea ice and glacier research Deployment within the MOSAiC expedition in 2020 More Information Project Website

	MACS - Search and Rescue (SaR) Rapid mapping solution for international relief missions Joint cooperation with INSARAG certified non-profit aid organization I ·S ·A ·R Germany Fully automated system to generate scaled maps on demand and on-site withhin minutes Typical resolution of 5cm per pixel at 300m altitude a.g.l. Typical flight time of 90 minutes @ 80km/h cruise speed More Information Project Website

	MACS - Micro Lightweight mapping and monitoring solution Optimized for operation on vertical take-off and landing fixed wing UAV's (<25kg MTOW) Selectable optical sensor system (RGB, Near-Infrared or Thermal-Infrared camera) Additional broadband data links for real-time capability More Information Project Website

	MACS - Maritime Security (Mar) Digital real-time mapping and monitoring solution for maritime environments Automatic detection of maritime objects and abnormalities Fully automated remote sensing system with multi sensor configuration (RGB, NIR, TIR, Hyperspectral) IP-based longe range data link for real-time capability More Information Project Website

	MACS - Himalaya Oblique camera system for modeling high mountain areas Operating altitudes > 10 km (approx. 65.000ft) Fully automated remote sensing system with cockpit embedded real time visualization of succeeded flight campaign First mission: Himalaya-Expedition 2013/2014 by Mountain Wave Project More Information Project Website

	MACS - TumbleCam (TC) Robotically steered oblique camera for arbitrary perspectives Optimized for operation on Mini-UAV's (<25kg MTOW) Typical resolution: 5cm @ 320m a.g.l. Total weight of 5kg with 1h operation time Developed for umanned aircraft ATISS of the Technical University of Applied Sciences, Wildau More Information Data Sheet (PDF) / Video (720p)

	MACS - Airship Flexible camera system for unmanned airships Robotically steered oblique camera for arbitrary perspectives Monitoring of small areas in real-time Creation of detailed 2.5D & 3D models of the earth surface Deployed with unmanned airship ALTAIR from Airbus More Information Coming soon

	MACS - Real-Time (RT) Digital real-time mapping and monitoring of large areas Usage of various longe range data links Fully automated operation i.e. for MALE UAV's Internationally applied More Information Data Sheet (PDF) / Video (720p)

	MACS - Jet Mapping of wide areas from high altitudes using jet aircraft carriers with cruise speed up to 800 km/h Derivation of 2.5D information with high position accuracy „Single-Button“ operation Internationally applied More Information Video (720p)

	MACS - Heli Experimental setup for real-time mapping and 2D/3D mapping with highest resolution and high position accuracy Modular sensor system (RGB, NIR, TIR) Real-time visualization of aerial photos on the ground using a broadband data link Transfer of aerial photos into geo-information systems and governmental command and control systems More Information [01] [02] [03] [04]