Zivile UAV

Objective

Unmanned airborne measuring platforms take a fast growing portion in military operational planning. Perhaps the progress in this area can be transferred into a civilian/scientific use. However, fundamental analyses of the requirements of autonomous measuring platforms are missing just as much as the technological concepts for a flexible deployment of scientific devices on board these UAVs.

The objective of this feasibility study was to answer the principle questions of availability, practicability and applicability of these technology platforms. In addition, OPTIMARE, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences formed a working group. The joined expertise of OPTIMARE as measuring technology and system manufacturer with 12 years experience within the civilian field of remote sensing, the Bremerhaven University as an authority in measuring and control technology and the Alfred Wegener Institute as an authority in scientific applications in polar regions allowed to answer the three central questions of this project:


Central issues

  1. What are the results of specifications and market analysis of UAVs, as well as investigation of the operating conditions at the regional airport of Bremerhaven and in polar regions?
  2. Which are the specifications and implementation scenarios for a flexible, scientific payload concept for UAVs and other measurement platforms?
  3. Which are the principles of geophysical and air-chemical measurements on autonomous measurement platforms?

The development was funded according to grant number 55051-Z by the BIS Bremerhaven Gesellschaft für Investionsförderung mbH.
This project was completed in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences.