AIRlabs Austria

🚀 Rückblick auf die erfolgreiche 5. AIRlabs Zukunftskonferenz: Innovationen für Umwelt, Land- und Forstwirtschaft 🗓 Ort: Genusshotel Riegersburg 🗓 Motto: „Drohnen-Hightech auf den Boden gebracht – innovativ für Umwelt, Land- und Forstwirtschaft“ Die zweitägige Veranstaltung bot spannende Vorträge und beeindruckende Demonstrationen. Highlights und Vorträge des ersten Tages: 📡 Philipp Amon (RIEGL GmbH): UAV-based LiDAR in Forestry Application 🏔 Robert Delleske (GEORESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH): Airborne snow profiling 🌾 Tatni Satyanarayana (Technische Universität Graz): Advanced Techniques for Crop Hail Damage Assessment 🚒 Live-Demonstration: Drohneneinsätze der Freiwillige Feuerwehr Neutillmitsch 🌾 Keynote: Ansar H. Lone über indische landwirtschaftliche Drohnenanwendungen Highlights des zweiten Tages: 🍇 Gernot Paulus (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences / Fachhochschule Kärnten): Precision Viticulture with Unmanned Aerial Systems 🌐 Vadim Kramar (VTT): Agricultural Monitoring with Drones 📜 Raphaela Reiner (Austro Control): Exploitation of EASA PDRAs and PDOM for Agricultural Drone 🌍 Emir Granić (University of Belgrade): International Exchange: Connecting Agricultural UAV Needs with Modern ATM Approaches 🏗 Tim Wakonig-Lüking (FH JOANNEUM): Drone-supported digitization in architecture 🦏 Katja Rinck (AIRlabs Austria): Rhino Monitoring mit UAS in Namibia Danke an alle TeilnehmerInnen für diese inspirierende Veranstaltung! Wir freuen uns schon auf das nächste Jahr! 🚀 #AIRlabs #Zukunftskonferenz #Drohnen #Innovation #Landwirtschaft #Forstwirtschaft #Umwelt #Networking

𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗔𝗦-𝗡𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁! 🎧✨ AIRlabs proudly contributed to this important FFG Take-off project UAS-NoiseCheck by successfully creating a SORA, which was approved by Austro Control. This enables the project team to participate in a groundbreaking initiative to better understand and address noise levels in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). While the core project goal is to analyze noise levels, we also had the opportunity to measure additional noise using our own sound level meter. 🎤🔊 The project is led by JOANNEUM RESEARCH, and we are grateful for the collaboration with other key partners: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austro Control, twins GmbH - Unbemannte Flugsysteme, ViewCopter and APELEON. The results of this study are eagerly awaited, and we look forward to the valuable insights that will help make UAS technologies more sustainable and less disruptive to both nature and communities. 🌍🚁 🌟 Collaborative efforts like these pave the way for a deeper understanding of UAS noise impacts and their minimization. #UASNoiseCheck #SORA #Innovation #AIRlabs #Research #Sustainability #DroneTechnology #JOANNEUMRESEARCH AIRlabs Austria is a non-commercial innovation laboratory funded by the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie as part of the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH TAKE-OFF programme for the planning, construction and operation of civil drone tests in Austria. With its 25 consortium partners, AIRlabs offers many unique infrastructures, in particular low-threshold access to various airspace restriction areas. It supports innovative projects such as the provision of training infrastructure for professional drone pilots.

🚁 On September 5, AIRlabs Austria, RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems, and ElevonX d.o.o. successfully showcased the potential of drone-based area surveying in the challenging environment of the LO R-9 Steinalpl flight area. Using a customized ElevonX VTOL drone integrated with RIEGL’s high-precision LiDAR sensors, we demonstrated how Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) missions can efficiently map remote alpine regions. ✨ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: 🌍 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: Scanned 4 km² in just 25 minutes, achieving a 3D point cloud of 60 points/m². 🌱 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁: Reduced costs, lower noise levels, and resource conservation—essential for sensitive alpine areas. 📊 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: The demo flight captured intricate details, from tree trunks to forest paths, showcasing the power of airborne laser scanning. This successful collaboration highlights the role of drones as effective tools for sustainable surveying in challenging terrains. ➡️ Learn more about this breakthrough project and see what’s possible for the future of alpine drone operations: https://lnkd.in/dZvfqGmn #BVLOS #LiDAR #UAVsurveying #dronetechnology #sustainablesurveying #remotemapping #alpinetechnology #drones #innovation   AIRlabs Austria is a non-commercial innovation laboratory funded by the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie as part of the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH TAKE-OFF programme for the planning, construction and operation of civil drone tests in Austria. With its 25 consortium partners, AIRlabs offers many unique infrastructures, in particular low-threshold access to various airspace restriction areas. It supports innovative projects such as the provision of training infrastructure for professional drone pilots.

✈️ 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁, 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 with experience in conflict scenarios? Your insights are essential to help us shape safer skies for unmanned aviation! 🌐 As part of our latest project, we're gathering perspectives to define requirements for Sense & Avoid systems in UAVs. If safety is a priority for you, take 15 minutes to share your expertise in our survey and contribute to the future of safer unmanned flight operations. 📋 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://lnkd.in/dMGkyt4B ⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 30 November 2024 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲! Stay tuned—sign up for our newsletter or visit our website to stay informed about all project results and updates! #UAV #SenseAndAvoid #aviationsafety #drone #remotepilot #pilotlife #airtrafficcontrol #unmannedaviation #safetyfirst #drones #technologies AIRlabs Austria is a non-commercial innovation laboratory funded by the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie as part of the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH TAKE-OFF programme for the planning, construction and operation of civil drone tests in Austria. With its 25 consortium partners, AIRlabs offers many unique infrastructures, in particular low-threshold access to various airspace restriction areas. It supports innovative projects such as the provision of training infrastructure for professional drone pilots.

Understanding icing is critical for drone operations, especially in unpredictable weather conditions! At AIRlabs Austria, we are proud to support collaborative research like the Austrian Institute for Icing Sciences' recent work on the "All-weather Drone" project. ❄️🚁 #drone #technology #safety #UAV #icing AIRlabs Austria is a non-commercial innovation laboratory funded by the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie as part of the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH TAKE-OFF programme for the planning, construction and operation of civil drone tests in Austria. With its 25 consortium partners, AIRlabs offers many unique infrastructures, in particular low-threshold access to various airspace restriction areas. It supports innovative projects such as the provision of training infrastructure for professional drone pilots. 

We’re very proud of Dr. Holger Friehmelt, Head of the Institute of Aviation at FH JOANNEUM and Technical and Scientific Director of AIRlabs Austria, and thrilled that he could attend the FinDrones 2024 event in Oulu, Finland! 🌍✨ He returned with many inspiring insights and fresh ideas on advancing UAS operations in mountainous regions 🏔️ and AIRlabs 2.0. Excited to see where these new inputs will take us! 🚀 👉 Learn more about AIRlabs 2.0 here: https://lnkd.in/dfNfPDSM

🚀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝟮.𝟬: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 At 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮, we’re expanding our horizons with 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝟮.𝟬—a new chapter in drone testing that offers more than ever before. With  𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗼𝗳-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 and a growing portfolio of services, we’re enabling the next generation of UAV innovations in areas like: * 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸-𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 * 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗨𝗔𝗩 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 * 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺, 𝗕𝗩𝗟𝗢𝗦, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 As part of 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝟮.𝟬, we’re not only enhancing our infrastructure but also expanding into future-focused areas like 𝗔𝗜, 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮, and 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Our goal? To provide a flexible and forward-thinking space where innovators and operators can push boundaries and develop the next big breakthrough. 🌐 Discover more about our expanded capabilities and the future of drone technology on our website. Let’s shape the future together! #AIRlabs #droneinnovation #futureofaviation #UAVtesting #AI #bigdata #automation #dronetechnology AIRlabs Austria is a non-commercial innovation laboratory funded by the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie as part of the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH TAKE-OFF programme for the planning, construction and operation of civil drone tests in Austria. With its 25 consortium partners, AIRlabs offers many unique infrastructures, in particular low-threshold access to various airspace restriction areas. It supports innovative projects such as the provision of training infrastructure for professional drone pilots. 

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 ✈️🌍  On October 24, we joined the Aviation Forum Austria in Vienna, where the future of aviation research and innovation took center stage. Surrounded by industry experts and decision-makers, we had the opportunity to showcase AIRlabs’ accomplishments and to present our vision for "AIRlabs 2.0" — the next step in advancing unmanned aviation technology and research. 🌟 Project Highlights: We proudly introduced two of our key projects, 𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗔𝟰𝗨𝗔𝗠 (in cooperation with FH Kärnten) and 𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧, capturing strong interest from participants and sparking insightful exchanges on future aviation concepts. Dr.-Ing. Holger Friehmelt, FH JOANNEUM’s Head of Aviation and AIRlabs’ Technical Director, sees exciting growth on the horizon: “AIRlabs is gaining momentum. Our restricted airspace areas are increasingly utilized by international partners, pushing the boundaries of innovation.” Catch the full recap to learn more! #drone #technology #innovation #diversity #AI #future AIRlabs Austria is a non-commercial innovation laboratory funded by the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie as part of the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH TAKE-OFF programme for the planning, construction and operation of civil drone tests in Austria. With its 25 consortium partners, AIRlabs offers many unique infrastructures, in particular low-threshold access to various airspace restriction areas. It supports innovative projects such as the provision of training infrastructure for professional drone pilots. 

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 🌍🚁  On September 27, representatives from 17 organizations gathered in Graz and online for our 14th Consortium Partner Meeting. From new project insights to AIRlabs’ vision for the future, this meeting was packed with exciting developments. 🌐 Digital Airspace Innovation: Dimetor showcased the precision of drone-based mobile network measurements, enhancing BVLOS flight safety in our test area, Frauschereck.  🚁 Mapping with Lidar Technology: AIRlabs and partners RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems and ElevonX d.o.o. successfully completed an alpine area mapping, paving the way for new research in challenging environments. 🔎 𝘼𝙄𝙍𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙨 2.0: Our future concept highlights upcoming projects and funding opportunities, with a focus on talent development and diversity in aviation. Read the full recap for all details! Picture ©RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems #drone #technology #innovation #diversity #AI #future AIRlabs Austria is a non-commercial innovation laboratory funded by the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie as part of the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH TAKE-OFF programme for the planning, construction and operation of civil drone tests in Austria. With its 25 consortium partners, AIRlabs offers many unique infrastructures, in particular low-threshold access to various airspace restriction areas. It supports innovative projects such as the provision of training infrastructure for professional drone pilots. 

🚀 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀! In a recent project, AIRlabs collaborated with Dimetor and A1 Telekom Austria AG to conduct a test in the LOR-11 Frauschereck test airspace. Instead of relying solely on calculated data, the mobile network coverage was measured in real time during a flight. This approach allowed us to efficiently and sustainably collect accurate data on the ground. By feeding these measurements into Dimetor's AI (AirborneRF), we were able to refine the mobile network models for safe Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) deployments. With 4G test flights in Frauschereck and plans to expand to other AIRlabs airspace areas, the potential to improve drone operations and communication systems was realised. Want to learn more about these cutting-edge tests and our mobile coverage insights? 📬 Contact us to explore opportunities for collaboration! #drone #technology #BVLOS #mobile #4GTestFlights #AIpowered #innovation #AI #drohnen