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DIGITAL INNOVATION HUB SÜD: POSSIBLE USES OF DRONES FOR COMPANIES – “MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS WILL BRING DRONES CLOSER TO YOU”
As part of a “drone workshop” (Click for more information) jointly organised by A1, DIH Süd and AIRlabs , which was dedicated to the topic of possible applications of drones for companies, around 50 companies and interested parties gathered on 22 November to exchange information on various related topics and to work together on future […]
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MEDIA TALK BY AIRLABS AUSTRIA ON THE OPENING OF THE STEINALPL RESTRICTED AIRSPACE
AIRlabs Austria achieved a major and important step for innovation in Austria and beyond with the restricted airspace LO R 9 “Steinalpl”. We are therefore very pleased to be able to present this milestone to the public. AIRlabs Austria would like to thank all sponsors, stakeholders and partners for the excellent cooperation during the realisation. […]
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3RD AIRLABS FUTURE CONFERENCE IN KLAGENFURT
The third AIRlabs Future Conference took place in Klagenfurt at Lake Wörth from 10. to 11. November 2022 under the motto “Unlimited take-off!”. There were no limits to the topics of the presentations either, and so a broad range of topics was covered by AIRlabs, from the current legal situation of drones, to avalanche blasting […]
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AIRLABS FLIGHT GUIDE FOR INDEPENDENT DRONE MISSIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD!
Within the context of the AIRlabs innovation project aerial grassland survey (Project No.: 9.902.60004), UAS-supported aerial surveys were carried out in 2021 and 2022 to identify fauna before mowing activities. In order to make the validated findings from the latest aerial survey available to the public in a practical form, the AIRlabs Austria team has […]
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UAV-APPLICATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: POSTER CONTRIBUTION AT WORKSHOP IN DRESDEN
On the 4th of October 2022, a workshop on UAV applications in the environmental sciences took place in Dresden and AIRlabs Austria was represented with a poster contribution by Dr. Gernot Seier. The workshop was organised on the occasion of the book publication “UAVs for the Environmental Sciences – Methods and Applications” (freely accessible via […]
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AIRLABS AT THE ACSTYRIA MOVING ON EVENT
The BMK Innovation Lab AIRlabs Austria was part of the ACstyria Mobility Cluster Mobility Congress in Spielberg on 11 and 12 October. At this great event celebrating the 25th anniversary of ACstyria, with representatives from the automotive, aerospace and rail industries, AIRlabs Austria presented the innovation lab’s portfolio for the development, testing, demonstration and validation […]
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NEW AIRLABS INFRASTRUCTURE: ELEVONX TANGO UAV
The AIRlabs Austria infrastructure portfolio was recently expanded by a new addition. The e-VTOL UAV Tango from the manufacturer ElevonX is now ready for use and exciting tasks await the AIRlabs team with the drone. The aircraft with a wingspan of three metres enables a variety of operations with a payload of up to 5 […]
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Large TRA-Area “Steinalpl”
Dear AIRlabs Austria partners and everyone interested, we are very pleased to have now received the official approval of the temporary restricted area LO R 9 “Steinalpl”, on the border between Styria and Lower Austria. The approx. 100 km² area can now be activated via a NOTAM and thus offers the possibility to conduct flight […]
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3RD AIRLABS EXPERT TALK: ALL-WEATHER-DRONES
Dealbreaker or not? How important are all-weather capabilities of UAS? On the 3rd of May, the BMK innovation laboratory AIRlabs Austria has hosted yet another workshop with experts from industry and research, this time to analyze all-weather capabilities of small UAS. In this 3rd expert talk of AIRlabs, the following experts participated and contributed to the […]
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EMoTe Expert consultation
Dear partners, the EMoTe project identifies and looks at the research and innovation focus of mobile radio technologies for UTM systems in rural, very remote alpine regions as well as urban areas up to 300 metres above ground through different methods. In the next step of the EMoTe project, different mobile radio technologies are compared […]
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DIGITAL INNOVATION HUB SÜD: POSSIBLE USES OF DRONES FOR COMPANIES – “MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS WILL BRING DRONES CLOSER TO YOU”
As part of a “drone workshop” (Click for more information) jointly organised by A1, DIH Süd and AIRlabs , which was dedicated to the topic of possible applications of drones for companies, around 50 companies and interested parties gathered on 22 November to exchange information on various related topics and to work together on future […]
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MEDIA TALK BY AIRLABS AUSTRIA ON THE OPENING OF THE STEINALPL RESTRICTED AIRSPACE
AIRlabs Austria achieved a major and important step for innovation in Austria and beyond with the restricted airspace LO R 9 “Steinalpl”. We are therefore very pleased to be able to present this milestone to the public. AIRlabs Austria would like to thank all sponsors, stakeholders and partners for the excellent cooperation during the realisation. […]
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3RD AIRLABS FUTURE CONFERENCE IN KLAGENFURT
The third AIRlabs Future Conference took place in Klagenfurt at Lake Wörth from 10. to 11. November 2022 under the motto “Unlimited take-off!”. There were no limits to the topics of the presentations either, and so a broad range of topics was covered by AIRlabs, from the current legal situation of drones, to avalanche blasting […]
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22.11.2022: Workshop on the subject “POSSIBLE USE CASES OF DRONES FOR COMPANIES”
On the 22nd of November 2022, a drone workshop will be held at the Lakeside Science & Technology Park on the topic of possible uses of drones for companies – by means of mobile radio the drones come closer to you. In the course of this event, the Technical-Scientific Director of AIRlabs Austria – Dr. […]
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AIRlabs Austria 7th Partner Conference
We had the pleasure to host our 7th Partner Conference at FACC AG in Ried im Innkreis on 25.05.2022 25. May 2022, Reichersberg A successful event starts for AIRlabs Austria with exciting insights into the world of drones. Interested participants of our partner meeting therefore followed the invitation to Reichersberg (Upper Austria) to one of […]
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27-28 Oct 2021: AIRlabs Future Conference
Dear AIRlabs partners and supporters, We would now like to send you the provisional agenda and some further information for our 2nd AIRlabs Future Conference on 27 and 28 October: Timeline – Agenda Future Conference AIRlabs Austria 2021 Wednesday, 27.10.2021: 14:00Eröffnung / Begrüßung (Solar.One, Bürgermeister, ÖAMTC)14:15Vorstellung AIRlabs Austria Team14:30Grußwort des BMK14:35Einführung in den Nachmittag und […]
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23 Nov 2020: Business Treff “Using Drones Successfully”
The Business Meeting “Using Drones Successfully” is organised by the Vienna Business Agency in cooperation with Austro Control, AAIG, PWC and the BMK Innovation Lab AIRlabs Austria. The topic is framework conditions, use cases and new opportunities for the commercial use of unmanned aerial systems. In addition to the presentation of AIRlabs Austria, contributions on […]
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Research Results
Wastewater treatment plant – orthophotos for flow analysis
Project number: 9.902.60006 Involved cooperation partners: Holding Graz FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: The project involves flying over the secondary settling tanks with an “open” category drone (in the control zone of Graz Airport) and taking orthophotos of all 4 settling tanks in order to test the applicability of such […]
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Icing tests to determine the collection efficiency of test objects in the FH JOANNEUM IWT (Icing Wind Tunnel)
Project number: 5.507.20002 Involved cooperation partners: RTA Rail Tec Arsenal FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: One focus for further development of icing possibilities for analyses in the Vienna Climatic Wind Tunnel is on the target group of multicopter and drones. In this context, liquid water content calibration is essential […]
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE RUINS OF BAD SCHWANBERG
Project number: 2.3201 (Knowledge building project) Involved cooperation partners: FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: The overall objective of this project is to investigate how UAS can support archaeological excavations in a meaningful way. What sensors are needed to detect structures – some of which are buried in the ground […]
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Introducing low-threshold access to icing experiments in the RTA climatic wind tunnel with a multiuser approach
Project numbers: 5.509.20001, 5.509.20002, 5.509.20003 Involved cooperation partners: RTA Rail Tec Arsenal FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences FACC AG AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: Many technological research challenges for drones, e.g. all-weather capability and countermeasures for icing, can currently only be addressed experimentally in complex and expensive infrastructures; due to the international importance of the […]
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Drones as first responders – How emergency services can be supported in the future
Project number: 5.502.20001 (Presentation/test of self-sufficient hangar) Involved cooperation partners: Frequentis AG APB Corporation GmbH AIRlabs Austria GmbH Project Description/Methods: MCX- (Mission Critical Broadband Communications, e.g. for MCPTT via 5G) form the likely future of mission critical BOS networks based on 4G-/5G technology after the current Tetra standard. It enables the existing public authority radio […]
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Detection of cooperative drones in the course of „Save Aviation Tyrol“
Project number: 6.604.30001 & 6.605.30001 (Test flights for „SafeAviationTyrol“) Involved cooperation partners: World-Direct eBusiness solutions GmbH Twins GmbH AIRlabs Austria GmbH Project description/methods: The project “SafeAviationTyrol” deals with practicable and quickly applicable solutions for the safety issues associated with drones. These include:a) the localisation of drones and aircraft close to the ground,b) the avoidance of […]
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Latency measurement of optical UAS sensors
Project number: 5.512.20001 (Latency measurement sensor data recording) Involved cooperation partners: FH Kärnten | University of Applied Sciences Twins GmbH AIRlabs Austria GmbH Project description/methods: For triggering RGB cameras, the time span of triggering and saving the image on the SD card was determined. The trigger source originates from the autopilot. The trigger is recognisable […]
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Aerial survey of grasslands for wildlife and fawn detection prior to mowing works
Project number: 9.902.60004 (Aerial grassland surveys for possible fauna detection) Involved cooperation partners: Holding Graz FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences AIRlabs Austria Project description/methods: Throughout Austria, up to 25,000 fawns suffer death each year as a result of mowing on agricultural land – especially near forests. The fawns are hidden in the high […]
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AERIAL SURVEY OF THE BUS CENTRE TO CREATE AN ORTHOPHOTO FOR ANALYSIS PURPOSES
Project number: 8.802.50006 (Night recording Bus Center) Involved cooperation partners: Holding Graz FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences Graz University of Technology AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: The bus center of the Holding Graz GmbH in the Kärntnerstraße in Graz accommodates the entire bus fleet of the city including parking spaces, maintenance facilities and alike […]
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Measurement of the Augarten Bay in Graz for documentation purposes
Project number: 8.802.50005 (Aerial Survey Augarten) Involved cooperation partners: Holding Graz FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences Graz University of Technology AIRlabs Austria Project description/methods: For the construction and redesign of the Augarten Bay in Graz, 47 trees with a diameter of more than 12 cm had to be felled in 2020, all of […]
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