The aerospace industry is a hub of ideas and innovations. Every two weeks, we invite you to explore a fascinating innovation from our member companies that brings together social and economic benefits.

Here all the innovations are published.

  • Liebherr-Aerospace is currently developing a contact-free sensor for aircraft safety systems that can save over a hundred kilos of weight.

    Week 24/2021

    Pocket-sized security
    Flying is the safest means of travel, thanks to technologies that reliably work virtually 100 percent of the time – and which have backup systems so…
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  • Together with BASF Coatings, Lufthansa Technik has succeeded in replicating the unique properties of sharkskin on a large area – the new surface film AeroSHARK will soon reduce kerosene consumption and thus CO2 emissions in air travel by tens of thousands of tons.

    Week 22 /2021

    Breakthrough achieved: Finally glide through the air with sharkskin
    From as far back as the 1980s, sharks have been big role models for the aviation industry when it comes to aerodynamics. In the 1990s, the first…
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  • With the eSmartGalley, Diehl Aviation is currently devising the latest generation of aircraft galleys.

    Week 20/2021

    Food from the smart galley
    The coronavirus pandemic is currently bringing air traffic to an almost complete standstill. This makes it all the more important that the industry…
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  • Additive manufacturing is much more efficient than forging, especially for tall and thin components. Here, the socket as the basic element is forged, and the upper part is applied additively.

    Week 18/2021

    It's all about the combination!
    Ribs, fittings and structural components that connect fuselage and wing – there are thousands of these parts in every aircraft. To date, they have…
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  • PureFlyt closes the gap between the flight management system and the electronic flight bag – making pilots' work easier and helping to save fuel and CO2 emissions.

    Week 15/2021

    The brain of the aircraft
    Which route is ideal for the upcoming flight? Which airports can be approached in an emergency? And how can you steer around storms and heavy weather…
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  • The digital component twin can then be evaluated by engineers and workers to quickly identify where any faults may have occurred in the process.

    Week 12/2021

    Digital twin ensures quality
    Aerospace components must be manufactured with extreme precision. Sometimes a deviation of just micrometers makes a part unusable. This means that…
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  • Jena-Optronik is contributing several optical systems to Sentinel-4 that allow the taking of high-resolution images of our planet Earth. © Florian Brill for Jena-Optronik GmbH

    Week 10/2021

    Detailed view from space
    Detecting things on Earth as small as 8 kilometers from orbit at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers? This is what the latest European Meteosat Third…
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  • Flight Eye camera family

    Week 8/2021

    An additional eye for the pilot
    Aircraft must be 100 percent secure. But how do you actually check whether the rudder is moving when it should be or when ice is forming on the…
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  • In six steps – from correct soap application to scrubbing the areas between the fingers – gamified handwashing shows how a passenger should clean their hands.

    Week 6/2021

    Cleaning hands – practicing above the clouds
    Regular handwashing is one of the most important measures to reduce the spread of viruses. But how do you actually wash your hands properly? What…
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  • umlaut employees measure the quality of the mobile network in low-level airspace during test flights with a drone.

    Week 4/2021

    Drone control via mobile network
    Unmanned aircraft systems will change our lives. Urgent items such as medication are delivered quickly and flexibly by drone, fire brigades send…
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