FUTURED. ZAL Magazin 2023
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DLR<br />
26<br />
A selection of DLR concept aircraft.<br />
NEXT GENERATION<br />
AVIATION CONCEPTS<br />
Which technologies will be essential for future aviation? Facing revolutionary<br />
changes such as the requirement for climate neutral mobility,<br />
automated factories of the future and evolving demands of the global<br />
passengers, concrete scenarios are required to identify the potentials<br />
of technologies as well as the technology vectors and boundary<br />
conditions for technology development. With the need to exploit all<br />
synergies, holistic next-generation aviation concepts are being investigated<br />
at the DLR Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics<br />
covering aircraft design, certification, manufacturing, operations, and<br />
infrastructure. More than 20 aircraft concepts are already available<br />
and permit, for example, a comparison of sustainable aviation fuel<br />
options with hydrogen direct burn and fuel cell solutions. In regional,<br />
national, and European collaborations, the most promising models<br />
are the basis for more detailed technology research and innovations<br />
in collaboration with partners. Like this, the concept planes are refined<br />
to become high-fidelity digital platforms for interactive technology<br />
research. At <strong>ZAL</strong>, joint research e. g. on hydrogen and future<br />
manufacturing are being conducted with partners such as Airbus,<br />
Lufthansa Technik, <strong>ZAL</strong> GmbH, Hamburg’s universities, and DLR institutes<br />
and start-ups.<br />
AT <strong>ZAL</strong>, JOINT RESEARCH IS BEING CONDUCTED<br />
WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS AIRBUS, LUFTHANSA<br />
TECHNIK, <strong>ZAL</strong> GMBH, HAMBURG’S UNIVERSITIES,<br />
AND DLR INSTITUTES AND START-UPS.
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