Frankfurt, 02.11.2023 - When the rescue helicopter takes off, drones have to take evasive action in good time. In practice, this is sometimes difficult. The helicopters are not always visible, their flight paths unknown. A safety problem for both sides. To solve the problem, Droniq, the non-profit ADAC Luftrettung and rescuetrack are building Germany's first digital platform for making rescue flights visible by next year.
"We experience time and again that private, commercial or official drones approach our rescue helicopters unintentionally," explains Dr. Philip Edelmann, pilot and Flight Operations Officer at ADAC Luftrettung. "We are therefore all the more looking forward to solving this challenge with our platform."
The platform is based on Droniq's traffic management system (UTM). This displays active rescue missions in real time - including the planned route segment. The information for this is transmitted by rescuetrack. The Reutlingen-based company is the industry leader in integrated solutions for rescue services, police and fire departments. The main functions, which are used daily by more than 2,000 customers as software as a service, include vehicle hardware for the exchange of mission data, status transmission, positioning, navigation and connection of third-party applications.
Drone pilots who are in the planned route section with their drone are warned in good time via the Droniq UTM. This enables them to take evasive action or make an intermediate landing in good time. At the same time, a virtual safety corridor is set up around the planned route of the rescue helicopters in the UTM and displayed to the users. They can take the planned rescue route into account accordingly in their flights. In addition, the information on drone traffic can be passed on to rescuetrack via the UTM and thus made available to the rescue units as needed.
"With the current project, the DFS subsidiary Droniq further strengthens its position as a leading specialist for official drone use" says DFS CEO Arndt Schoenemann. "Furthermore, the platform marks the missing building block for Droniq to truly make all air traffic participants visible in ground-based airspace in the future."
The go-ahead for the construction of the digital rescue flight platform was given at the beginning of October. Completion is planned for spring 2024.
Press contacts:
DroniqGmbH
Phil Stephan, Sr. PR Manager
Phone: +49 171 6099 747
Mail: phil.stephan@droniq.de
Rescuetrack GmbH
Daniel Korn, CEO
Tel.: +49712194550
Mail: info@rescuetrack.com
About Droniq GmbH
Droniq GmbH is a joint venture founded in 2019 by DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung (51% share) and Deutsche Telekom (49% share). Based in Frankfurt am Main, the company has set itself the task of promoting the professional and safe use of drones by authorities and organizations with security tasks as well as companies.
The core of Droniq's product range is the Droniq Traffic Management System for drones
(UTM). The UTM shows the pilot all surrounding air traffic - manned and unmanned. Other air traffic participants can also see the drone if required. With this system, which is unique in Germany, Droniq is creating the basis for the safe use of drones even beyond visual range.
Other services offered by Droniq include the sale of drones for commercial and official drone use as well as hardware and software solutions for safe operation. It also supports its customers in applying for operating licenses and advises on mission planning. With its Droniq Academy in Frankfurt and Mönchengladbach, among other locations, the company also offers the opportunity to complete training courses and examinations for remote pilots. Droniq's customers include federal and state police units as well as fire departments, rescue services and companies from the chemical, logistics, construction and security sectors. www.droniq.de
About ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH
With more than 50 rescue helicopters and 37 stations, the non-profit ADAC Luftrettung is one of the largest air rescue organizations in Europe with more than 1.2 million missions to date. The ADAC rescue helicopters are part of the German rescue service system, are always requested via the emergency number 112 at the control center and are on the spot in an emergency for every injured or sick person. "Against time and for life" is the guiding principle of ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH. Especially in the case of serious injuries or illnesses, the faster the patient is transported to a suitable hospital or treated on site by an emergency doctor, the better their chances of survival and recovery. The ADAC Air Rescue crews are trained by the ADAC HEMS Academy GmbH. Maintenance and technical provision is carried out by ADAC Heliservice GmbH. ADAC Luftrettung is a subsidiary of the ADAC Foundation.
About rescuetrack GmbH
Industry leader in integrated solutions for emergency services, police and fire departments. The main functions, which are used daily by over 2,000 customers from 8 countries as software as a service, include Vehicle hardware for the exchange of operational data, status transmission, positioning, navigation and connection of third-party applications, mapbutler geoinformation system with geodata management, routing services / calculation of resources in the vicinity (line, blue light, large vehicles), hospital and department availability and much more! rescuetrack accompanies the entire rescue operation. From the operations center, the police station, in the emergency vehicle, helicopter or boat to the hospital. All emergency services involved in an operation are networked regardless of the manufacturer, so that everyone has access to all relevant information at all times.
