Aerodata
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1985 |
| Seat | Braunschweig , Germany |
| management | Hans J. Stahl, board member |
| Number of employees | 133 (2017) |
| sales | € 30 million (2017) |
| Branch | Aviation industry |
| Website | www.aerodata.de |
The Aero Data AG founded as Aero Flight Data Messtechnik GmbH is a company from Braunschweig and u. a. world's largest provider of flight inspection systems. It has had its headquarters at Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport since 1997 .
Aerodata is focused on special mission systems and the operation of special mission aircraft in the aviation industry . Aerodata is a leading manufacturer in the design and development of flight inspection systems and offers flight inspection services together with its partners. Customers are national aviation authorities, air traffic control and the military.
organization
Aerodata AG is part of the Aerodata group of companies, which has international subsidiaries worldwide. The following companies are currently part of the Aerodata Group:
- Aerodata AG, Braunschweig, Germany
- Aerodata Systems LLC, Buffalo , USA
- Sierra Data Systems GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
- Normarc Flight Inspection Systems A / S, Oslo , Norway
- AeroPearl Pty. Ltd., Brisbane , Australia
- Aerodata (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Bangkok , Thailand
- Aerodata (Cyprus) Ltd., Larnaka , Cyprus
- Aerodata Systems & Services GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
- Aeroflight Servicegesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig, Germany
- OPTIMARE Systems GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany
Until 2005, Aerodata Flight Inspection GmbH was also part of the Aerodata Group. This service provider for flight measurements in Europe and the Middle East as well as shares in Flight Precision Ltd. were sold to Cobham PLC for financial reasons.
At the beginning of 2013, Aerodata AG bought the ailing measuring device manufacturer Optimare-Holding and the three associated subsidiaries and incorporated them into the corporate structure as OPTIMARE Systems GmbH.
Business areas
The main business areas of the company are:
- Development and installation of flight inspection systems in aircraft
- Development and installation of surveillance and sea rescue systems in aircraft and helicopters
- Development and manufacture of avionics and navigation systems
- Design and certification of aerospace equipment and components for aircraft
- Maintenance of aircraft
- Consulting and system development for customer-specific applications
history
Aerodata Flugmeßtechnik GmbH was founded on June 5, 1985. As a spin-off from the Technical University of Braunschweig , Aerodata began converting new technologies into commercial products.
The starting point for the support is the development of meteorological measuring systems for polar and marine research . Aerodata was then commissioned to convert the Dornier 228 aircraft in order to carry out scientific research in the field of meteorology and geophysics . The aircraft are looked after by Aerodata engineers during their missions in the Arctic and Antarctic .
The highly precise position determination of aircraft based on satellite-supported positioning was developed by the university, adopted by Aerodata and implemented in products such as flight inspection systems, navigation systems and monitoring systems.
In 1991 Aerodata developed its first system for measuring navigation systems for the safety of air traffic . The customer was the Federal Agency for Air Traffic Control (BFS), which used the system in a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 at eight regional airports.
Based on the know-how in the field of satellite navigation, Aerodata has been developing and producing an integrated navigation and mission management system called AeroNav since 1998 . This device is used as the primary navigation device in all helicopters of the German Federal Police .
In 1999 a Bombardier Challenger 600 aircraft was converted to a maritime patrol aircraft for the South Korean Police Department. In addition, around twenty simple mission systems were delivered to various German police units.
In the same year, Aerodata and the Australian Paspaley Pearls Group founded a joint company in the field of flight calibration : AeroPearl as a service provider for flight measurements in Australia and Southeast Asia.
Another avionics device called AeroPhone was developed in 2002 for communication in the aviation sector . This device uses the Iridium satellite network for worldwide voice and data communication from fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
A new development of the flight inspection system, based on a modular software concept, was used for the first time in 2002/2003. The customer is the Civil Aviation Authority of Japan (JCAB), for which two Global Express are being converted into survey aircraft.
With an order for five rescue aircraft for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), it is possible to advance the development of mission systems. The Dornier 328 machines were equipped with video cameras ( FLIR ), radars and various radio devices in order to be able to coordinate rescue missions both at sea and over land.
In 2008/09 the German Federal Police received a number of video workstations and mission systems for monitoring from the air, e.g. B. the German railway network and events or demonstrations or as part of Frontex missions. The systems include workstations, cameras and satellite communication devices for the installation in the various helicopter types EC 135 , EC 155 , and Super Puma.
Aerodata has been offering maintenance of small to medium-sized aircraft since 1991. The qualification as a maintenance organization by German ( LBA ) and European aviation authorities ( EASA ) made it possible to conclude a cooperation agreement with Hawker Beechcraft , one of the most important manufacturers of business aircraft. This enables Aerodata to deliver turnkey aircraft to customers around the world.
The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) received the first of two King Air B200 sea rescue and surveillance aircraft in 2011 . Together with Italy , the AFM participates in monitoring the influx of immigrants from North Africa around the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa .
Products and services
The most important products and services of Aerodata AG are:
- AeroFIS : flight inspection system for high-precision measurement of flight navigation and instrument landing systems with the help of survey aircraft
- AeroMission : Mission management system for airplanes and helicopters for maritime, border and environmental surveillance as well as for sea rescue and fisheries control
- AeroPhone + : Satellite communication system for worldwide voice and data communication within the Iridium network
- AeroNav : compact and hybrid position, speed and attitude reference system ( Flight Management System ) for aircraft and helicopters
- OctoPod : Monitoring nacelle for mounting on the aircraft belly , which is equipped with sensors that enable airborne sea and land surveillance, airborne remote sensing of oil spills and sea rescue
- Operator workstations: workstations for installation in aircraft or helicopters to operate AeroFIS or AeroMission
- Aircraft retrofitting: retrofitting of Aerodata products in various types of aircraft
- Certification: independent testing and re-approval of aircraft after aircraft modifications or aircraft maintenance
literature
- Aerodata AG (Hrsg.): Chronicle 25 years of Aerodata. döringDRUCK, Braunschweig 2010 ( ( page no longer available , search in web archives: aerodata.de ) PDF).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual financial statements for the financial year from 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017 on bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on October 25, 2019.
- ↑ Aerodata GmbH, based in Braunschweig, is the world's largest provider of flight inspection systems and a specialist in the development of aviation electronics…. In: Flight Revue . Volume 46, 2001, p. 87.
- ↑ There's a lot in there . Innovative Lower Saxony. December 14, 2011. Accessed on March 18, 2013. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ icasc.co
- ↑ Aerodata AG, Braunschweig, wins Lower Saxony Foreign Trade Prize 2011 . nglobal.de. April 5, 2011. Accessed on May 8, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Aerodata . In: World of Aviation . Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ↑ Land safely anywhere in the world. In: Meine-region.de. May 17, 2016, accessed July 23, 2016 .
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Cobham plc News Announcement )
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Insolvency of Optimare - measuring device manufacturer is taken over ) radiobremen.de
- ↑ Aerodata buys sensor company in Bremerhaven. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung.
- ↑ Special aircraft: HS.748
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: aeropearl.com.au )
- ↑ amsa.gov.au ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF).
- ↑ helicopter . In: Federal Police . Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ New wings for the AFM , timesofmalta.com.
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