Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology

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Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology FHR
Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology FHR
Area of ​​the Fraunhofer institutes in Wachtberg
Category: research Institute
Carrier: Fraunhofer Society
Legal form of the carrier: Registered association
Facility location: Wachtberg (headquarters), Remagen , Aachen , Bochum , Siegen
Type of research: Applied research
Subjects: Engineering , natural science
Areas of expertise: Electrical engineering , mathematics , physics , computer science , information and communication technology
Basic funding: Federal government (90%), states (10%)
Management: Peter Knott (executive), Dirk Heberling
Employee: about 300
Homepage: www.fhr.fraunhofer.de

The Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology FHR is an institution of the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research e. V. The institute is headquartered in Wachtberg near Bonn, its activities are assigned to applied research in the field of security and defense research.

history

With the task of founding a radar research institute, the “Society for the Promotion of Astrophysical Research e. V. “entered in the register of associations. On January 1, 1957, the Research Institute for High Frequency Physics (FHP), the forerunner of Fraunhofer FHR, was founded. At the beginning, the FHP was housed in a hotel in Remagen - Rolandseck , and it wasn't until 1963 that the institute moved to Wachtberg.

The main task was initially to create a radar telescope for observing space with which ascending ICBMs were to be recognized and analyzed. In 1965 the construction of the large radar system began. Commissioning and first experiments took place in 1970. The first satellite survey was carried out in 1973.

In 1975 the society was renamed “ Forschungsgesellschaft für Angewandte Naturwissenschaften e. V. "(FGAN) renamed. As part of a restructuring within the FGAN, the FHP became the Research Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology (FHR) on April 1, 1999. On August 17, 2009, the entire FGAN was incorporated into the Fraunhofer Society and the FHR became the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology FHR.

Research and Development

Since its construction in the late 1960s, the large-scale TIRA (Tracking and Imaging RAdar) system has been unique in Europe. The special capabilities of the experimental system are not only used in Germany: Space agencies from all over the world request support from TIRA (e.g. for satellite launches or when large satellites re-enter).

The FH Council is also a technological pioneer in the field of air reconnaissance. As early as 1983, the institute operated Europe's first radar with an electronically controlled group antenna (ELRA) with 48 digitized reception channels in real time. Imaging airborne radar systems were also developed for the first time in Europe by the FHR. In 1994, AER (Airborne Experimental Radar) was the first European multi-channel SAR / MTI to be successfully tested. The PAMIR imaging radar system followed in 2002 and the miniature SAR SUMATRA for UAVs in 2009 .

With their research activities, the scientists at Fraunhofer FHR create the conditions for the development of modern and innovative radar sensors and antennas, whereby great importance is attached to the dual use aspect. The scientists implement the research activities of Fraunhofer FHR in customer-specific application solutions in six business areas:

  1. defense
  2. space
  3. traffic
  4. environment
  5. safety
  6. production

Infrastructure

Around 300 employees (scientists, doctoral students, assistants) in the fields of computer science, mathematics, natural science and engineering as well as technicians and administrative employees work at the institute. The proportion of women is around 20%. In 2015 the budget was 32.5 million euros. 17.3 million EUR come from the budget of the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) . The remaining 15.2 million euros can be allocated to the so-called contract research component (VfA), which consists of contracts from industry and funding projects.

Cooperations

The head of the institute, Joachim Ender, who was in office from 2003 to 2016, has held the professorship for “high frequency sensors and radar methods” at the University of Siegen since 2011 . In addition, there are cooperation agreements with joint research groups at RWTH Aachen University , the Ruhr University Bochum and the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences - Rhein-Ahr-Campus Remagen. Since August 2016, the institute has been jointly managed by Peter Knott and Dirk Heberling. Knott was previously a scientific department head at the institute, while Heberling holds a professorship for high frequency technology at RWTH Aachen University.

FHR employees hold lectures at the universities and colleges in the area, and diploma and doctoral students are trained at the institute. The institute is a member of the following Fraunhofer groups:

Conferences and events

In 1996 the world's most important SAR conference EUSAR was founded. Since then, the FHR has been organizing the conference every two years together with DLR and EADS.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the institute ( Memento of the original dated May 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Fraunhofer FHR website. Retrieved August 22, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fhr.fraunhofer.de
  2. ↑ FGAN in Wikipedia . Retrieved August 22, 2012
  3. ↑ Radar images from ATV-3 . ESA ATV blog. accessed: August 22, 2012
  4. ↑ Envisat: The sudden end of a satellite ( memento of the original from July 23, 2013 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. . Fraunhofer research blog. Retrieved August 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.forschungs-blog.de
  5. ↑ Earth Observation Operation of Midori-II . Press release from the Japanese space agency JAXA on the status of ADEOS-II. Retrieved August 22, 2012
  6. ↑ Fraunhofer FHR website - facts and figures , accessed March 9, 2017
  7. ^ History of the Fraunhofer Institute, accessed on August 17, 2016
  8. ^ Message on the institute's website, accessed on August 17, 2016


Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 2.1 ″  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 45.7 ″  E