DLR in Facts and Figures 2015

Imprint

Publisher: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) German Aerospace Center

DLR Corporate Communications

Address: Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln Telephone: +49 2203 601-2116 E-mail: [email protected]

DLR.de/en

DLR in facts and figures 2015

Facts&Figures_Umschlag_RZ.indd 4,6 24.11.16 14:01 Published November 2016 DLR at a glance

Research and technology The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national centre for aeronautics, space, energy and transportation research of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its research portfolio ranges from fundamental research to the development of products for tomo- rrow. In this way, DLR contributes the scientific and technical expertise that it has acquired to strengthen Germany’s position as a location for industry and technology.

Space Administration Acting on behalf of the German Federal Government, the Space Administration designs the German Space Programme and is responsible for the planning and implementation of Germany’s space activities.

Project Management Agencies The DLR Project Management Agency and the Project Management Agency for Aeronautics Research and Techno- logy complement the portfolio activities of the research centre. They support their clients in the planning, implementation and communication of funding programmes and other measures within research, education and innovation. 3 20 locations 39 institutes and facilities, as well as the Space Administration and the Project Management Agencies

Augsburg Göttingen Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics Institute of Aeroelasticity Institute of Structures and Design Institute of Propulsion Technology Institute of System Dynamics and Control STADE Test and Simulation Center (new) Hamburg BREMERHAVEN Institute of Aerospace Medicine HAMBURG NEUSTRELITZ Air Transportation Systems Berlin MRO and System Architecture (new) OLDENBURG BREMEN Institute of Optical Sensor Systems TRAUEN Institute of Planetary Research Jena Institute of Propulsion Technology Big Data (new) Remote Sensing Technology Institute BERLIN Institute of Transport Research Jülich Institute of Transportation Systems Institute of Solar Research BRAUNSCHWEIG Institute of Vehicle Concepts DLR Project Management Agency Lampoldshausen Institute of Space Propulsion Bonn Institute of Technical Physics Space Administration GÖTTINGEN DLR Project Management Agency Neustrelitz Project Management Agency for Aeronautics Research Institute of Communications and Navigation and Technology Remote Sensing Technology Institute DRESDEN German Remote Sensing Data Center COLOGNE JENA Braunschweig JÜLICH BONN Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology Oberpfaffenhofen Institute of Air Transport and Airport Research Institute of Atmospheric Physics Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems Institute of Communications and Navigation Institute of Flight Guidance Microwaves and Radar Institute Institute of Flight Systems Remote Sensing Technology Institute Institute of Transportation Systems Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics Flight Experiments Institute of System Dynamics and Control Simulation and Software Technology Flight Experiments German Remote Sensing Data Center Bremen Space Operations and Astronaut Training LAMPOLDSHAUSEN Remote Sensing Technology Institute Institute of Space Systems Oldenburg Next Energy Institute (new) Bremerhaven STUTTGART Institute of Maritime Safety (new) Stade AUGSBURG Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems Cologne Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology Stuttgart OBERPFAFFENHOFEN Institute of Aerospace Medicine Institute of Combustion Technology Institute of Air Transport and Airport Research Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics WEILHEIM Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics Institute of Solar Research Institute of Materials Physics in Space Institute of Structures and Design Institute of Materials Research Institute of Technical Physics Institute of Propulsion Technology Institute of Vehicle Concepts Institute of Solar Research Simulation and Software Technology Trauen Space Operations and Astronaut Training Institute of Propulsion Technology SPACE TRANSPORT SPACE ADMINISTRATION SECURITY DLR Project Management Agency Weilheim Dresden Space Operations and Astronaut Training 4 AERONAUTICS ENERGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT AGENCY Software Research and Simulation (new) 5 Finances

DLR’s own research is financed up to 90 percent by funds provided by the Ger- OTHER man Federal Government, with the remaining 10 percent provided by the Federal PROJECT MANAGEMENT States. In addition, DLR acquires funds from a variety of sources for its transfer and AGENCIES contract research. For example, it receives approximately 118 million euro from 49 AERONAUTICS RESEARCH industrial contracts. DLR also applies for national and European project funding. In 2015, the success rate of all proposals submitted by DLR scientists to the EU for 96 funding was 21.8 percent. The success rate for the same period in Germany was 12.6 percent. The amount of third-party funding acquired is an indication of the SPACE 212 high quality and relevance of DLR’s research and development activities. ADMINISTRATION 31 INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING IN 2015 THIRD-PARTY FUNDING IN 2015 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS TRANSPORT ENERGY GERMAN 9 RESEARCH 36 RESEARCH FOUNDATION (DFG) EU GERMAN TRANSPORT AERONAUTICS FEDERAL 4 35 STATES 49 139 68 888 ESA (PROJECT TOTAL BUDGET IN 2015 INDUSTRY FUNDING 37 AND INCLUDING 453 MILLION EURO 118 IN THIRD-PARTY FUNDING CONTRACTS) 24 TOTAL TOTAL 78 435* 453 ENERGY RESEARCH

6 115 49 CIVILIAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT OTHER SECURITY 16 AGENCIES/ RESEARCH OTHER SPACE ADMINISTRATION (HGF FUND REVENUES AND ETW) 62 189 354 PROJECT FUNDING BY THE SPACE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPACE RESEARCH

* INCLUDING 37 MILLION EURO FOR THE ENTIRE CROSS-SECTIONAL TOPIC OF SECURITY; ALSO INCLUDES 6 DATA IN MILLION EURO THE SHARE OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (BMVg) DATA IN MILLION EURO 7 Aeronautics Space

In the area of aeronautics research, DLR has taken up the challenge of making Space research at DLR ranges from the development and operation through to the the fast-growing air transport sector more efficient and environmentally friendly. use of space infrastructure and technologies, providing substantial contributions DLR scientists are, amongst others, conducting research to reduce aircraft noise to the benefit of society as a whole: new communications and navigation techno- and harmful emissions, and to further increase safety. Drawing on the scientific logies are being developed, and the changes and relationships in our environment excellence of its institutes, its participation in wind tunnels and Europe’s largest explored. This also includes research under space conditions, exploring the Solar fleet of research aircraft, DLR is in a position to consider air transport systems System and Earth, as well as the development of robotic systems and the operation from a holistic perspective and hence to strengthen competitiveness of the national of control centres. and European aviation industry. AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SPACE TRANSPORTATION PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS SPACE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY 67 RESEARCH 37 39 UNDER SPACE 108 CONDITIONS 28

212 354 REVENUES IN 2015* REVENUES IN 2015*

71 163 OF WHICH THIRD-PARTY OF WHICH THIRD-PARTY FUNDING FUNDING

19 15 27 ROTARY WING 117 COMMUNICATIONS SPACE RESEARCH AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AND NAVIGATION 109 FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT RESEARCH EARTH OBSERVATION

8 DATA IN MILLION EURO * INCLUDING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL TOPIC OF SECURITY * INCLUDING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL TOPIC OF SECURITY DATA IN MILLION EURO 9 Energy Transport

Global climate change is caused to a significant extent by the use of fossil fuels. Realising sustainable mobility in a balance of interests between the economy, soci- Since the Paris Climate Protection Agreement came into force, all countries have ety and the environment is the driving force behind DLR’s traffic research. It focus- accepted the commitment to convert to and largely build their energy supply es on next-generation safe and efficient cars, commercial vehicles and trains. The systems on renewable energies. Herefore, DLR’s energy research provides technical effectiveness of infrastructure is improved through the innovative management of options, in particular for the realisation of sustainable and dispatchable power road, rail and maritime traffic as well as airports. DLR also derives groundbreaking generation. This is done along two paths: firstly through the use of fluctuating transport concepts and regulative measures from the holistic understanding of the renewable energy sources in combination with energy storage systems, and emergence, development and impact of mobility. secondly by using fuels with a low or neutral carbon footprint in efficient energy converters. ENERGY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

TRANSPORT SYSTEM COMBUSTION SYSTEMS 5 29 15 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 16

78 68 REVENUES IN 2015* REVENUES IN 2015* 42 17 OF WHICH THIRD-PARTY OF WHICH THIRD-PARTY FUNDING FUNDING

28 37 SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY TERRESTRIAL 16 VEHICLES ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

10 DATA IN MILLION EURO * INCLUDING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL TOPIC OF SECURITY * INCLUDING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL TOPIC OF SECURITY DATA IN MILLION EURO 11 Space Administration

Acting on behalf of the German Federal Government, the Space Administration This includes Germany’s Space Programme, DLR’s space research and development designs and implements Germany’s Space Programme, which integrates all of programme, and German contributions to the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Germany’s space activities at the national and European level. European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The principal client of the Space Administration is the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy. SCIENCE OF SPACE

GENERAL 50 BUDGET SCIENCE PROGRAMME TECHNOLOGY, EXPLORATION, SPACE SITUATIONAL EARTH OBSERVATION 50 109 AWARENESS PROGRAMME 61 14 260 EARTH OBSERVATION FUNDING OF THE 221 28 GERMAN SPACE PROGRAMME IN 2015 RESEARCH UNDER SPACE CONDITIONS 891 GERMAN ESA BUDGET IN 2015 (BMWi, BMVI, BMVg) 25 71 SATELLITE SPACE SYSTEMS 246 COMMUNICATIONS AND ROBOTICS LAUNCHERS 6 TECHNOLOGY* AND SPACEPORT 56 12 KOUROU HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS NAVIGATION ISS AND 7 EXPLORATION 13 SPACE TRANSPORT 182 NAVIGATION ASTRONAUT SPACE TRAVEL AND MICROGRAVITY

* INCLUDING THE COST AGREEMENT 12 DATA IN MILLION EURO BETWEEN SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND BMWi DATA IN MILLION EURO 13 Project Management International cooperation Agencies Project management agencies are important service providers within German Overcoming global challenges such as environmental protection, climate monitor- research, innovation and education sectors. They support their clients in the ing, disaster relief, telecommunications or mobility will require the development of planning, implementation and communication of funding programmes and other solutions on an international scale. DLR institutes work with universities, research measures. institutions, institutional agencies, industrial partners and stakeholders worlwide to address current topics that pertain to the future and develop appropriate innovation The DLR Project Management Agency provides a broad range of consulting solutions. Moreover, DLR has been actively involved in international research and and support services, including European and international cooperation. It has partnership programmes for many years. Its Space Administration and Project Man- mainly public sector clients from the Federal and German State Governments – agement Agencies also advise and support stakeholders of the German research, above all, the German Federal Government, but also foundations and associations. education and innovation community in their efforts to establish international networks. The Project Management Agency for Aeronautics Research and Technology supports the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy and the German states of Bavaria, Brandenburg, Hamburg and Lower Saxony in the implementation of their space research programmes. It is also the national contact point for aerospace research within the Horizon 2020 EU Research Framework Programme.

 LEADING COUNTRIES IN BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH DLR

ASSIGNMENTS ABROAD (PERSONS) - EDUCATION, GENDER VISITING SCIENTISTS FROM 67 COUNTRIES - SOCIETY, INNOVATION DAAD - DLR 52 AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FELLOWS 248 151 1017 - HEALTH 400 SELECTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT DLR PROJECT - ENVIRONMENT AND AGENCY FOR MANAGEMENT AGENCY, SUSTAINABILITY 84 INTERNATIONAL PARTNER AERONAUTICS RESEARCH, FUNDING VOLUME ACTIVITIES AT DLR ORGANISATIONS IN FUNDING VOLUME - EUROPEAN AND OVER 60 COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 3 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH 4 STATIONS YEAR OF REFERENCE 2015 INTERNATIONAL 14 DATA IN MILLION EURO OFFICES YEAR OF REFERENCE 2015 15 Personnel Promoting young scientists DLR’s outstanding performance is founded on its extremely qualified and highly DLR’s promotion of young scientists is brought together within the integrated motivated employees, who are given the opportunity to develop themselves concept DLR_Campus. Its remit extends from services for schools to study- further at DLR. Equal opportunities are among our core principles. We ensure a accompanying activities, also during the doctoral phase. For instance, DLR colla- positive work-life balance by maintaining flexible worktime programmes, part-time borates with partner universities to run 12 school labs in which young people arrangements and special support measures. are invited to experience the ‘fascination of research’. There are also school com- petitions, an Internet youth portal and much more. Students are invited to take FEMALE EMPLOYEES part in summer schools or flight campaigns, or to complete internships at DLR. 2467 A high-value qualification programme is available to doctoral students. NUMBER OF DLR_SCHOOL_LABS

ATTENDEES DLR_SCHOOL_LABS 12 PHD STUDENTS 37,126 1038 7 955 3252 TOTAL NUMBER NON-SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYEES, OF EMPLOYEES IN 2015 OF WHICH 47 % ARE FEMALE 43 576 YOUNG SCIENTISTS

PARTICIPANTS IN 4703 TEACHER WORKSHOPS SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH 20 % ARE FEMALE 260 4000 APPRENTICES 400 5488 SCHOOLS STUDENT INTERNS RECEIVE MALE EMPLOYEES TEACHING MATERIAL FROM DLR Ø age 39.6 16 YEAR OF REFERENCE 2015 17 Innovation and Scientific indicators technology transfer

DLR supports cross-industry and demand-oriented knowledge and technology The number of scientific results announced in publications, talks or lectures is an transfer in order to drive the exploitation of research and development results in indicator of research performance. Over the last five years, DLR scientists have industrial applications. DLR Technology Marketing represents the interface between more than doubled their number of peer-reviewed publications. Almost 350 research and industry, between product ideas, innovations, and markets. DLR is a lectures, exercises and seminars were held at universities and technical colleges in contact partner for innovation-oriented companies, creating an uninterrupted chain 2015, a record number of lectureships. of innovation from the idea phase through to the final product. Innovation ecosys- tems – in the meaning of successful innovation networks – foster the development of new products, services or processes in the economic market. UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS HABILITATIONS 2005–2015 14 INVESTMENT IN 2 DISSERTATIONS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER COMPANY PROJECTS SPIN-OFFS LECTURESHIPS 159

REVENUE 42 25 348 FROM LICENSES MILLION EURO

NEW IN-HOUSE 51 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MILLION EURO PROJECTS 490 DIPLOMA AND 143 MASTER THESES

2321 TALKS AT SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY 1044 CONFERENCES RIGHTS HELD BY DLR PUBLICATIONS ABROAD IN PEER-REVIEWED INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY 995 1304 JOURNALS RIGHTS HELD BY DLR IN 1396 2005 2015 GERMANY PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS IN 1044 2214 PROCEEDINGS, BOOKS ETC. 18 2005 2015 YEAR OF REFERENCE 2015 19 Large-scale research facilities DLR maintains numerous large-scale research facilities in order to be able to appro- ach the complex challenges faced by aeronautics, space, energy and transport, as well as security. Moreover, interdisciplinary topics such as mobility, energy efficien- RESEARCH VEHICLES TEST FACILITIES AIRCRAFT AND PLATFORMS FOR ENERGY STORAGE cy and storage, as well as materials science and noise reduction, can be addressed in a unique way with this research infrastructure. With its processing and data storage systems, DLR meets the demands of the continuous trend towards digita- lisation, big data, and simulation. Equipped in this way, DLR is capable of tackling almost any mission, whether for its own institutes or on behalf of its partners.

USE OF RESEARCH USE OF RESEARCH FACILITIES FACILITIES FOR IN-HOUSE FOR INNOVATION TRANSFER RESEARCH AND CONTRACT RESEARCH

HIGH-PERFORMANCE WIND TUNNELS TEST TRACKS COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE 75 % 25 %

184 RESEARCH FACILITIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE TEST RIGS RESEARCH FACILITIES AND DESIGN RESEARCH POWER PLANTS

25 14 NUMBER OF INSTITUTES AND FACILITIES THAT NUMBER OF LOCATIONS OPERATE RESEARCH WITH RESEARCH FACILITIES FACILITIES (OF 33) (PLUS ANTARCTICA AND CANADA)

RECEIVING STATIONS SIMULATORS AND SYSTEMS MEDICAL AND CONTROL CENTRES ANALYSIS LABORATORIES INFRASTRUCTURE

20 YEAR OF REFERENCE 2015 21 Locations

Cologne Braunschweig Neustrelitz (Headquarters of the Executive Board) Lilienthalplatz 7 Kalkhorstweg 53 Porz-Wahnheide 38108 Braunschweig 17235 Neustrelitz Linder Höhe Telephone: +49 531 295-0 Telephone: +49 3981 480-116 51147 Cologne Fax: +49 531 295-2105 Fax: +49 3981 480-299 Telephone: +49 2203 601-0 Fax: +49 2203 67310 Bremen Oberpfaffenhofen Robert-Hooke-Straße 7 Münchener Straße 20 Augsburg 28359 Bremen 82234 Weßling Am Technologiezentrum 4 Telephone: +49 421 24420- Telephone: +49 8153 28-0 86159 Augsburg 1101 Fax: +49 8153 28-1243 Telephone: +49 821 319874- Fax: +49 421 24420-1120 1000 Stade Fax: +49 821 319874-1028 Göttingen Ottenbecker Damm 12 Bunsenstraße 10 21684 Stade Berlin 37073 Göttingen Telephone: +49 531 295-3701 Rutherfordstraße 2 Telephone: +49 551 709-0 Fax: +49 531 295-3702 12489 Berlin Fax: +49 551 709-2146 Telephone: +49 30 67055-0 Stuttgart Fax: +49 30 67055-102 Hamburg Pfaffenwaldring 38–40 Blohmstraße 20 70569 Stuttgart Bonn 21079 Hamburg Telephone: +49 711 6862-0 Space Administration Telephone: +49 40 42878-4196 Fax: +49 711 6862-636 Königswinterer Straße 522–524 Fax: +49 40 42878-2979 53227 Bonn Trauen Telephone: +49 228 447-0 Jülich Eugen-Sänger-Straße 50 Fax: +49 228 447-700 Karl-Heinz-Beckurts-Straße 13 29328 Faßberg 52428 Jülich Telephone: +49 5055 596-15 DLR Project Management Telephone: +49 2203 601-0 Fax: +49 5055 596-17 Agency Fax: +49 2203 601-4170 Heinrich-Konen-Straße 1 Weilheim 53227 Bonn Lampoldshausen Reichenbergstraße 8 Telephone: +49 228 3821-0 Langer Grund 82362 Weilheim 74239 Hardthausen Telephone: +49 8809 14-0 Project Management Agency Telephone: +49 6298 28-0 Fax: +49 8809 1095 for Aeronautics Research and Fax: +49 6298 28-112 Technology Königswinterer Straße 522–524 53227 Bonn Telephone: +49 228 447-662 Offices

Berlin Paris Washington German Aerospace Center Centre Aérospatial Allemand German Aerospace (DLR) Bureau de Paris Center (DLR) Friedrichstraße 171 17, Avenue de Saxe Washington Office 10117 Berlin 75007 Paris, France 1130 Connecticut Ave Telephone: +49 30 67055-470 Telephone: +33 1 421994-26 20036 Washington D.C., USA Fax: +49 30 67055-475 Fax: +33 1 421996-29 Telephone: +1 202 785-4411 Fax: +1 202 785-4410 Brussels Tokyo Centre Aérospatial Allemand DLR Tokyo Office Bureau de Bruxelles Sanbancho KS Bldg. 5 Floor Rue du Trône 98 Sanbancho 2–4 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium Chiyoda-ku Telephone: +32 2 50008-41 102-0075 Tokyo, Japan Fax: +32 2 50008-40 Telephone: +81 3 5276-8129 22 Fax: +81 3 5276-8733