On April 7th, we welcomed State Councillor Jan Fries, Senator for the Environment, Climate and Science, and Martin Schulze, Head of the Environmental Business Office at RKW Bremen, to our location at Bremen Airport. During a company visit, they learned about our work at the interface of IT services and unmanned aerial vehicles.
During his visit, State Councillor Jan Fries emphasized the importance of companies like brm IT & Aerospace for the sustainable transformation of Bremen's economy: Here, they don't just talk, they take action. Especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), practical solutions are being developed that bring climate and economic interests together.
As a member of the Bremen Environmental Partnership for Businesses, we have a long-standing partnership with RKW Bremen. Together with RKW, we already laid important groundwork in developing the foundations for the Blue Angel ecolabel for data centers.
We thank State Councillor Jan Fries and Martin Schulze for their visit and the valuable exchange.
Last year's Future Conference "Sustainable Success: SMEs with a Future" in Bremen posed the crucial question: How can sustainability become a competitive advantage?
Harald Rossol used b.r.m. as an example to show that the answer lies in a simple principle: "Efficiency means achieving the same result with significantly reduced resources." In the data center, this means up to 60% lower energy costs, achieved through the consistent use of server virtualization based on the principle of system avoidance and intelligent hot/cold aisle containment, which prevents temperature mixing.
Sustainability in aviation
We also apply this sustainable approach to our work in unmanned aviation. With our U-Space Real-World Laboratory North-West Germany and the UAS Control Center in Bremen, we are developing forward-looking solutions for the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems into airspace. Drones are already being used in environmental protection, offshore logistics, and infrastructure monitoring, and they are more efficient and resource-friendly than conventional methods. Whether it's IT services or UAS technology, our approach remains the same: "sustainable, reliable, and clear as North German weather."
The conference confirmed that companies that combine environmental responsibility with economic success and innovation are the winners of tomorrow.
Cloud vs. private cloud vs. on-premise: Why on-premise can be a modern choice
Companies are faced with the decision of whether to operate their IT infrastructure in the cloud, in a private cloud or on-premise. There are numerous reasons why on-premise infrastructures can still be a modern and strategically valuable choice today.
On-premise: Maximum control, security and adaptability
On-premise solutions enable companies to run their data and applications on their own servers, which offers maximum control and data security. Especially in times of increasing cyber attacks and stricter data protection laws, this is an invaluable advantage. Companies can optimize their infrastructure and implement security protocols that are tailored to their specific needs. Independence from external providers allows them to react flexibly and quickly to new security requirements.
An often overlooked benefit of on-premise solutions is the ability to develop customized IT solutions that support specific business processes. While cloud solutions offer standardized services, companies in an on-premise environment retain full control over their IT resources without having to make compromises or accept restrictions from third-party providers.
Cloud solutions: Flexibility on demand, but with compromises
Public clouds from providers such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud enable rapid scalability and flexibility. There is a pay-per-use option, which appears cost-effective at first glance. However, the public cloud also brings with it dependencies and potential risks, such as in terms of data sovereignty and compliance.
Private cloud: a hybrid approach
The private cloud combines the advantages of on-premise and public cloud. It offers a dedicated IT infrastructure, either on site or in a provider's data center, which offers more control than the public cloud. However, there is still a dependency on the provider and the flexibility is often less than with fully self-managed solutions.
Conclusion: on-premise as a future-proof strategy
Although the cloud offers many advantages, companies should not underestimate the benefits of on-premise solutions. With maximum control, customizability and security, an on-premise infrastructure can be an innovative choice for companies that want to tailor their IT strategy independently. Especially for companies with strict compliance requirements and a desire for long-term cost transparency, on-premise is a modern, strategic choice.
On Friday 09.05. the "Praxisforum Digitalisierung" of the Wirtschaftsförderung Landkreis Oldenburg takes place.
All-day demonstrators will be presented by IT experts. Networking, keynotes and, of course, specialist presentations will accompany the day. Our Managing Partner, Mr. Harald Rossol, will also be one of the speakers with the topic "From unmanned aviation with drones to IT service". From data center operations to cybersecurity and IT service, from unmanned aviation to the UAS control center Bremen (USSP) to the Drone Days 2025, you can expect an exciting and informative presentation.
The 1st congress of the Powerhouse North initiative took place on October 30, 2024. The b.r.m. IT & Aerospace was particularly pleased to contribute to the networking between unmanned aviation and the challenges for the energy sector. In addition to many informative discussions and the establishment of new contacts, our Managing Director Markus Rossol was able to point out precisely this connection in a short impulse and highlight where future potential can lie. Many thanks of course to Powerhouse Nord for organizing the congress and also for the recordings of the lectures. We invite you to watch the presentation "Hatten-UAS German Flight Center" or the "Aftermovie" on the Powerhouse Nord channel:
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Presentation: Advanced Air Mobility Initiative Northwest Germany and German Bight & UAS Control Center Bremen (USSP) Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. | AERO Drones Stage B4
Speakers: Markus Rossol (b.r.m. IT & Aerospace GmbH) | Tim Strohbach (Fraunhofer IFAM)
Lecture: Next generation drone engines, lighter - more powerful - European production Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 16:30 - 17:00 | AERO Drones Stage B4
Speakers: Franz-Josef Wöstmann (Cast Coil GmbH)
"Beck's Bier & Brezeln" Bremen reception at Stand 312, Hall B4 Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 4:00 - 5:00 pm | Stand 312, Hall B4 On the first day of the trade fair, a reception will be held at the joint Bremen stand.
This offers a good opportunity to talk to visitors and industry colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere.
Lecture: Drones - Geographical UAS areas and how do we deal with them? Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 09:10 - 09:30 | AERO Drones Stage B4
Speakers: Florian Vogt (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen - Aviation Authority)
Network event "General Aviation: Innovation made in Lower Saxony" Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Focus on the latest technological innovations in the fields of business aviation, powered flight, microlight flight, gliding, drones, helicopters, gyrocopters and sustainable aviation
Presentation: Hatten-UAS GFC & UAS Control Center Bremen USSP - Integration of unmanned aviation in BVLOS operations through U-Space services Friday, April 11, 2025 | 16:30 - 17:00 hrs| AERO Drones Stage B4
Speaker: Harald Rossol (b.r.m. IT & Aerospace GmbH)
It starts in 5 days and we are looking forward to it!
The b.r.m. IT & Aerospace is exhibiting together with partners at the joint stand of the State of Bremen in Hall B4, Stand 312.
We look forward to your visit. Harald Rossol and Markus Rossol are waiting for you.
AIRBUS Defense & Space GmbH
Akkodis Germany AS&D GmbH
AVIASPACE BREMEN e.V.
b.r.m. IT & Aerospace GmbH
Cast Coil GmbH
Finite Air
Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield GmbH
Flight school Borkum GmbH
Fraunhofer IFAM
Hensoldt
Bremen Aviation Authority
OptoPrecision GmbH
Pleno GmbH
Unmanned aviation from Bremen
As part of the Bremen Bremerhaven City of Aerospace innovation cluster, the state of Bremen successfully supports companies and research institutions in the development and application of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Expertise has been built up in the development and production of hardware and software systems, aircraft design, avionics, navigation and sensor technology. At the same time, the focus is on UAS applications to fulfill a wide range of tasks, such as carrying out sovereign tasks in the German Bight by using drones as carriers of sensor technology or setting up ground stations for UAS. By supporting the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Initiative Nordwestdeutschland and Deutsche Bucht & UAS-Leitstelle Bremen (USSP), the state of Bremen will continue to promote the further development of UAS activities by stakeholders based in the state in cooperation with Lower Saxony.
Bremen aerospace location
In the aerospace industry, more than 140 companies and 20 institutes with around 12,000 employees generate more than 4 billion euros per year. In terms of population, Bremen has the highest employment density in these sectors in Germany. Future-oriented jobs, especially for highly qualified people, characterize the aerospace industry and the aviation sector. Cutting-edge research in the state of Bremen provides sustainable support for industry in areas such as materials science and production technologies, space systems, remote sensing, bionics and robotics.
Advanced Air Mobility Initiative
Overall objective of the project
The aim of the initiative (AAM-NW) is the successive development of airspace structures within which the operation of UAS is considerably simplified and automated and safety is increased, taking into account all relevant airspace users. The aim is to gather experience for the creation of future highly automated operating strategies by linking and integrating UAS Traffic Management (UTM) into existing Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems.
The state of Bremen, with the focus on the UAS control center, and the state of Lower Saxony, with the focus on the flight areas and aeronautical infrastructures, are cooperatively involved here to support the joint upgrading of the airspace for Advanced Air Mobility.
Furthermore, the other northern German federal states (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein) will be integrated in an additive manner, i.e. the planned federal states will develop suitable structures in parallel in order to cooperate with AAM-NW at a later date.
Introduction
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is primarily understood to mean the integration of unmanned or autonomous aircraft into a shared airspace with manned aviation, which offers the possibility of "connecting both metropolitan and rural regions quickly, safely, sustainably and affordably, independently of existing ground-based transport infrastructures". However, smaller UAS are also suitable for performing certain monitoring and transportation tasks, particularly in rural regions.
The German Bight, its islands and neighboring coastal countries offer great potential for testing the operational processes of unmanned aviation with initially lower-risk missions and (smaller) aircraft out of sight and integrating them step by step into existing manned aviation. Particular attention must also be paid to shipping and nature conservation in the German Bight. A successively accumulated wealth of experience through regular UAS operation allows the continuous testing of operational arrangements through to the highly automated coordination of flight movements by a central control center and at the same time promotes confidence in this new technology. This is where the project comes in. Subsequently, the generated know-how will be transformed into areas and missions with higher risk, e.g. in urban areas, higher payloads and also people on board.
Time horizon and expansion stages
Common to all phases is the successive development of the corresponding BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) flight areas. The focus here is on the use and illumination of the very low level airspace (VLL). For the respective expansion stages, coverage by the air situation picture is to be achieved and successively expanded. The corresponding visibility of manned general aviation, air rescue, authorities and organizations with security tasks (BOS) and UAS in BVLOS and VLOS (visual line of sight) operations must be mutually ensured, tested and verified. Especially as these activities require a test operation prior to real operation.
Phase 0 - 2023 Preliminary work of the initiative: Compilation and integration of all relevant airspace participants
Phase 1 - 2024: BVLOS areas Hatten - German Bight incl. trial operation (red map area)
Phase 2 - 2024-2025: BVLOS areas Cuxhaven & Helgoland incl. connection to phase 1 incl. trial operation (blue and green map area)
Phase 3 - 2026-2028: Expansion and connection of further airfields such as East Frisian Islands, Leck and Nordholz incl. trial operation (yellow map area) "From separation to integration"
Phase 4 - Vision 2030 Further development in the respective U-Space(s) set up towards a seamless link to the "U4" of the SESAR ATM master plan from 2035.
Bremen UAS control center (USSP)
Whether for industrial, university, government, security or civilian purposes: the use of
The number of drones will rise sharply in the coming years and will very likely even exceed the volume of manned air traffic. Coordination requires centralized bodies that can initiate collision avoidance and corresponding evasion procedures for unmanned aviation. The EU DVO 2021/664ff provides for a USSP (USSP = U-Space Service Provider), which provides aeronautical services (e.g. flight permits and activation) digitally for drone operators. To enable the AAM NW to contribute to the digital transformation of aviation in this sense, the establishment of a UAS control center (USSP) is planned from Bremen. This control center can protect manned aviation during urgently required missions in VLL airspace through real-time coordination and at the same time open up airspace utilization potential for unmanned aviation.
b.r.m. IT & Aerospace GmbH
The b.r.m. IT & Aerospace GmbH will be at the Aero in Friedrichshafen from April 9 - 11, 2025 at our joint stand of the State of Bremen in Hall B4 (Stand 312, Bremen). We will be showcasing our services for UAS, SORA, ConOps, VLOS and BVLOS operations. From the operational concept to approval, even complex tasks in unmanned aviation can be achieved.
Our team of aviation experts will take care of your specific Advanced Air Mobility application, no matter where you are in the development process. Our years of experience, starting with the development of a UAS and ending with Europe's most extensive ascent authorization over 3600 km², can give you the decisive time advantage to succeed in the emerging drone market.
We support you as a future U-Space Service Provider (USSP) in all areas of flight guidance and clearances. Benefit from our UTM Data Services, from weather services to electronic visualization and digital aerial imagery.
Hatten-UAS German Flight Center is the test center for unmanned aviation, located at the Oldenburg-Hatten EDWH airfield. Hatten-UAS can support companies, authorities and organizations with security tasks, universities and scientific institutions for projects and product developments for unmanned aircraft systems at any time. With 5500 m² of hangar space, licensed aircraft testers and an operating area that also allows mixed manned/unmanned operations, you get everything from a single source: from ground testing to customer presentations.
For your UAS operation the Flight School Borkum by providing qualified training for your remote pilots. As one of the first applicants for a "Light UAS Operator Certificate" (LUC), we support you in setting up a qualified flight operation.
Visit us at the AERO in Hall B4 (Stand 312, Bremen) and discuss with us how your future UAS applications can get off to a successful start.
For further information, please contact our management team led by Mr. Harald Rossol and Mr. Markus Rossol. You can reach us by phone at +49 421 34 14 94 and by e-mail at brm@brm.de.
We look forward to Aero 2025 and getting to know you.
Drone Days 2025
Can't make it to AERO? Then we'll see you at the Drone Days 2025
IT service, UAS, USSP. AAM, Green IT and the Oldenburg-Hatten airfield are another aspect of the transformation to digitalization with and through drones.
With the Bremen USSP UAS control center and the Hatten-UAS German Flight Center test center at Oldenburg-Hatten airfield (EDWH), we are looking forward to the future development of the industry, especially in the area of digital #airspace, #USSP and #BVLOS.
This initiative by the UAV umbrella is another important contribution to the Advanced Air Mobility Strategy.
We hope for further interest from the drone economy and look forward to discussing these and other topics on the future of aviation at AERO and AERO Drones 2025 (hall/booth no. B4-312)
Modern agriculture faces many challenges: securing yields for a growing population and protecting the environment from the consequences of intensive farming. Unmanned aerial systems, commonly known as drones, offer a solution that can increase both efficiency and sustainability.
Drones enable the precise use of resources in agriculture, an approach known as "precision farming". Using sensors and other technologies, they collect detailed data that allows farmers to apply fertilizers, water or pesticides precisely where they are needed. This minimizes losses and maximizes yields. Multispectral images also make it easier to monitor plant development and provide early warning signs of nutrient deficiency or pest infestation so that measures can be taken in good time before damage occurs.
Advantages
Another advantage is the speed with which drones can analyze large areas. Compared to traditional methods, which are time-consuming, drones provide usable data in a very short time. Modern software converts this information into precise maps that facilitate decisions on field management and crop planning. This saves time and conserves resources.
Sustainability
Drones also promote sustainability as they reduce the use of chemicals such as pesticides. The targeted use of tools not only protects soil and water, but also minimizes negative effects on the environment. Mechanical weed control methods that support drones further reduce the need for chemicals and promote biodiversity and the sustainable use of agricultural land.
Possible applications
Drones can be used in a wide range of agricultural applications. They are suitable for surveying and mapping areas, monitoring growth processes, pest control and even for automated harvesting processes. They work particularly efficiently in combination with autonomous vehicles, which further reduce the workload.
The future
The future of agriculture will undoubtedly be shaped by technologies such as drones. They help farmers to reduce costs, increase yields and protect the environment at the same time. Despite technical challenges and high acquisition costs, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, meaning that this technology is already making a decisive contribution to sustainable, efficient and productive agriculture.
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