Category: Innovation

7th North German Aviation Forum

The 7th North German Aviation Forum kicked off in Bremen on October 6, 2022 with over 120 managers and specialists from the aerospace industry. This important aviation event this year was organized by the Senator for Economics, Labour and Europe in cooperation with the host AVIASPACE BREMEN e.V., among others. The event included discussions on supply chains and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Supply chains - 1st part of the event

The 7th North German Aviation Forum was opened with a speech by Kristina Vogt, Senator for Economic Affairs, Labor and Europe. She spoke about the high pressures and challenges facing the industry due to the war in Ukraine, the pandemic and supply bottlenecks. However, local production in particular has a lot of potential due to these developments.

Unmanned aircraft - 2nd part of the 7th North German Aviation Forum

In her opening speech, the Senator called aerospace the central innovation cluster of the North. In addition to the well-known industry giants such as Airbus, small and medium-sized companies in particular have been hit hard by the crises.

Mr. Achim Friedl, Chairman of UAV DACH e.V., the largest German-speaking professional association for UAS use in Europe, gave the introductory lecture on the challenges and opportunities of unmanned aviation. In Germany, there are still considerable obstacles to the integration of unmanned aircraft into conventional air traffic. On the one hand, the EU regulations have yet to be implemented and, on the other, research still needs to be carried out.

With its high number of participants at the 7th North German Aviation Forum, it illustrates the importance of sustainable supply chains and the integration of UAS into manned air traffic, as well as the potential of the industry in northern Germany.

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It smells like quantum

Anyone who deals with quantum computers will soon find their head spinning. You will suddenly find yourself deep in the field of theoretical and atomic physics. Here is just this much: where 'traditional computers' are based on two voltage states that are either exceeded or fallen short of (the bits), a quantum computer uses the many different states that an electron can assume at molecular level (the qubits). Instead of the usual 'physical space', a quantum computer uses the 'complex space' of quantum mechanics. The computing power increases and completely new algorithms become possible. It is also clear that such computers will no longer run under Windows 10 or MacOS.

Quantum computers have not yet progressed beyond the experimental stage - up to a maximum of 1,000 qubits - even if there are occasional announcements of success, presumably to attract funding. Furthermore, quantum computers are unlikely to be suitable for commercial or private use because they generally require 'superconductivity', i.e. the loss-free transmission that only occurs near absolute zero. To put it bluntly: if you want to use a quantum computer, you first have to build your own power station. Nevertheless, quantum computers are of course extremely interesting for government and intelligence tasks: no conceivable encryption could withstand the attack of quantum-based computing power. This is what makes research in this field so interesting. We, on the other hand, assume that we will not need any knowledge of quantum mechanics for our IT service in the foreseeable future.

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