We have just wrapped up five busy days in Berlin: Markus Rossol and Harald Rossol represented b.r.m. IT & Aerospace at ILA 2026 in Berlin—at the North German Chalet on the joint booth of the State of Bremen, alongside our partners AES Aircraft, Esploro, Hanseatische Waren Handelsgesellschaft, TRIGO, and the DLR’s Virtual Product House.

Our ILA presentation focused on three key topics: U-Space and b.r.m.’s role as a future U-Space Service Provider (USSP), our specific U-Space corridor stretching from Bremen through Bremerhaven to Heligoland, and the Drone Days 2026 event in August, which will take place at Bremen Airport and Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield. With the new map of the Advanced Air Mobility Initiative for Northern Germany and the German Bight, we were able to continue and deepen these discussions at the ILA on both a national and international level.

We took advantage of our interactions with key institutions and government agencies—including the Federal Aviation Office (BAF), the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMV), and the Federal Aviation Authority (LBA), as well as various state aviation authorities. In addition, we were able to establish numerous contacts with aviation companies and research institutions and promote Drone Days 2026, which will take place in August.

The ILA has once again demonstrated that unmanned aviation has become mainstream in the industry—and b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, as a future U-Space service provider, is right at the heart of it.

We’re already looking forward to ILA 2028 —until then, see you at Drone Days!

Starting tomorrow, Harald and Markus Rossol will be at ILA 2026 in Berlin—spending five days at the North German States’ shared chalet on the State of Bremen’s joint booth. You can find us at Chalet East, booths 22–24.

We’re bringing with us the new map of the Advanced Air Mobility Initiative for Northern Germany and the German Bight, as well as our concrete proposal for an initial U-Space and a VTOL route along the Weser River, from Bremerhaven to Heligoland. Following its successful debut at AERO in Friedrichshafen, we are now presenting the project to an even broader audience of industry professionals at ILA.

Our schedule includes meetings with the BAF, the BMV, the LBA, and other institutions—the ILA brings together the key players in the German aviation industry in one place.

Are you also attending the ILA? Feel free to contact us—by email or in person at the Bremen joint booth in the North German States’ Chalet.

Next week is the big event: From June 10 to 14, 2026, the ILA Berlin will take place—the world’s oldest aerospace trade fair and one of the most important industry platforms in Europe. Around 750 exhibitors from 37 countries will present the full spectrum of the aerospace industry at the Berlin ExpoCenter Airport in Schönefeld—ranging from civil aviation to space technology and defense to the supply industry. 

b.r.m. IT & Aerospace will be on site at the North German Chalet (Chalets East | 22–24). Together with the other exhibitors, we will be representing the State of Bremen at the joint booth. Our topics at the ILA: our concrete proposal for a U-Space for the Bremen-Bremerhaven-Helgoland corridor, our work as a future U-Space Service Provider (USSP), the Advanced Air Mobility Initiative for Northern Germany and the German Bight, as well as Drone Days 2026, which will take place in August at Bremen Airport and Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield.

For us, the ILA is one of the most important platforms for engaging with government agencies, aviation authorities, and the industry. At AERO in Friedrichshafen, we were able to present our U-Space proposal to an industry audience—and at the ILA, we are continuing these discussions at both the national and international levels.

We look forward to exhibiting at the Bremen joint booth alongside our strong partners:

• AES Aircraft Elektro/Elektronik System GmbH is an internationally established supplier to the aviation industry and has been developing and manufacturing electrical and electronic products for aircraft cabins for 20 years.
• Esploro specializes in the management and support of national and EU-funded research projects in the aviation sector and oversees projects with a total funding volume of over 300 million euros.
• Hanseatische Waren Handelsgesellschaft offers custom-made titanium products for the aerospace industry and has operated its own smelter for special alloys since 2021.
• TRIGO Qualitaire GmbH is a multinational provider of operational quality management services with more than 10,000 professionals in 25 countries, serving clients in the aviation and defense industries, among others.
• The DLR's Virtual Product House at ECOMAT in Bremen is driving forward digital aircraft development and working on the virtual certification of aircraft components.

Would you like to meet us at the ILA in the North German Chalet (Chalets East | 22–24)? We look forward to hearing from you—either by email or by phone (contact Harald Rossol or Markus Rossol).

We are thrilled to announce that Drone Days has been nominated as one of 14 projects for the 2026 NordWest Awards of the Northwest Metropolitan Region—in the “Visionary Award” category for highly innovative projects.

From approximately one hundred applications, the jury—under the patronage of Bremen’s Mayor Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte and Lower Saxony’s Minister for Europe and Regional Development, Melanie Walter—selected the finalists. The WeiterdenkerAward is sponsored by EWE AG and swb AG and recognizes ideas that make a significant contribution to the region’s further development and growth.

The fact that Drone Days has been included in this group is a tremendous recognition of the work we have put into developing the event over the past few years—and of the role that unmanned aviation plays as a field of innovation for the Northwest Metropolitan Region.

The awards ceremony will take place in August at the Lower Saxony Open-Air Museum in Cloppenburg. We can't wait!

For more information, visit nordwest-awards.de 

From May 11 to 14, 2026, Harald Rossol and Marius Ammermann will be attending XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroit—the world’s largest trade show for unmanned systems and robotics.

b.r.m. IT & Aerospace will be exhibiting at the German Pavilion in Hall B–D, Booth 26013-4.

The German Pavilion is the joint booth for German exhibitors at XPONENTIAL and is organized as part of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy’s (BMWE) international trade fair program. This year, 14 German companies and institutions are represented at the joint booth—including b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, Beagle Systems, Germandrones, HHLA Sky, and Germany Trade & Invest, among others.

Our key areas of focus: unmanned systems (UMS), autonomous platforms, sensor technology, and control systems.

XPONENTIAL is the world’s largest event dedicated to unmanned systems and robotics, bringing together the international UAS community—manufacturers, operators, government agencies, and research institutions—every year. This year, the event is being held jointly with the Michigan Defense Expo (MDEX) for the first time. This underscores the growing importance of autonomous systems in the defense sector. For us, it is an important platform for expanding our international network, gaining first-hand insight into current developments, and positioning b.r.m. IT & Aerospace as a future U-Space service provider in an international context.

For more information about the trade show, visit xponential.org, and learn more about our presence at the German Pavilion.

Drone Days will take place August 26–28, 2026, at Bremen Airport and Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield. Register now as an exhibitor. For more information, visit drone-days.de.

We’re back at XPONENTIAL Europe in Düsseldorf for a second day as b.r.m. IT & Aerospace. Today’s focus was on professional networking—at the DLR (German Aerospace Center) booth and at UAV DACH e.V. We’re delighted to have had many productive conversations, seen familiar faces, and made new connections.

The discussions show that U-Space, BVLOS, and Advanced Air Mobility are major topics in the industry—and Bremen is right in the thick of it. 

We’re taking away a lot of great ideas and look forward to continuing these discussions at Drone Days 2026, taking place August 26–28 at Bremen Airport and Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield.

Our managing directors, Harald and Markus Rossol, are in Düsseldorf today with a delegation from Bremen to attend XPONENTIAL Europe 2026. From March 24 to 26, the international community for autonomous systems and unmanned technologies will gather there.

In addition to our management team, Andreas Eickhoff from the Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports, and Transformation, Martin Nägele from OptoPrecision GmbH, and Moritz Dartsch from the Bremen Economic Development Agency (WFB) are also on site from Bremen.

We were already represented at XPONENTIAL Europe last year, including at the BMDV’s 1st Roundtable on Advanced Air Mobility. The trade show has established itself as a key venue for discussions on U-Space, UAS integration, and advanced air mobility—topics that we, as a future U-Space service provider and organizer of Drone Days, deal with on a daily basis. 

We look forward to fruitful discussions and new ideas from Düsseldorf—and will incorporate them into our preparations for Drone Days 2026, taking place August 26–28 at Bremen Airport and Oldenburg-Hatten Airfield.

The time has come—the new Drone Days website is online!

Following the tremendous success of Drone Days 2025, we are delighted to present our brand-new website:

www.drone-days.de

The dates for the next Drone Days have already been set: August 26–28, 2026.

What makes us particularly proud: Drone Days has established itself as THE meeting place for the North German UAS community. Three days full of innovation, exciting discussions, and genuine encounters between people who are shaping the future of aviation.

What you can expect in 2026:
– Even more live demos and practical insights
– Real networking – from start-ups to corporations
– Focus on advanced air mobility and U-Space
– Back at both proven locations: Hatten-UAS & Bremen Airport

The feedback from 2025 was overwhelming, which is exactly why we are continuing! Because ultimately, it's about the people behind the technology, about shared visions and about making a difference together.

Feel free to visit the new website and be inspired. We can't wait to see you again in 2026!

Until then: Happy Landings!

On February 3, we will be participating in the groundbreaking event "NRW: Pioneer for drones in airspace – facilitating access, solving challenges, applying technologies" in Düsseldorf, which will provide important impetus for the integration of UAS into German and European air traffic.

Harald Rossol, Managing Director of b.r.m. IT & Aerospace, will give a presentation on "Airports as test centers for UAS," drawing on valuable practical experience from our test area in northern Germany.

Our practical experience from the north:
✈️ U-Space real-world laboratory in north-west Germany & the German Bight with 3,600 km² BVLOS flight area
✈️ Hatten-UAS German Flight Center at Oldenburg-Hatten Airport (EDWH) as a test center
✈️ Successful BVLOS missions with ranges of up to 600 km

Airports are more than just takeoff and landing sites—they are innovation labs for the aviation of tomorrow. Here, controlled conditions meet real-world air traffic environments, making them ideal testing grounds for UAS integration.

We look forward to exchanging ideas with experts from all over Germany. The future of unmanned aviation will be shaped together—from north to south.

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.