Press release
Fraunhofer, mobiletec, SFC Energy and the “Satellite Navigation Berchtesgadener Land” Initiative present the Command Center of the Future at Interschutz in Leipzig, Germany
Brunnthal/Munich, Germany, May 21, 2010
Modern disposition and positioning systems, innovative power supply concepts, and mobile robots will facilitate the work of heads and section chiefs of operations of fire, rescue and disaster control teams. At Interschutz - the international exhibition for rescue, fire prevention, disaster relief, safety, and security, from June 7 to 12, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany - Fraunhofer, mobiletec, SFC Energy and the “Satellite Navigation Berchtesgadener Land” Initiative will offer insights into innovative technological components that will support the teams’ command work. They will also demonstrate how these components will interact in larger and smaller mission scenarios. The Command Center of the Future expects your visit at their joint booth B37 in hall 1.
Computer assisted systems are increasingly gaining importance when it comes to optimizing operative decisions and interconnecting different levels of leadership via information logistics. Fraunhofer will present "MobiKat" – Mobile Information, Kommandoarbeit und Taktik - which provides effective support for complex strategic and operative decisions in danger prevention. MobiKat has been developed together with users, including fire departments, rescue and disaster control services. It connects practical knowledge, high-duty optimisation algorithms and flexible visualisation modules. The modular system has been successfully used in day-to-day operations for several years. In addition, this system supports the handling of major loss cases. At Interschutz, co-operation between MobiKat and DISMA will be demonstrated. Innovative positioning technologies and their clever integration into mission control processes will demonstrate excellent potential for the Command Center of the Future. Application examples for this new technology are dog mission trace routes, mobile measurements of pollutants and hazardous substances after technical accidents, or missing person searches in the wake of avalanches.
In addition, Fraunhofer IML Prien, the Business Development Corporation Berchtesgadener Land, and the information logistics provider proTime - all of them key representatives of the “Satellite Navigation Berchtesgadener Land” Initiative - will demonstrate how the European satellite navigation system Galileo can be used for suchlike missions in combination with other positioning technologies. At the booth, visitors can also find information on following ongoing research projects: The project Galileo SAR Lawine is developing a system to facilitate and accelerate the rescue of avalanche victims through highly precise positioning by means of satellite navigation in combination with other innovative positioning methods. This technology will be able to deliver precise data on the distance, direction and vertical location of avalanche beepers or - soon to come, too - mobile phones. With this information the rescue teams will be led to the exact position of the avalanche victims in the fastest possible manner. Within the European EasyWay traffic project, a system has been developed that prevents two hazardous material trucks carrying reactive materials from meeting at narrow passages on motorways - the DAGObert (Dangerous Goods coordination by exact road traffic management) system. Aim is the localization and identification of hazardous material transports to enable fast reaction in case of a potential danger scenario. SafeNav is a modular kernel system for satellite assisted safety applications. Two of the many potential applications of this standard toolkit are comprehensive surveillance and positioning of hazardous material transports and monitoring of mission and rescue vehicles. The G2real research project develops satellite assisted communication and coordination services for rescue teams to improve efficiency of rescue missions in disaster scenarios.
Reconnaissance applications in difficult or dangerous terrain will more and more use mobile robots - in part autonomous, in part remote controlled. mobiletec will show how robots with measuring, video and positioning equipment originally developed for defense or research applications can be effectively used for civilian danger prevention. mobiletec will present UAVs by Ascending Technologies offering a better load scenario and/or longer operating time thanks to their 8 resp. 12 motors. Yet, these UAVs can still be safely landed in case of motor failure. For land based applications mobiletec will present robots by Roboterwerk, which can be equipped with a wide range of positioning, manipulation, communication, measuring equipment and more, thus facilitating the work of mission teams while at the same increasing safety.
SFC Energy, market leader in fuel cell technologies for mobile and off-grid power applications, will demonstrate commercially available off grid power supply systems with EFOY Pro fuel cells for command posts and conduct vehicles and for reliable reconnaissance applications. The fuel cells ensure reliable power availability in all kinds of mission scenarios. They supply power to the technical equipment on board of vehicles or to off grid stand alone applications like cameras or sensors. The fuel cells can be used either directly in the vehicles or in mobile units, e.g. the EFOY ProCube, a weather proof all-in-one power solution. Power is generated silently, fully automatically, emission-free and without requiring any user intervention. The autonomous EFOY Pro power packs can be used wherever a reliable, environmentally friendly power supply is required away from the grid, e.g. in police and special forces scenarios, in safety and surveillance applications, in the oil and gas industry, in traffic guidance and monitoring and for sensors and measuring instruments. The fuel cells take their power from fuel in the EFOY fuel cartridges which are available at more than 1,500 sales points all over Europe and will supply autonomous power over many weeks.
Additional information on the partners of the joint booth Command Center of the Future
Fraunhofer-Allianz Verkehr (www.verkehr.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung IFF (www.iff.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluss und Logistik IML (www.iml.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik IPK (www.ipk.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Verkehrs- und Infrastruktursysteme IVI (www.ivi.fraunhofer.de)
mobiletec GmbH
mobiletec GmbH (www.mobiltec.biz) is a system provider for authorities and safety organizations. We offer products and services for fire and rescue teams, the police and the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) and many other organizations in Germany, Europe and worldwide. Together with our suppliers we create real world solutions from hardware, software and robotics. mobiletec cooperates with various organisations and companies in the development and introduction of trend setting technologies. mobiletec is headquartered at Waging am See/ Wonneberg, Germany.
SFC Energy AG
SFC Energy AG (www.sfc.com) is market leader in fuel cell technologies for mobile and off-grid power applications serving the leisure, industrial and defense markets. As one of Germany's technology pioneers, SFC has won numerous innovation awards. SFC has alliances with leading companies in a wide range of industries. Unlike most other fuel cell manufacturers, who are in the research and development phase or run subsidized demonstration projects, SFC has shipped more than 18,000 fully commercial products to industrial and private end users for more than five years, and has created a convenient fuel cartridge supply infrastructure. SFC is DIN ISO 9001:2000 certified. SFC is based in Brunnthal, Germany, and has a U.S. sales and technical service office in the U.S. SFC Energy AG is listed at the Deutsche Boerse Prime Standard (WKN 756857).
“Satellite Navigation Berchtesgadener Land” Initiative
Currently, approx. 30 public institutions, companies, research centers and educational institutions participate in this initiative (www.satnav-bgl.de), among them Fraunhofer IML Prien and proTime GmbH. The initiative has important and prospering network connections with the German Aviation and Space Center, the GNSS NETWORK GERMANY, and BavAIRia. The SatNav BGL Initiative participates in transregional research and development projects. The Business Development Association Berchtesgadener Land serves as an interface and provides a service platform to the Initiative.
Press contacts:
Fraunhofer IML
Nicole Wagner
Projektleiterin Informationslogistik
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str.9
D-83209 Prien am Chiemsee
Tel.: +49 (0)8051 901113
Fax: +49 (0)8051 901111
Email: nicole.wagner@prien.iml.fhg.de
mobiletec GmbH
Andreas Trattler
Geschäftsführer
D-83379 Wonneberg
Tel.: +49 (0)8681 4719928
Fax: +49 (0)8681 4719930
Email: andreas.trattler@mobiletec.biz
SFC Energy AG
Claudia von Junker und Bigato
Public Relations
Eugen-Saenger-Ring 7
D-85649 Brunnthal
Tel.: +49 (0)89 673 592-377
Fax: +49 (0)89 673 592-169
Email: claudia.junker@sfc.com
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Modern disposition and positioning systems, innovative power supply concepts, and mobile robots will facilitate the work of heads and section chiefs of operations of fire, rescue and disaster control teams. At Interschutz - the international exhibition for rescue, fire prevention, disaster relief, safety, and security, from June 7 to 12, 2010 in Leipzig, Germany - Fraunhofer, mobiletec, SFC Energy and the “Satellite Navigation Berchtesgadener Land” Initiative will offer insights into innovative technological components that will support the teams’ command work. They will also demonstrate how these components will interact in larger and smaller mission scenarios. The Command Center of the Future expects your visit at their joint booth B37 in hall 1.
Computer assisted systems are increasingly gaining importance when it comes to optimizing operative decisions and interconnecting different levels of leadership via information logistics. Fraunhofer will present "MobiKat" – Mobile Information, Kommandoarbeit und Taktik - which provides effective support for complex strategic and operative decisions in danger prevention. MobiKat has been developed together with users, including fire departments, rescue and disaster control services. It connects practical knowledge, high-duty optimisation algorithms and flexible visualisation modules. The modular system has been successfully used in day-to-day operations for several years. In addition, this system supports the handling of major loss cases. At Interschutz, co-operation between MobiKat and DISMA will be demonstrated. Innovative positioning technologies and their clever integration into mission control processes will demonstrate excellent potential for the Command Center of the Future. Application examples for this new technology are dog mission trace routes, mobile measurements of pollutants and hazardous substances after technical accidents, or missing person searches in the wake of avalanches.
In addition, Fraunhofer IML Prien, the Business Development Corporation Berchtesgadener Land, and the information logistics provider proTime - all of them key representatives of the “Satellite Navigation Berchtesgadener Land” Initiative - will demonstrate how the European satellite navigation system Galileo can be used for suchlike missions in combination with other positioning technologies. At the booth, visitors can also find information on following ongoing research projects: The project Galileo SAR Lawine is developing a system to facilitate and accelerate the rescue of avalanche victims through highly precise positioning by means of satellite navigation in combination with other innovative positioning methods. This technology will be able to deliver precise data on the distance, direction and vertical location of avalanche beepers or - soon to come, too - mobile phones. With this information the rescue teams will be led to the exact position of the avalanche victims in the fastest possible manner. Within the European EasyWay traffic project, a system has been developed that prevents two hazardous material trucks carrying reactive materials from meeting at narrow passages on motorways - the DAGObert (Dangerous Goods coordination by exact road traffic management) system. Aim is the localization and identification of hazardous material transports to enable fast reaction in case of a potential danger scenario. SafeNav is a modular kernel system for satellite assisted safety applications. Two of the many potential applications of this standard toolkit are comprehensive surveillance and positioning of hazardous material transports and monitoring of mission and rescue vehicles. The G2real research project develops satellite assisted communication and coordination services for rescue teams to improve efficiency of rescue missions in disaster scenarios.
Reconnaissance applications in difficult or dangerous terrain will more and more use mobile robots - in part autonomous, in part remote controlled. mobiletec will show how robots with measuring, video and positioning equipment originally developed for defense or research applications can be effectively used for civilian danger prevention. mobiletec will present UAVs by Ascending Technologies offering a better load scenario and/or longer operating time thanks to their 8 resp. 12 motors. Yet, these UAVs can still be safely landed in case of motor failure. For land based applications mobiletec will present robots by Roboterwerk, which can be equipped with a wide range of positioning, manipulation, communication, measuring equipment and more, thus facilitating the work of mission teams while at the same increasing safety.
SFC Energy, market leader in fuel cell technologies for mobile and off-grid power applications, will demonstrate commercially available off grid power supply systems with EFOY Pro fuel cells for command posts and conduct vehicles and for reliable reconnaissance applications. The fuel cells ensure reliable power availability in all kinds of mission scenarios. They supply power to the technical equipment on board of vehicles or to off grid stand alone applications like cameras or sensors. The fuel cells can be used either directly in the vehicles or in mobile units, e.g. the EFOY ProCube, a weather proof all-in-one power solution. Power is generated silently, fully automatically, emission-free and without requiring any user intervention. The autonomous EFOY Pro power packs can be used wherever a reliable, environmentally friendly power supply is required away from the grid, e.g. in police and special forces scenarios, in safety and surveillance applications, in the oil and gas industry, in traffic guidance and monitoring and for sensors and measuring instruments. The fuel cells take their power from fuel in the EFOY fuel cartridges which are available at more than 1,500 sales points all over Europe and will supply autonomous power over many weeks.
Additional information on the partners of the joint booth Command Center of the Future
Fraunhofer-Allianz Verkehr (www.verkehr.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung IFF (www.iff.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluss und Logistik IML (www.iml.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik IPK (www.ipk.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer-Institut für Verkehrs- und Infrastruktursysteme IVI (www.ivi.fraunhofer.de)
mobiletec GmbH
mobiletec GmbH (www.mobiltec.biz) is a system provider for authorities and safety organizations. We offer products and services for fire and rescue teams, the police and the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) and many other organizations in Germany, Europe and worldwide. Together with our suppliers we create real world solutions from hardware, software and robotics. mobiletec cooperates with various organisations and companies in the development and introduction of trend setting technologies. mobiletec is headquartered at Waging am See/ Wonneberg, Germany.
SFC Energy AG
SFC Energy AG (www.sfc.com) is market leader in fuel cell technologies for mobile and off-grid power applications serving the leisure, industrial and defense markets. As one of Germany's technology pioneers, SFC has won numerous innovation awards. SFC has alliances with leading companies in a wide range of industries. Unlike most other fuel cell manufacturers, who are in the research and development phase or run subsidized demonstration projects, SFC has shipped more than 18,000 fully commercial products to industrial and private end users for more than five years, and has created a convenient fuel cartridge supply infrastructure. SFC is DIN ISO 9001:2000 certified. SFC is based in Brunnthal, Germany, and has a U.S. sales and technical service office in the U.S. SFC Energy AG is listed at the Deutsche Boerse Prime Standard (WKN 756857).
“Satellite Navigation Berchtesgadener Land” Initiative
Currently, approx. 30 public institutions, companies, research centers and educational institutions participate in this initiative (www.satnav-bgl.de), among them Fraunhofer IML Prien and proTime GmbH. The initiative has important and prospering network connections with the German Aviation and Space Center, the GNSS NETWORK GERMANY, and BavAIRia. The SatNav BGL Initiative participates in transregional research and development projects. The Business Development Association Berchtesgadener Land serves as an interface and provides a service platform to the Initiative.
Press contacts:
Fraunhofer IML
Nicole Wagner
Projektleiterin Informationslogistik
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str.9
D-83209 Prien am Chiemsee
Tel.: +49 (0)8051 901113
Fax: +49 (0)8051 901111
Email: nicole.wagner@prien.iml.fhg.de
mobiletec GmbH
Andreas Trattler
Geschäftsführer
D-83379 Wonneberg
Tel.: +49 (0)8681 4719928
Fax: +49 (0)8681 4719930
Email: andreas.trattler@mobiletec.biz
SFC Energy AG
Claudia von Junker und Bigato
Public Relations
Eugen-Saenger-Ring 7
D-85649 Brunnthal
Tel.: +49 (0)89 673 592-377
Fax: +49 (0)89 673 592-169
Email: claudia.junker@sfc.com
