Transport

Transport research at DLR – Research making a difference

How will we travel from A to B in the future? Is a world without accidents, traffic jams delays and diversions possible? How can our mobility become compatible with the environment? And what must the transport system of the future look like to ensure it provides for a prospering industry?

DLR's vision is to provide solutions to meet the demands of an increasingly mobile society: Accidents, traffic jams, delays, diversions and environmental pollution should be avoided. In doing so, DLR helps shape trends, explores topics in greater depth and expands its portfolio for a greener, smarter, more user-friendly and more economical future transport.

With its Transport programme, DLR is the second largest institutionally funded transport research facility in Europe. Twenty-eight DLR institutes and facilities follow a systematic, programmatic approach to transport research.

Strategy and programme

With its Transport programme, DLR is the second largest institutionally funded transport research facility in Europe. Here, the challenges for tomorrow's mobility are identified and concrete solutions are developed on an interdisciplinary basis. The results contribute to a sustainable transport system in Germany and Europe, from which the economy and society benefit equally.

Research infrastructure

DLR's facility portfolio comprises over 150 large-scale research facilities at its sites across Germany and as far away as the polar regions. DLR also makes its large-scale facilities available to partners from industry and academia as part of collaborative research projects.

Featured topics

Hy­dro­gen – the en­er­gy source of the fu­ture

An economy without greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – this is Europe’s declared, 30-year goal for halting climate change. Renewable energies are expected to replace fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. Hydrogen will play an important role in the sustainable transformation of the energy supply system.

The future of rail transport

Under its flagship 'Next-Generation Train (NGT)' concept, DLR is developing a vision of future rail transport as an essential part of mobility geared towards sustainability and greater capacity. New technologies from the fields of propulsion systems, aerodynamics, lightweight construction, chassis design, crash behaviour, air conditioning, automation, control and regulation all feed into the NGT concept.

Projects and missions

Galileo

The aim of the civil Galileo system is to make Europe independent of the military-controlled navigation services of the USA (GPS) and Russia (GLONASS) and to provide navigation signals with unprecedented accuracy.

DLR transport research projects

Transport research at the DLR is carried out in theme-centred projects: the relevant DLR institutes research concrete solutions in an interdisciplinary way. All projects benefit from being pooled in the DLR together with its other programs Aeronautics, Space and Energy, as well as networking with politics, the economy and science.

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Video: Transport Research at DLR
The mission: A future-oriented traffic system
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DLR research intersection in Braunschweig
At a busy intersection in Braunschweig, DLR transport researchers are investigating how drivers interact with each other, as well as with pedestrians and cyclists. The aim is to find out why critical situations occur and how they can be mitigated using driver assistance systems.
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New concepts for future rail transport
In the Next Generation Train project, DLR scientists are developing new concepts for future rail transport. Here, the complete train family is united: consisting of the NGT Link feeder, the NGT high-speed train and the NGT Cargo for freight transport. (from left)
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Institutes and facilities

From Aachen to Zittau and from Stade to Weilheim, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is represented by its institutes and facilities at 30 locations across Germany.

Jobs and careers

Whether you are a sci­en­tist, en­gi­neer, tech­ni­cian or are look­ing to take up an ap­pren­tice­ship - DLR of­fers ex­cit­ing ca­reer op­por­tu­ni­ties for a wide range of tal­ents. Take a look at all our va­can­cies and find in­for­ma­tion about get­ting start­ed.

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DLRmagazine article: To the point (Issue 159)

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From earth observation to autonomous driving

„Auto, gib mir ein Zeichen!“ (DLR-Magazin 160, März 2019)

Beitrag über die DLR-Forschung zum automatisierten Fahren