Highlights
News und Events
ZAL Appoints New CEO
As of October 1, Dr Eckart Frankenberger takes over as CEO of ZAL. He succeeds Roland Gerhards, who is leaving the company at his own request. With Frankenberger, ZAL gains a highly experienced engineer who has spent some 25 years of his aviation career at Airbus.
READ MORE
ELO: High-Tech for Safer Seas
The ELO research project is turning drones into smart helpers at sea. Supported by AI, they provide emergency services with a real-time picture during maritime incidents – but only greater autonomy will unlock their full potential.
READ MORE
AutoTank: Taking Shape
Aircraft water tanks made of fiber composites are lightweight but expensive to manufacture, because they are usually cured in a huge, heated pressure chamber: the autoclave. The AutoTank research project aims to make this process simpler and more efficient without an autoclave.
READ MORE
ZAL.award 2026 – Make it Yours!
Our ecosystem is working on amazing projects, solving problems, conducting experiments, and validating feasibility studies. But much of this remains invisible even to potential partners or supporters. That’s exactly where the ZAL.award comes in. It’s not about the trophy in your office (though you’ll get that anyway), it’s about making your work visible within ZAL, on social media, in trade publications, presentations, and much more.
READ MORE
Licht am Ende des Datentunnels (GoldenGate)
Cameras, smart sensors, and AI systems could increasingly take over tasks on board in the future – from assisting pilots to optimizing fuel consumption. The recently launched GoldenGate research project investigates how these growing volumes of data can be processed efficiently and transmitted to the ground via an optical connection within just a few minutes after landing.
READ MORE
