Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR

With its radar-on-chip technology, Fraunhofer FHR has now opened up the advantages of radar for use in robotics as well, proving this with the EU project Smokebot.

From the 25th to the 29th of April 2018, Fraunhofer FHR and its partners will exhibit the complementary radar systems TIRA and GESTRA as well as the latest radar techniques for space observation across three stands at the ILA Berlin Air Show: Hall 4, Stand 202 (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Hall 3, Stand 302 (German Space Situational Awareness Center ) and Hall 2, Stand 203 (Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy).

In just a few weeks from now, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. The scientists at Fraunhofer FHR in Wachtberg near Bonn have already been monitoring Tiangong-1 for a number of weeks with their TIRA (Tracking and Imaging Radar) system, one of the most powerful space observation radars in the world, with a view to supporting the national Space Situational Awareness Center (WRLageZ) and the ESA (European Space Agency) with their re-entry forecasts.

Fraunhofer FHR is exploring the new possibilities of 3D printed high frequency structures for its customers and partners. Engineers are inspecting the quality of components manufactured using additive processes with their high frequency transmitted light imaging system SAMMI®. They will present this system at the Hannover Messe in hall 2, booth C22, from April 23 to 27, 2018.