The Technical University (TU) Darmstadt and the state of Hesse have announced, that they have a new one at Kassel-Calden Airport “Drone Competence Center” want to open. The center is scheduled to open this year and will cost the state of Hesse 8 million €.
The decision is part of the reorientation Kassel Airports in the military areas, Drones and electric flying, which are intended to make the loss-making airport profitable again.
So far it has been left open, Whether research should be carried out directly for the Bundeswehr in addition to the Federal Police at the Competence Center. The airport's chairman had previously described research on drones in the military sector as part of his vision for the airport.
is tricky, that the drone center should be managed by the TU Darmstadt. This took place in the year 2012 committed to research with “exclusively peaceful goals” under the civil clause.
