The Funen business lighthouse NextGen Robotics, of which HCA Airport and UAS Denmark Test Centre are a part, receives DKK 43.5 million from the Danish Business Promotion Agency. The funds will further develop the lighthouse and strengthen innovation collaboration with companies. Weibel, which has an office at HCA Airport, is one of the companies that will benefit from the funds.
The Danish Business Promotion Agency wants to strengthen growth and employment and support the development of the Danish robot strength position. In NextGen Robotics, the money will go to the next step in development and innovation collaborations between companies and knowledge institutions.
The company Weibel, which produces radars for detection, classification and tracking of flying drones. Weibel delivered the radar system that NextGen Drones - one of the legs of NextGen Robotics - has purchased for HCA Airport to establish Europe's strongest test hub for advanced drone technology.
Weibel is now one of the companies that will benefit from the funds, as part of the money will go towards the development of 'counter drone' technologies, which Weibel's radars are a part of.Â
“Together with other tech companies as well as SDU and UAS Denmark, we will develop an advanced sensor solution for reliable and versatile monitoring of drones - something that is currently quite a challenge in the industry. From a larger perspective, the project will help accelerate the development of drone technology and support the operation of the fossil-free air traffic of the future, where manned and unmanned flying units will be able to operate side by side in a safe way," says Andreas Riposati, Business Development Analyst at Weibel.
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