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Founded in 1745, the TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig (TU BS) is Germany's oldest technical university and looks back on a two and a half century tradition of academic teaching and research. Today the TU Braunschweig is the centre of one of the most active German research regions.

The university has more than 14,000 students and employs 2,600 staff members, 1,600 of whom are scientists and researchers. It is organised in 10 departments and 111 institutes, one of which is the Institut für Flugführung
(Institute of Flight Guidance, IFF).

The IFF, led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunther Schänzer, employs 25 staff (of which 16 research engineers). Its scientific activities include:
-  modelling of dynamic systems (sensors, vehicles, human operators),
-  integrated satellite based navigation systems for land and airborne vehicles,
-  differential GNSS services and GNSS / SBAS integrity,
- in-flight measurements technology, comprising high precision positioning and attitude determination, airflow and atmospheric data as well as airborne gravimetry
-  flight testing using two research aeroplanes, both for in-house development and as a service to external partners
-  flight control and simulation, especially for effects of a disturbed atmosphere like wind shear, turbulence, and wake vortices.

Besides its basic research the Institute is frequently involved in research and development programs with industrial partners which lead to system developments for commercial applications.

The Institute acts as technical consultant to the German Ministry of Transport, the ICAO and ESA in the field of satellite navigation and certification issues. The world-wide first automatic landing of an aircraft guided by GPS was performed by scientists of the IFF with their then Dornier Do-28 research aircraft in 1989. Recently a fully automatic guided vehicle based on an integrated GPS/INS system has been developed together with Volkswagen AG.

The Institute operates a twin engine research aircraft Dornier Do-128 and a Cessna C-172 Experimental, both equipped with extensive avionics, experimental sensors, actuators, and computers.

Recent EU projects with the IFF’s participation are S-WAKE, SHINE, and GIFT, the two latter – as well as the German Ministry of Education and Research funded ISAN and UniTaS projects – providing invaluable background knowledge and experience for the work in ANASTASIA.