What will the aircraft engines of tomorrow look like - efficient, clean and safe? BTU provides the answer: in the new 14.5 million euro joint project "LoPPer", researchers are developing autonomous production methods for hybrid-electric drives for air taxis and regional aircraft. Core technology: the digital twin and the industrial metaverse.

Heat, heavy rain, floods: extreme weather situations are on the rise - and with them the burden on emergency services and control centres. The AIRCIS research project in the Lusatia model region, funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV), shows how emergency structures can be made more crisis-proof with the help of AI, data-based forecasts and simulation-based planning.

The hydrogen tour makes a stop at BTU, a visible sign of the university's central role in research and the transformation of the energy and industrial region of Lusatia. Minister of Economic Affairs Daniel Keller is exchanging ideas with companies, local authorities, networks and science on site and visualising projects along the entire value chain.