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In this interview, our CBDO & Vice President of Engineering, Dr. Juergens Hess, talks about his educational background, living in the Bay Area, working at NVIDIA automotive group and the final step to Spleenlab. We are proud to have been able to attract such an experienced engineer to join our team. Just watch the video to learn more.

1) What is your academic career like? What did you do before Spleenlab? My academic career includes a Master’s degree in Engineering Computer Science from TU Ilmenau with specialization in Cognitive Systems and Robotics. Before joining Spleenlab, I worked at Easterngraphics where I was involved in image classification, search engine development, backend and frontend development, and synthetic data generation.

1) What is Windrove’s work like in Hamburg? What is its significance for the drone location in Germany and Europe? Our daily work actually consists a lot of connecting people from the drone economy with each other. In the Hamburg metropolitan region alone, for example, there are many innovation projects that deal with U-Space, vertiports, automation or defense, so that an exchange among each other is always fruitful. As a network, we are a neutral contact for the community a

DLR’s Johann Dauer discusses AI in drones, BVLOS flight, certification challenges, and the role of KI4Flight in advancing autonomous aviation in Germany.

1) For years, you have been one of the leading experts on aerospace in Germany and beyond. Drones, air cabs, automated and pilotless flight systems. The world of flight is on the move. What has changed the most in the last 5 years from your point of view? The most significant change in the flight world has definitely been the many creative ideas about air cabs. But also the intensive search for business fields for the civil use of drones has really shaken up the scene. One c