To make future air traffic more environmentally friendly and climate-compatible, the DLR facility Technologies for Small Aircraft - short DLR Facility KF - was established in 2020, which operates the Innovation Center for Small Aircraft Technologies (INK). The INK is dedicated to topics of electric flying and (inter-)urban mobility with a focus on small aircraft against the backdrop of the vision of the Rhine region as a so-called mobility region of the future.
The concept of electric flying plays a key role for climate-compatible aviation. The electrification of aircraft has the potential to locally minimize emissions and make mobility quieter and more efficient. In this context, small aircraft can serve a dual purpose. On the one hand, they are ideal test platforms in which and with which new technologies - also for large aircraft - can be tested and demonstrated easily, quickly, and economically. On the other hand, small aircraft must themselves become climate-compatible - both current and novel small aircraft have the potential to contribute to the mobility transition, e.g. in (inter-)urban areas.
The project aims to lay the foundation for its later construction and the research operation of the DLR in the so-called Aero-Park - a new planning area of the city of Würselen, focused on aviation-friendly, innovative partners. The building combines several work areas, thereby enabling the direct development and integration of new technologies in a specialized environment.
At the DLR site in Aachen Merzbrück, a hangar building with hangar hall, repair workshop, test rooms, storage rooms, offices, meeting and social rooms, as well as rooms for further user-defined requirements will be constructed at the Aachen-Merzbrück airfield. The planning takes into account special requirements that result from the operating model of the Innovation Center INK and the location as a mono-location.
The hangar building is to provide capacity for about 120 employees at the Aachen Merzbrück site.
It will serve as a central location for the research, testing, and demonstration of technologies on the ground and in the air and offers the necessary offices, workshop spaces, and test rooms as well as the required direct access to the runway.
The direct access of the property to the runway of the airfield is to be established via a dedicated taxiway.
The DLR Facility KF (as a structural change project) significantly contributes to the creation of new, high-quality jobs and training positions, as it is designed to work with regional partners from science, industry, and politics to apply innovative technologies and practices and to promote climate-compatible aviation with solutions from the Rhine region. It contributes to the prosperity of the region and to a new societal acceptance for groundbreaking aviation.
The hangar building is to be constructed according to the user's wish according to the Silver Standard of the Sustainable Building Assessment System (BNB). In the context of a BNB certification, the entire life cycle of a building is considered, taking into account ecological, economic, sociocultural qualities as well as technical aspects and processes.
For the hangar building, a space requirement has been compiled based on the needs plan: //
- Office space, test rooms, seminar, technology, storage, measurement and observation platform total: 2,100 m² //
- Hangar hall: 840 m² Not included in these space requirements are ancillary areas such as circulation areas (hallways, staircases, etc.) and sanitary facilities.
It is a construction measure according to the RZBau (Guidelines for the Implementation of Funding Measures).
Scope of Services //
The scope of services for general planning services of the hangar includes all necessary planning and monitoring services required for the measure LPH 2+3 and 4–9 as partial service packages according to Appendix to §6, in particular the service images //
• Object planning building and interiors //
• Specialist planning structural planning //
• Specialist planning technical equipment ELT + HLS //
• Object planning traffic facilities + outdoor facilities and engineering structures (canals) //
• Construction physics //
• Fire protection planning //
The milestones for the implementation of the project foresee: //
- Start of services: Sept 2025 //
- Start of construction: 4th Quarter 2027 //
- Completion: Mid 2030 //
The total cost of the project (KG 200-500) is estimated at €25.4 million net, and is divided into the following allocation of KG: //
- KG 200 1,200,000€ //
- KG 300 13,176,536€ //
- KG 400 7,441,760€ //
- KG 500 3,581,250€ //
A step-by-step commissioning of the subsequently described services is intended.
Initially, in the commissioning stage 1a, the service phases 2 and 3 (preliminary planning and design planning) according to HOAI, or as per the appendix will be commissioned. Partial services from other service levels are already to be called in this phase.
The service phases 4 to 9 as partial service packages will be called in the further commissioning stages 1b and beyond.
There is no legal entitlement to total commissioning. Further information on the planned measure can be obtained from the feasibility study and other informational documents attached to the tender documents as "Tender Documents G - Planning and Informational Materials."
LOT-0001
Construction of a Hangar Building for the DLR Facility Technologies for Small Aircraft (KF), Aachen Merzbrück - Services of General Planning.
To make future air traffic more environmentally friendly and climate-compatible, the DLR facility Technologies for Small Aircraft - short DLR Facility KF - was established in 2020, which operates the Innovation Center for Small Aircraft Technologies (INK). The INK is dedicated to topics of electric flying and (inter-)urban mobility with a focus on small aircraft against the backdrop of the vision of the Rhine region as a so-called mobility region of the future.
The concept of electric flying plays a key role for climate-compatible aviation. The electrification of aircraft has the potential to locally minimize emissions and make mobility quieter and more efficient. In this context, small aircraft can serve a dual purpose. On the one hand, they are ideal test platforms in which and with which new technologies - also for large aircraft - can be tested and demonstrated easily, quickly, and economically. On the other hand, small aircraft must themselves become climate-compatible - both current and novel small aircraft have the potential to contribute to the mobility transition, e.g. in (inter-)urban areas.
The project aims to lay the foundation for its later construction and the research operation of the DLR in the so-called Aero-Park - a new planning area of the city of Würselen, focused on aviation-friendly, innovative partners. The building combines several work areas, thereby enabling the direct development and integration of new technologies in a specialized environment.
At the DLR site in Aachen Merzbrück, a hangar building with hangar hall, repair workshop, test rooms, storage rooms, offices, meeting and social rooms, as well as rooms for further user-defined requirements will be constructed at the Aachen-Merzbrück airfield. The planning takes into account special requirements that result from the operating model of the Innovation Center INK and the location as a mono-location.
The hangar building is to provide capacity for about 120 employees at the Aachen Merzbrück site.
It will serve as a central location for the research, testing, and demonstration of technologies on the ground and in the air and offers the necessary offices, workshop spaces, and test rooms as well as the required direct access to the runway.
The direct access of the property to the runway of the airfield is to be established via a dedicated taxiway.
The DLR Facility KF (as a structural change project) significantly contributes to the creation of new, high-quality jobs and training positions, as it is designed to work with regional partners from science, industry, and politics to apply innovative technologies and practices and to promote climate-compatible aviation with solutions from the Rhine region. It contributes to the prosperity of the region and to a new societal acceptance for groundbreaking aviation.
The hangar building is to be constructed according to the user's wish according to the Silver Standard of the Sustainable Building Assessment System (BNB). In the context of a BNB certification, the entire life cycle of a building is considered, taking into account ecological, economic, sociocultural qualities as well as technical aspects and processes.
For the hangar building, a space requirement has been compiled based on the needs plan: //
- Office space, test rooms, seminar, technology, storage, measurement and observation platform total: 2,100 m² //
- Hangar hall: 840 m² Not included in these space requirements are ancillary areas such as circulation areas (hallways, staircases, etc.) and sanitary facilities.
It is a construction measure according to the RZBau (Guidelines for the Implementation of Funding Measures).
Scope of Services //
The scope of services for general planning services of the hangar includes all necessary planning and monitoring services required for the measure LPH 2+3 and 4–9 as partial service packages according to Appendix to §6, in particular the service images //
• Object planning building and interiors //
• Specialist planning structural planning //
• Specialist planning technical equipment ELT + HLS //
• Object planning traffic facilities + outdoor facilities and engineering structures (canals) //
• Construction physics //
• Fire protection planning //
The milestones for the implementation of the project foresee: //
- Start of services: Sept 2025 //
- Start of construction: 4th Quarter 2027 //
- Completion: Mid 2030 //
The total cost of the project (KG 200-500) is estimated at €25.4 million net, and is divided into the following allocation of KG: //
- KG 200 1,200,000€ //
- KG 300 13,176,536€ //
- KG 400 7,441,760€ //
- KG 500 3,581,250€ //
A step-by-step commissioning of the subsequently described services is intended.
Initially, in the commissioning stage 1a, the service phases 2 and 3 (preliminary planning and design planning) according to HOAI, or as per the appendix will be commissioned. Partial services from other service levels are already to be called in this phase.
The service phases 4 to 9 as partial service packages will be called in the further commissioning stages 1b and beyond.
There is no legal entitlement to total commissioning. Further information on the planned measure can be obtained from the feasibility study and other informational documents attached to the tender documents as "Tender Documents G - Planning and Informational Materials."