Satellite Based Integrated Navigation and Communication System of the German Air Rescue

Manfred Haverland, Harry Evers, Hindemith-Boose and Roland Kirschenlohr

Abstract:	The Gemran Air Rescue Service operates more than 20 helicopters and 3 Learjets in order to provide the tasks of primary air rescue services and inter-hospital transportation. An alarm centre is operated for planning and coordination of more than 12.000 worldwide missions per year. Actually, the alarm centre and all helicopters and aircraft are undergoing an improvement programme in order to optimize the operation of the fleet. After completion of the programme the functions listed below will be realized in the alarm centre: l display of position and status of each helicopter; l automatic generation of flight logs and invoices; l transmission and reporting of health usage monitoring system data (HUMS). The navigation systems on board the helicopters are based on integrated GPWinertial navigation systems including a half-duplex data communication based on the INMARSAT satellite system as well as terrestric mobil phone networks. Due to the open system concept, the service of the alarm centre are open to other users in the fields of airborne, maritime, and land vehicle applications. All activities for system development and implementation are concentrated within the German Air Rescue under the project title Z.E.U.S.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995) September 12 - 15, 1995 Palm Springs, CA
Pages:	1629 - 1634
Cite this article:	Haverland, Manfred, Evers, Harry, Hindemith-Boose,, Kirschenlohr, Roland, "Satellite Based Integrated Navigation and Communication System of the German Air Rescue," Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995), Palm Springs, CA, September 1995, pp. 1629-1634.
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