Dirk Schindler Email & Phone Number

Immenstaad, Bw, De

Immenstaad Am Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Friedrichshafen (Germany)

Coordinating the development of the product Family Fortion®1Sky Control / 1Sky Tower and 1Sky UTM. Aiming at cloud-based solutions for modern ATM (Air Traffic Management) and also UTM (Unmanned aircraft system Traffic Management), which are scalable from local drone test stations up to country-wide Air Surveillance and Coordination Centres. Core aspects are adhearance to current legal and airworthyness regulations, safety analysis and measures, utilization of international relevant standards plus implementation of sustainable Interfaces between existing ATM/ATC (Air Traffic Control) Systems and growing UTM-Services, as well for Military / NATO but also for zivil use.- Chair of WG-105 SG3 "Unmanned Traffic Management" EUROCAE (in 2019).- Member of EASA UTM Expert Group, working on Aceptable Means of Compliance (ACM) und Guidance Material (GM) in 2021.- Since Juli 2021: Point of contact for NATO/EUROCONTROL ATM Security Coordinating Group (NEASCOG) within Airbus Defence and Space (DE).

Friedrichshafen

My current tasks:- Projekt Leader for the Skyways Operation Centre, which is the ground station of the Skyways System of Systems at Singapore (see links below).- Expert in Air Policing and Air Safety questions and concepts.

Immenstaad

My Tasks:- Technical Management of the development for the Skyways ground station "Skyways Operation Centre" (SOC) at Singapore. The SOC contols all UA flights and comunicates via existing ATM-Interfaces to external entities e.g. CAAS (Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore).- Operational Expert in SESAR 1 WP11, in the topic civil-military coordination.- Development of the CAPS (Collaborative Airspace Provision Service) application, for improving Mission Planning whilst utilizing near-real-time data like airspace Reservation data plus flight plan data from Eurocontrol (i.w. from NM (Network Manager) and/or LARA (Local And Sub-Regional Airspace Management)).

Immenstaad/Friedrichshafen

Until December 2011 working as System Engineer at the Mission Planning Ground Station (OSS – Operations Support System) for helicopters of the German Armed Forces (UH-Tiger, NH-90 and CH-53). Acting as team leader, responsible work package leader, and Sub-Project Leader. Intense experience in development following DO278-B, standard for ground systems.Since January 2012 contributing as operational expert to SESAR (Single European Sky ATM (Air Traffic Management) Research) work package 11.01. Key aspects:- Interconnecting ground stations of military platforms (rotary wing, fixed wing and transport aircraft, fighter aircraft, RPAS/UAS) to the ATM-network (Eurocontrol).- Evolving concepts for improved coordination between civil and military flights across Europe (and beyond).- Development of homogenous functions and processes for modern Wing Operation Center(s) (WOC) in close liaison with Eurocontrol (CMAC, Civil-Military ATM Coordination).From August 2016 participating as Operational Expert (focusing on safety) in the development of the Skyways Operation Centre, which is the ground support station for a parcel delivery system based on drones (UA) at Singapore.Highlights:+ Delivery of all SESAR 1 documents in TQB (Time, Quality, Budget) according to contract.+ Provision of a mission planning station prototype in TQB to validate new and efficient processes for Civil to Military coordination via B2B-interfaces to Eurocontrol (SWIM, System Wide Information Management)+ Award winner of the SWIM Master Class 2014 in the category "Applications", providing CAPS (Collaborative Airspace Provision Service Application) a software tool with an airspace-cooperation-support-function.

München Neubiberg

Consultant, author and project manager for Web Based Training Modules (in the frame of computer aided training and education at the German armed forces).Furthermore, consultant in content management (Typo 3).

Neubiberg / München

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Nordholz

Army basic recruit training, Driver of mil. vehicles at Army Air Command Celle Wietzenbruch.Joining the Navy in July 1988. Flying training in UK on Chipmunk, Bulldog, Gazelle and Sea Lynx. Operational Pilot on-board German Frigates in numerous international manoeuvres and NATO – Operations.From 1997 serving as flight commander of wing / flight department on Frigates Type 122 and 123.Additional tasks:- Flight Safety Officer- Flight Deck Officer- Flight Deck Crew Trainer- Leader of National Competent Authority (NCA) of Flight Deck Crew Training GermanyHighlights:+ Military Leadership as helicopter flight commander (department 500) on-board German Frigates (Type 122 and 123).+ Abroad air/flight operations at Montevideo (Uruguay), Cape Town (South Africa), Swakopmund/Walvis Bay (Namibia), Warna (Bulgaria), Konstanza (Rumania) and many further.+ Awarding of licences to flight deck officers after successful education+ Evolvement of training and processes for flight deck operations as responsible Head of the NCA for Flight Deck Crew Training+ 1.500 Flight hours in various profiles (Sonar Day/Night, IFR Day/Night, Deck Landing Qualification (DLQ), Over the horizon surveillance in different oceans, External Load, Search and Rescue (SAR), Hoist Operations, Fast Roping (FR), Boarding in the frame of Sharp Guard (Yugoslavia 1994), …