German Aerospace Center

German Aerospace Center
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
Agency overview
AbbreviationDLR
Formed1969 (1969)
TypeSpace agency
HeadquartersCologne (Köln), Germany
AdministratorAnke Kaysser-Pyzalla
Employees10,327[1]
Annual budgetIncrease€1.348 billion (2021)[2]
Websitewww.dlr.de
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An aerial view of DLR's headquarters at Lind, Cologne in 2010

The German Aerospace Center (German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., abbreviated DLR, literally German Center for Air- and Space-flight) is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of Germany, founded in 1969. It is headquartered in Cologne with 35 locations throughout Germany. The DLR is engaged in a wide range of research and development projects in national and international partnerships.[2]

The DLR acts as the German space agency and is responsible for planning and implementing the German space programme on behalf of the German federal government. As a project management agency, DLR coordinates and answers the technical and organisational implementation of projects funded by a number of German federal ministries. As of 2020, the German Aerospace Center had a national budget of €1.348 billion.[2]

  1. ^ "DLR in Numbers - DLR personnel 2021". dlr.de. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "DLR in Numbers". dlr.de. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

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