Commercial Aerospace

DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
The DLR research aircraft HALO is operating at altitudes of up to 14 kilometers for the NAWDIC (North Atlantic Waveguide, Dry Intrusion, and Downstream Impact Campaign) measurement campaign. Using specially developed laser remote-sensing instruments on board, the research teams record continuous vertical profiles of wind, ozone, and humidity between the aircraft and Earth's surface. Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
The campaign aims to strengthen numerical weather prediction models and refine climate simulations by capturing processes that are not well represented in current forecasting ...
Feb. 20, 2026