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The goal: to bring technology to life as an event and demonstrate in practice how professional UAS service providers are replacing scaffolding, shortening closure times, and creating digital twins that engineers can actually work with.<\/p>\n<p>The parameters of flight precision, coverage of critical areas, data usability, and inspection logic &amp; documentation will be evaluated equally. The flights will take place on March 24 and 25, 2026, and the award ceremony will be held on March 26, 2026, on the main XPONENTIAL Europe stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>The application deadline is March 17, 2026. Interested parties can contact the UAV DACH office (<a href=\"mailto:geschaeftsstelle@uavdach.org\">geschaeftsstelle@uavdach.org<\/a>) for further information.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Im Rahmen der europ\u00e4ischen Leitmesse XPONENTIAL Europe rufen wir gemeinsam mit den DroneMasters aus Berlin und der Airteam Aerial Intelligence GmbH zur \u201eUAV DACH Precision Pilot Challenge\u201c auf. Die Aufgabe: Mit manuellen Drohnenfl\u00fcgen eine vollst\u00e4ndige, strukturierte und technisch saubere Inspektion eines Teilabschnitts der sanierungsbed\u00fcrftigen Theodor-Heuss-Br\u00fccke (Baujahr 1957) in D\u00fcsseldorf vornehmen. 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