After more than 14 years with and for in-innovative navigation GmbH (IN), managing partner Uwe Vögele finishes his professional career and leaves the company by 31.12.2022.

After joining the company, Uwe Vögele has successfully developed the business for Coastal Surveillance Systems (CSS) and Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and thus significantly developed company growth over the past 10 years. Uwe Vögele established the initial ISO 9001 system together with the necessary preparations for the organizational re-structuring and development.

Uwe Vögele remains as one of the four shareholders of IN. His duties will be carried forward by the remaining two managing partners Dr. Thomas Gern und Dr. Reinhard Zimmermann.

We wholeheartedly wish Mr. Vögele all the best in his new phase of life.

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in-innovative navigation GmbH is a leading company in developing navigation and traffic control systems. in-innovative navigation GmbH – the name of our high-tech company lays claim to performance and high innovative standards, to which we hold ourselves. The modular structure of our software allows you to obtain individual components from us that can be integrated into your existing system as a flexible part solution – or you can decide on a complete solution.

Since 1999, we have been developing innovative navigation systems and land-based traffic monitoring systems for the shipping industry, with on site implementation and integration. Products range from offshore navigation software RADARpilot720° OS to highly sophisticated integrated surveillance systems for Offshore wind parks and Vessel Traffic Services (VTS).

Come to our booth and get the latest information about our products RADARpilot720° OS and our solutions for Vessel Traffic Systems (VTS) and the surveillance of Offshore wind parks.

After the required procedures and measures had long been integrated into our daily work, certification was now mandatory. Information security is our claim and a necessity in the digital age.

We are pleased to have received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification in addition to our ISO 9001:2015 certification.

On April 12^th, 2022, the new radar data processing system from in-innovative navigation GmbH (IN) went live in operations at the first of 6 VTS centers. Since being commissioned in June 2019 to modernize the nationwide VTS system, IN and EQUANS (formerly ENGIE) have been working intensively towards this goal and, after extensive testing, have reached this milestone. The GO-LIVE is an exciting moment for all parties, not least the nautical staff of the traffic center, who have to get used to the new radar data processing and display system.

In order to make the transition smooth and responsible, the pilots were intensively trained on the new system (inDTS) beforehand by in-innovative navigation GmbH. In addition, either an IN employee was available on site or a hotline for 12 days around the clock to provide the navigators with optimal support during this crucial phase of the project.

Dr. Thomas Gern, CEO of in-innovative navigation GmbH, stated after this promising start: “The transition from the old to the new system has gone largely smoothly at this first traffic center. This gives us great confidence that the upgrades of the other traffic posts can be carried out quickly. Above all, the constructive cooperation with our customer RWS and the people who will then work on the new system is highly gratifying for us in this project. This is the only way to sensibly develop the kind of customized system solutions that we offer.”.

On behalf of RWS (Rijkswaterstaat), 6 centers will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology for radar-based traffic monitoring on waterways during this nationwide project LUV VTS. The next step, the technological conversion of the Wemeldinge traffic center in Delft, has already begun.

A comprehensive, powerful and highly reliable VTS solution from in-innovative navigation GmbH was commissioned for the Port of Scheveningen at the end of March 2022.

As the control center in the Port of Scheveningen, which also monitors tunnels, bridges and bollards in The Hague, is being replaced, the nautical traffic control center was set up in an interim building for the transition.

In the course of this, in-innovative navigation GmbH modernized and installed the technology for radar surveillance on behalf of VIALIS. The temporary control center for the operators consists of three workstations, with a digital map table providing touch function. The VTS solution from in-innovative navigation GmbH will take up permanent residence in the new control center once the building is completed, probably in 2023.

Fatih Şenel, project manager at in-innovative navigation GmbH, is satisfied with the result: “The project shows again that our software and hardware solutions can be integrated without any problems. We are pleased that VIALIS have also contracted us to maintain the system, so that we will then be able to accompany the relocation of the complete system to the new site next year.”

Let’s meet up at the EUROPORT exhibition from 2-5 November 2021! After more than a year, in-innovative navigation cannot wait to connect in real life with the maritime industry in the world port city Rotterdam. With a strong focus on innovative technology and navigation equipment for the future, at EUROPORT you will meet maritime professionals from all over the world.

Visit us at our booth no. 3303 and learn more about the latest technical developments for maritime surveillance and coordination of vessel traffic with VTS/CSS, efficient software solutions for port management and digital opportunities for the safe operation of offshore wind farms.

in-innovative navigation GmbH and CNIM Air Space have deployed two maritime airborne surveillance aerostat systems in Greece.

The project, for which both companies have joined forces in a consortium, with in-innovative navigation GmbH taking the lead, involves the delivery to FRONTEX of an integrated turn-key solution that comprises two tethered aerostats, for the purpose of testing the performance and cost-efficiency of these innovative solutions to maritime surveillance and awareness.

This concept offers an entire new and innovative approach, combining various surveillance sensors with a high degree of automation and a flexible, redeployable platform into a single comprehensive solution for persistent maritime surveillance. The deployment of the systems started in July and is planned to last a few more months.

Each system is composed of a 450 m³ Eagle Owl tethered aerostat, equipped with a Hensoldt ARGOS II HD EO/IR optronic gimbal, a Diades Marine maritime radar, and an AIS receiver. The systems are contributing to the monitoring  of maritime areas, and provide FRONTEX with the ability to detect, recognize and identify activities of interest. Each aerostat is accompanied by a ground station which is equipped with a C2 (Command & Control) workstation. The ground station, thus, controls the sensors, analyses the collected data, and transmits the most relevant information to FRONTEX operation centers. The system also allows the distribution of the maritime surveillance picture to any remote user through the use of web-based or mobile applications connected to the C2 system.

Airborne surveillance aerostat systems offer a number of advantages. Apart from the fact that it is a very cost-effective solution in terms of cost per operating hour compared to other airborne maritime surveillance systems, the other major added value of a tethered aerostat is its persistence. The system is designed to fly 24/7 for several days and even weeks. CNIM Air Space’s tethered aerostat solutions are mobile, easily movable and they don’t need a specific infrastructure to be deployed. The flight altitude of the tethered aerostat (hundreds of meters) offers another advantage. It frees the system from topography and earth curvature constraints, which usually limit the performance of standard ground systems. Finally, CNIM Air Space has managed to develop tethered aerostats which are threat resilient and adapted to a maritime environment (especially to strong winds, up to 110 km/h).

“Within the scope of this contract, CNIM Air Space is in charge of designing and manufacturing the Eagle Owl type tethered aerostats, embedding the sensors, setting up the ground segment and managing the operations of the complete system. Operations are led in partnership with Ventura Associates, a French security and defense operational expert.” explains Xavier Montazel, director of the Systems Business Line at CNIM.

Uwe Vögele, managing director at in-innovative navigation GmbH, adds “in-innovative navigation is in charge of integration, processing, validation and display of all data at the ground stations, as well as the communication interface between operations centers”.

“The award of this contract by FRONTEX demonstrates CNIM Air Space’s expertise in tethered aerostat systems. We are proud to deploy our solutions at a European scale” says Xavier Montazel.

“For in-innovative navigation, this award reflects FRONTEX’s continued confidence in our solutions and capabilities. It also proves that we have chosen the ideal aerostat partner to provide a comprehensive and high-quality system” concludes Uwe Vögele.

Display of integrated sensor information with inDTS at the ground station:

Since 2012, in-innovative navigation GmbH was first certified according to ISO 9001:2008, and since 2018 according to ISO 9001:2015. Since software products are generally generated in a very dynamic environment, quality management is an important and active part of the daily work at in-innovative navigation GmbH.

This year,  the company have again successfully passed the certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015. The certificate was granted without any deviations, as an effective system for meeting the standard and the quality policy could be demonstrated. The positive findings additionally underline this. The adaptation of newly introduced processes was adequately realized and have been largely completed.

“It is absolutely clear to us,” says Uwe Vögele, one of the three CEOs of in-innovative navigation GmbH, “that the topic of IT security is becoming increasingly dominant in the application areas in which we have been working successfully now for years. The necessary measures have long been initiated and we are very confident that we will also pass the DIN EN ISO 27001:2013 certification in the current year.”

The companies in-innovative navigation GmbH and Argonics GmbH join their activities in the field of navigation applications for inland vessels.

in-innovative navigation GmbH has been active in the field of chart display systems with radar overlay for more than 20 years; RADARpilot720° is the leading European product in this field. Argonics GmbH is active, among other things, in the field of automatic track keeping of inland vessels; the argoTrackpilot is also the market-leading product in this field.

The inland ECDIS product RADARpilot720° of in-innovative navigation GmbH as well as all inland navigation activities will be incorporated into the new company Argonav GmbH; and the core team of RADARpilot720° around Dr. Martin Sandler will keep working on  inland ECDIS navigation systems for inland vessels within Argonav GmbH in the future.

in-innovative navigation GmbH will concentrate on applications for traffic monitoring on waterways, in ports and coastal areas, as well as on approved radar and chart systems for maritime navigation.

The group of companies consisting of Argonics GmbH and Argonav GmbH will create a technologically leading unit in the field of inland navigation.

Control engineering, sensor technology, chart and radar image processing paired with programming and IT knowledge are essential components of the joint know-how. It is the basis for  future developments of products on the way to automated and, prospectively, autonomous shipping. This is complemented by the two companies’ extensive involvement in various research projects such as NOVIMAR, SCIPPPER, AKOON and FernBin.

Argonics and Argonav will bundle their activities in the field of inland navigation in joint premises in Stuttgart – Vaihingen from February 2021.

On Monday 9 March 2020, the test system for the LUV-VTS NL project was officially inaugurated in the RWS Traffic Centrum IV in Delft.

It is a complex system consisting of three radars, the server components in the computer center and a test workstation. While the new system will be set up, each of the 6 traffic centers can be simulated in advance. Together with ENGIE, in-innovative navigation GmbH (IN) is installing the nationwide traffic monitoring system on behalf of the Dutch RWS (Rijkswaterstaat).

Project manager Andreas Schnorr of IN (in-innovative navigation GmbH), explains: “All sensor data received at the individual location of the system – radar image, CCTV, radio and weather measurements – can be combined and displayed here accordingly. This enables us to configure and test the software for each traffic center here in Delft in advance with their real traffic data, and then install it at the respective locations. In this way, the modernization of the entire system can now take place step by step and without disrupting operation”.

(in the picture from left to right: Andreas Schnorr (Project manager IN), Leo van der Harst (Project manager RWS), Dennie Slagter (Manager Project Control ENGIE), Nancy Scheijven (Director VWM RWS), Reinhard Zimmermann (CEO IN), Gerrit Jan van den Toorn (Head of department SVM RWS))

Inform yourself on radapilot.de about our integrated navigation systems for inland and open sea and find out more about our ongoing research projects on the issue “digitization of shipping”.