Conference Program
ETTC 2026 - European Test and Telemetry Conference
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A - sessions = room München 1
B - sessions = room München 2
Tuesday, 09 June 2026
10:30 - 11:30 Opening Ceremony with two Keynotes
Room München 1
10:30 Bridging Component, System and Vehicle Testing: Insights from High Performance Vehicles Validation and Data Management Workflows
Giulio Boccardo, Data Science and Models Integration Manager Bugatti Rimac
11:00 Enabling Visions Take Flight: Establishing a Foundation for Reliable and Safe UAS Testing
Andreas König, Scientific Researcher German Aerospace Center (Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt DLR)
11:30 - 12:30 A1 - RF Design I
Room München 1
11:30 Telemetry Streams Using Infrared Communication & Spiral Wrap Antenna Across Decoupled Interfaces
Avi Soffer, U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center (USA)
12:00 Scaling Bidirectional Telemetry for Large Aircraft: Challenges and Solutions
Francisco Fernandez Casuso, Airbus DS (Spain)
11:30 - 12:30 B1 - Sensor I
Room München 2
11:30 Influence of High-Temperature Strain Gauge Installation Parameters on Measurement Accuracy and Reliability in Engine Testing
Oleksandr Pohuliaiko, High Precision Measurements (Ukraine)
12:00 Flight Test Instrumentation Blade Clearance Optical Measurement Method and Optimization In Scope of T625 GOKBEY Helicopter
Bayram Alican Boztuğ, TURKISH AEROSPACE (Turkey)
13:30 - 15:30 A2 - Imaging & Video
Room München 1
13:30 The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth – Video Attestation for Evidentiary Purposes
Malcolm Weir, Ampex Data Systems Corporation (USA)
14:00 Large-Scale Digital Image Correlation for Aeronautical Structures with Complex Geometry: End-to-end Workflow and Validation on an Engine Nacelle
François Lefebvre-Albaret, Airbus (France)
14:30 Automated Camera Tracking Software
Furkan Mücahid Yıldız, Turkish Aerospace Inc. (Turkey)
15:00 IP Camera Integration to a Legacy FTI System
Eyüp Yaka, Turkish Aerospace Inc. (Turkey)
13:30 - 15:30 B2 - Networks & Architectures II
Room München 2
13:30 Deterministic Time-Synchronized Wireless Sensors for Lightweight Flight Test Instrumentation
Mario Grafe, sensry GmbH (Germany)
14:00 Deterministic Time-Synchronised Event-Centric Telemetry Architecture for Airborne Electrical Power Systems: Architecture, MIL-STD-1553B Integration, and Ground Test Validation
Ahmet Biber, Pavelsis Avionics (Turkey)
14:30 A Data-Centric Approach of Network based Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry System Architecture Design
Xianyu Du, Shanghai Aircraft Flight Test Engineeri (China)
15:00 Real-Time Telemetry Data Transfer Platform
Mustafa Ufelek, Turkish Aerospace Inc. (Turkey)
16:00 - 17:00 A3 - Data Management Standards
Room München 1
16:00 Model-Based Interface Management for Flight Test Instrumentation Systems
Claudia Pérez Rus, Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U. (Spain)
16:30 ARINC 818 - An analysis methodology
Matthieu Sanquer, TDM - SERMA (France)
16:00 - 17:00 B3 - Sustainable Testing & Materials
Room München 2
16:00 Ship Telemetry in the Oil and Gas Industry: Challenges and Impacts on Operational and Environmental Efficiency
Marcio Fernando Lemos Calixto, PETRONBRAS TRANSPORTE SA (Brazil)
16:30 Reliability Embedded Test Engineering (RETE)
Raman Gera, Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano (Germany)
17:00 - 18:30 A4 - ML & AI I
Room München 1
17:00 AVALON Evolved: New Features and Enhanced Applications
Francisca Coll, Airbus Defense and Space (Spain)
17:30 Optimizing Software-Defined Radio Flight Tests Using Automatic Speech Recognition & Large Language Model–Driven Analytics
Senthil Kumar, National Flight Test Centre (India)
18:00 A Digital Twin Framework for New Generation FTI Management Processes
Ali Tahsin Kaymak, Turkish Aerospace (Turkey)
17:00 - 18:30 B4 - Data Aquisition I
Room München 2
17:00 Miniature On-Board Data Acquisition System for High-G Projectile Testing
Kyvory Henderson, Diversified Technical Systems (DTS) (USA)
17:30 Instrumentation, measurement and control of a helicopter rotor under icing conditions
Erik Brehl, DLR (Germany)
18:00 PCM Frame Generator for Telemetry System Tests
Hatice Celik, Turkish Aerospace Inc. (Turkey)
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
13:30 - 15:30 A5 - RF Design II
Room München 1
13:30 Dual-Mode Telemetry for Industrial Monitoring: Data Integrity between USB and LoRaWAN in Critical Infrastructure}
Ahsan Shahzad, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
14:00 Application of DBF Antennas in Flight Test Telemetry Systems
Xiaoqian Yi, COMAC Flight Test Center (China)
14:30 Toward Virtualized Flight Test Telemetry Architectures in the Era of Digital IF
Oussama Ait Sidi Ali, SAFRAN DATA SYSTEMS (France)
15:00 New developments for resilient GNSS navigation and timing
Michael Schulz, ALLSAT GmbH (Germany)
13:30 - 15:30 B5 - Sensor II
Room München 2
13:30 Temperature Stability and Oxidation of Strain Gauge Grid Alloys in High-Temperature Static and Dynamic Testing
Oleksandr Pohuliaiko, High Precision Measurements (Ukraine)
14:00 International A&D and test manager
Carmine Salzano, PCB Piezotronics (USA)
14:30 First- and second-order individual gas sensors as the next generation reliable analytical instruments
Radislav Potyrailo, GE Vernova (USA)
15:00 Fiber-Optic Low Airspeed Sensor
Marvin Henkel, Technical University of Ilmenau (Germany)
16:00 - 17:30 A6 - Networks & Architectures I
Room München 1
16:00 New generation of smart-sensor WLANs
Zoltán Kiss, ENDRICH GmbH (Germany)
16:30 A Solution to Reduce Data Transfer Duration for Onboard Recorded Raw Data
Dogukan Cevik, Turkish Aerospace Inc. (Turkey)
17:00 Network Data Analysis of the Ethernet Based UAV System
Muhammet Kursat Serceli, Turkish Aerospace Inc (Turkey)
16:00 - 17:30 B6 - Data Management Applications I
Room München 2
16:00 TA FTMC Activity Report
Volkan Tutay, Turkish Aerospace (Turkey)
16:30 A System Design for Real-Time Dynamic Testing Concept
Huseyin Oguzhan Eryigit, Turkish Aerospace (Turkey)
17:00 Flight Test Engineering Infrastructures Management Software
Yeter Ates, Turkish Aerospace (Turkey)
Thursday, 11 June 2026
10:00 - 11:30 A7 - ML & AI II
Room München 1
10:00 Extraction of Flight Parameters from MFD Recordings of the C-95 Aircraft
Alexandre Santiago, Instituto de Pesquisas e Ensaios em Voo (Brazil)
10:30 Creating a Search Engine for Test Data: Using AI Agents to Discover, Compare, and Analyse Test Results
Michael Rosam, Quix.io (UK)
11:00 A Modern Lakehouse Architecture for Test and Telemetry Time-Series Data
Matthias Baert, Marple (Belgium)
11:30 - 12:30 A8 - Hybrid / Remote Testing I
Room München 1
11:30 Retrospective review and lessons-learned of Tiger MkIII System Helicopter Zero development
Tachon Guillaume, Airbus Helicopters (France)
12:00 New LEO Satellite Connectivity Test and Qualification for future Stratospheric Flights
Jean Marc Gaubert, ATMOSPHERE (France)
10:00 - 12:30 B7 - Data Management Applications II
Room München 2
10:00 Enhancing Cybersecurity with Removable Non-Volatile Memory in FTI Systems
Markus Mazur, Safran Data Systems GmbH (Germany)
10:30 Automated Post-Flight Data and Signal Analysis in Flight Test Instrumentation Applications
Şafak Tambova, eRC System GmbH (Germany)
11:00 Modernizing Flight Test Cockpit Display Functionality Using IADS RTStation
Michael Jones, Curtiss-Wright (USA)
11:30 IADS in the Cloud
Michael Jones, Curtiss-Wright (USA)
12:00 From Design to Data: A Process Comparison of OEM and non-OEM Flight Test Instrumentation Systems
Tulio Brito, Flight Test and Research Institute (Brazil)
13:30 - 15:30 A9 - RF Design III
Room München 1
13:30 Automated RF Attenuation Managing System
Furkan Kamil Tut, Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (Turkey)
14:00 Flight Test Management Centers, Receiving Systems and Frequency Allocation / Management System
Ayşe Bi̇lsel, TURKISH AEROSPACE INC. (Turkey)
14:30 Real-Time Detection of Antenna Tracking Errors for Enhanced Tracking Performance
Ayşe Bi̇lsel, TURKISH AEROSPACE INC. (Turkey)
15:00 An Analysis for Regional Data Availability and Out of LOS Conditions
Yakup Soysal, Turkish Aerospace (Turkey)
13:30 - 15:30 B8 - Data Aquisition II
Room München 2
13:30 The trip coil as a soft sensor for medium voltage circuit breakers
Ahmed Haroun, ABB (Germany)
14:00 Seamless Integration of DAQ Systems into OEM Test Ecosystems: Standards, Interfaces, and Future Trends
Ingo Pletschen, IPETRONIK GmbH (Germany)
14:30 From Code to Combat – Digital Architectures Capturing Gun Launch Environments
Alfred Rotundo, US Army (USA)
15:00 XMA-SOLO: Extending High-Performance FTI to Remote and Distributed Environments
Ghislain Guerrero, Safran Data Systems (France)
16:00 - 17:30 A10 - Hybrid / Remote Testing II
Room München 1
16:00 Improving AIRBUS Flight Test Guidance with LEO Satellite Connectivity
Jean Marc Gaubert, ATMOSPHERE (France)
16:30 Turning Existing Telemetry Infrastructure into a Geolocation system: An interactive TDOA demonstrator for Flight Tests
Sebastien Bonnart, Safran Data Systems (France)
17:00 SCOFUS Hybrid Connectivity System: 5G, SATCOM (LEO/GEO), and LOS/Mesh Integration for Mission-Critical Communications
Burak Kocaer, CTech Bilisim Teknolojileri San. ve Tic. (Turkey)
16:00 - 17:00 B9 - Time - Space - Positioning
Room München 2
16:00 GNSS Spoofing: an increasing threat – how to detect, test and mitigate
Karen von Hünerbein, Lange-Electronic GmbH (Germany)
16:30 The Challenging Calibration of GNSS/INS Devices
Michael Mende, Spektra Schwingungstechnik und Akustik (Germany)
17:00 - 17:30 B10 - International Consortium for Telemetry Spectrum
Room München 2
17:00 Telemetry Spectrum Encroachment at WRC27
Heiko Koertzel, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH (Germany)