Germany’s New Floating Lab MODULARIS To Test Future Autonomous Ship Tech, Propulsion Systems
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Germany’s New Floating Lab MODULARIS To Test Future Autonomous Ship Tech, Propulsion Systems
Image Credits: DLR German Aerospace Center (DLR) celebrated the keel-laying of a tech platform named MODULARIS, which will function as a floating laboratory focusing on climate-compatible propulsion systems, autonomous technologies, security and defence. The platform will allow first-time testing of novel and uncertified navigational, energy and other communication systems to accelerate development and mass production. “New energy, navigation, a…
A new research vessel for the "navigation of tomorrow." On May 23, 2026, in a shipyard in Flensburg, near the Danish border, the DLR (German Aerospace Center) laid the keel of a ship unlike any other: the MODULARIS! This research vessel is designed to test technologies that will impact the navigation of tomorrow in real-world sea conditions: hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol engines, fuel cells, giant batteries, autonomous navigation, and onboard …
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