HALO
HALO (High Altitude and Long range research aircraft) is a unique research aircraft designed for flying long distances (over 8000 km), high altitudes (up to 15.5 km) and for carrying large payloads (up to 3 tons). HALO is based on a modified Gulfstream G550. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the owner and operator of HALO. HALO is stationed at DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen. Numerous missions have already been successfully completed with the aim of earth system research.
The university part of HALO is funded by the priority program 1294 "Atmosphere and Earth System Research with the HALO Research Aircraft" of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The program is coordinated by Prof. Manfred Wendisch (University of Leipzig) and Prof. Joachim Curtius (51猎奇 Frankfurt am Main).
In recent years we have been involved in the missions CAFE-Pacific (2024, Australia), PHILEAS (2023, Alaska), CAFE-Brazil (2022/23, Brazil), CAFE-EU/BLUESKY (2020, Europe), SouthTRAC (2019, Argentina) and (2017, Ireland). The HALO measurement campaigns are funded by the Priority Program 1294 of the German Research Foundation .
Further information on HALO can be found on the official and . You can find out more about the DFG Priority Program .
