German Aerospace Center (DLR)

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the Federal Republic of Germany's research center for aeronautics. With more than 10,000 employees and an annual budget of 1.3 billion euros, it is one of Germany's largest research institutions.

In April 2023, the main DLR portal www.dlr.de was relaunched using Plone 6.

DLR frontpage example

Project Facts

About DLR

Employees: > 10.000
Yearly Budget: 1.3 Billion Euros (2021)
30 Locations, 4 Foreign Offices
55 Institutes

Technology

Plone 6
Volto Frontend
Solr Search
Docker Infrastructure

Project

Start: April 2022
Development Time: < 6 Months
Internal Launch: September 2022
Official Launch: April 2023

Plone Conference Talk about the DLR Relaunch

Plone Conference Talk Slides

German Aerospace Center (DLR) Web Relaunch from kitconcept GmbH

Open Source

The following add-ons have been developed or used in the development of www.dlr.de:

@kitconcept/volto-blocks-grid: Sophisticated Grid Layouts for Plone 6 (Volto)
@kitconcept/volto-heading-block: Heading block for Plone 6 (Volto)
@kitconcept/volto-slider-block: Slider block for Plone 6 (Volto)
@kitconcept/volto-button-block: Button block for Plone 6 (Volto)
@kitconcept/volto-separator-block: Separator block for Plone 6 (Volto)
@kitconcept/volto-carousel-block: Carousel block for Plone 6 (Volto)
@kitconcept/volto-introduction-block: Introduction text block for Plone 6 (Volto)
@kitconcept/volto-highlight-block: Highlight block for Plone 6 (Volto)

Provider

kitconcept is a Plone agency with offices in Bonn, Germany and Barcelona, Catalunya. kitconcept is the driving force behind the development of Plone 6 and the new Volto frontend. With 14 Plone core developers, 8 Plone Foundation Members, Two Release Managers, two (ex) members of the Plone board of directors, and numerous Plone team members (Framework, Security, Release, Marketing, AI, Testing/CI/CD) kitconcept is one of the largest and most influential Plone companies wordwide.