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The DLR Institute of Flight Guidance is contributing its expertise to the implementation of the core objectives of the project: autonomous pushbacks and an innovative human-machine interface for controller support. To this end, the institute supports the definition of requirements, the technological implementation and the creation, validation and demonstration of the required operating concepts and systems. Among other things, the radio voice understander developed at the institute will be adapted to the operating environment examined in the project at Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport and tested there. The new developments will be validated both in the institute's simulators and at Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport. Another key subject of investigation by the institute: the change in the roles and tasks of operators through the use of automation.