HAT.tec integrates Lifeseeker to drive unified situational awareness across all units in complex search-and-rescue missions
Cologne, 19 November 2025 - CENTUM and HAT.tec have completed the integration of CENTUM’s Lifeseeker system into the HAT.tec Mission System, marking a new milestone in airborne Search and Rescue (SAR) technology.
This development allows operators to benefit from Lifeseeker’s unique capability to locate missing persons through their mobile phones, even in areas without network coverage.
By doing so, it enhances mission effectiveness and situational awareness during complex and time-critical SAR operations.
By integrating Lifeseeker directly into its Mission System, HAT.tec further enhances its technologies enabling crews to visualize the full incident picture from the cockpit and to maintain a unified operational view. Moreover, the system seamlessly distributes real-time information from air platforms to patrol cars, teams, and command centers on the ground facilitating the coordination of SAR mission across all units. The step underscores HAT.tec’s strength in connecting external systems into a fully interoperable, mission-ready solution.
“The integration of Lifeseeker into the HAT.tec Mission System demonstrates our shared commitment to improving the tools available to rescue teams,” said Héctor Estévez,
CEO of CENTUM. “We are very pleased to collaborate with HAT.tec in bringing this capability to operators.”
“With Lifeseeker fully integrated into the unified operational picture provided by our SCALE software, operators benefit from faster, clearer, and more precise situational awareness – significantly enhancing the effectiveness of search-and-rescue operations. We value our partnership with CENTUM and are proud to deliver technologies that support those who protect and save lives,” said Dr. Fabian Schmitt, Co-CEO of HAT.tec.
The announcement will be formally launched during the European Rotors 2025 trade show, where CENTUM and HAT.tec will present the integrated system to the rotorcraft and SAR community.
About CENTUM
CENTUM is a product-driven company that specialises in airborne technology based on mobile phone systems, making both individuals and our society safer.
CENTUM products enable search and rescue teams to find missing people quickly, and they provide the security and defence sectors with the tools to gather intelligence rapidly and efficiently. They also support the creation of dedicated and secure mobile phone networks, and help protect the integrity of existing communications.
We are the leading experts in airborne cellular systems, with a team of advanced engineers We focus on delivering an outstanding user experience, including ensuring our products are easy to install and use.
We work closely with OEMs to ensure our products are widely available as a linefit option, as well as working with end-users both directly and through our expert partners, to fit our hardware onto their existing fleets. As a result, our products are available for all types of aircraft, both manned and unmanned.
www.centum.com
About HAT.tec
HAT.tec – Human Autonomy Teaming Technologies is Europe’s leading software company for platform-independent mission management for civil and military operations.
Headquartered in Munich, the company develops comprehensive, custom software solutions for the seamless integration, processing, and visualization of data from all domains—ranging from aircraft, helicopters, and drones to ships and land-based vehicles—for security and defense forces across Europe. By consolidating data into a single operational picture, the solutions provide optimal situational awareness and decision support.
HAT.tec was founded in 2018 as a spin-off from the University of the Bundeswehr by two PhD aerospace engineers. After initially financing the company solely through project contracts, a renowned family office now supports its scaling. Further growth steps are already planned.
https://www.hattec.de
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