diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fad6982..a2634ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atomic-polyfill",
  "hash32",
  "rustc_version",
+ "serde",
  "spin 0.9.8",
  "stable_deref_trait",
 ]
@@ -669,6 +670,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-complex",
  "num-rational",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
  "simba",
  "typenum",
 ]
@@ -701,6 +703,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ba157ca0885411de85d6ca030ba7e2a83a28636056c7c699b07c8b6f7383214"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -748,6 +751,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heapless",
  "lazy_static",
  "nalgebra",
+ "serde",
  "uom",
 ]
 
@@ -1231,6 +1235,7 @@ version = "0.35.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/moritz-meier/uom.git?branch=fix-missing-libm#4afd75d1a46b7256db04e9551897a1e0219df2ef"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
diff --git a/opentaws/Cargo.toml b/opentaws/Cargo.toml
index daa51c5..e286f8d 100644
--- a/opentaws/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentaws/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ is-it-maintained-open-issues = { repository = "aeronautical-informatics/openTAWS
 maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
 
 [features]
+default = ["use-serde"]
+use-serde = [
+	"dep:serde",
+	"heapless/serde",
+	"nalgebra/serde-serialize-no-std",
+	"uom/use_serde",
+]
 
 [dependencies]
 lazy_static = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
@@ -30,6 +37,9 @@ lazy_static = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
 heapless = "0.7.16"
 hash32 = "0.2.1"
 nalgebra = { version = "0.32.2", default-features = false, features = ["libm"] }
+serde = { version = "*", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
+	"derive",
+] }
 uom = { git = "https://github.com/moritz-meier/uom.git", branch = "fix-missing-libm", default-features = false, features = [
 	"f64",
 	"si",
diff --git a/opentaws/src/aircraft_state.rs b/opentaws/src/aircraft_state.rs
index 386c899..3d0a88d 100644
--- a/opentaws/src/aircraft_state.rs
+++ b/opentaws/src/aircraft_state.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ pub type NormalizedAircraftState = AircraftState<Normalized>;
 
 /// Represents the current state of an aircraft
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "use-serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct AircraftState<T = ()> {
     /// Time when this aircraft state was emitted
     timestamp: Time,
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ AircrafState: {{
 
 /// Represents a flight segment
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "use-serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub enum FlightSegment {
     /// The aircraft is in cruise flight situation
     Cruise,
diff --git a/opentaws/src/alerts.rs b/opentaws/src/alerts.rs
index 19e86d2..facc58f 100644
--- a/opentaws/src/alerts.rs
+++ b/opentaws/src/alerts.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 use hash32::Hash;
 use heapless::FnvIndexMap;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "use-serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 /// TAWS Alert levels
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "use-serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub enum AlertLevel {
     /// The level or category of alert for conditions that require immediate flight crew awareness
     /// and immediate flight crew response.
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ pub enum AlertLevel {
 
 /// Represents a TAWS alert
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "use-serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct Alert<AlertSource: TawsAlertSource> {
     /// The source resp. the TAWS functionallity which emitted this alert
     pub source: AlertSource,
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ impl<AlertSource: TawsAlertSource> From<Alert<AlertSource>> for (AlertSource, Al
 
 /// Represents a set of [Alerts](Alert) by their [AlertSource](Alert::AlertSource)
 #[derive(Debug)]
+//#[cfg_attr(feature = "use-serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct Alerts<Alert: TawsAlert>
 where
     Alert::AlertSource: Hash,
@@ -133,6 +139,7 @@ mod tests {
     use hash32::{Hash, Hasher};
 
     #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "use-serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
     enum TestClass {
         A,
         B,
diff --git a/opentaws/src/class_c.rs b/opentaws/src/class_c.rs
index 65da407..f0d0154 100644
--- a/opentaws/src/class_c.rs
+++ b/opentaws/src/class_c.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::prelude::*;
 pub use {ffac::*, /*flta::*,*/ mode1::*, mode3::*, pda::*};
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "use-serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 pub enum ClassC_Source {
     Ffac,