Defense summit: How startups and prime contractors plan to drive scaling

Following the kick-off summit at the German Federal Ministry of Defense in December, CEOs from defense and civilian companies will meet at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on Thursday. The two ministers, Boris Pistorius and Katherina Reiche, are hoping to deepen this collaboration and thereby accelerate scaling.

16. March 2026
Katherina Reiche, Boris Pistorius, Peter Leibinger und Hans Christoph Atzpodien, December 2025.
They are due to meet again on Thursday: Katherina Reiche, Boris Pistorius, Peter Leibinger and Hans Christoph Atzpodien, seen here at the first defense summit in December 2025. (picture alliance / BMWE/photothek.de | Thomas Imo)

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Last updated: 16. March 2026