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Defense Summit: Differing expectations among participants

Ahead of today’s second Defense Summit at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, representatives from the defense industry and the political sphere exchanged views in a discussion with Table.Briefings. Everyone wants to accelerate the “Zeitenwende,” but opinions differ on how best to achieve it.

By Katharina Horban, Robert Wallenhauer and Viktor Funk

Brigadegeneral Armin Fleischmann

Space: German armed forces plan to launch hundreds of satellites

Military reconnaissance is on the verge of a paradigm shift: Artificial intelligence (AI), data fusion and high-resolution satellites are making every operation more transparent than ever. Alliance partners must be able to integrate into these systems quickly, says Armin Fleischmann, head of the Bundeswehr’s Department of Cyber and Information Domain (CID) Planning and Digitalization.

By Torsten Kriening