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Torsten Kriening

Generalmajor Michael Andreas Traut, Kommandeur des Weltraumkommandos der Bundeswehr. Rostock, 04.09.2025.

Weltraumkommando-Chef Traut: „Monopole sind nicht der richtige Weg“

Der Kommandeur des Weltraumkommandos der Bundeswehr, Generalmajor Michael Traut, äußert sich erstmals öffentlich zum Positionspapier der deutschen Commercial‑Space‑Industrie „Deutschlands Space‑Moment“. Raumfahrtministerin Dorothee Bär äußert Verständnis für kleinere Unternehmen, die sich bei der Vergabe nicht ausreichend beteiligt sehen.

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Generalmajor Michael Andreas Traut, Kommandeur des Weltraumkommandos der Bundeswehr. Rostock, 04.09.2025.

Space Command chief Traut: “Monopolies are not the right way”

Major General Michael Traut, commander of the German Armed Forces’ Space Command, has commented publicly for the first time on the German commercial space industry’s position paper, “Germany’s Space Moment.” Space Minister Dorothee Bär has expressed understanding for smaller companies that feel they have not been sufficiently involved in the contracting process.

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Torsten Kriening, Chefredakteur von SpaceWatchGlobal

Europe’s dual bid for the ITU is becoming a strategic risk

Instead of presenting a united front, Europe is dividing itself: Germany and France’s competing bids for the ITU leadership role are weakening Europe’s position – and opening up new opportunities for rivals, says SpaceWatch.Global editor Torsten Kriening. With eight months to go before the election, the pressure is mounting.

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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.

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