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Resilient communication for military and civil authorities – our contribution at the SPECTRA Challenge

On October 8th, our technology lead Dr.-Ing. Daniel M. Mielke had the opportunity to present ACTRANS’ vision of a resilient communication system addressing the specific challenges of military and civil authorities at the SPECTRA Challenge.…

Strategischer Markteintritt Rüstungsindustrie: Beitragsbild

Industrial Conversion 2.0: Entering the Defense Market

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Driven by rising defense budgets in the wake of Zeitenwende 2.0 and facing disruption in their core sectors such as automotive and mechanical engineering, many industrial players are currently evaluating entry into the defense sector. Attracted…

Defence Bull Market. Copyright: Mike Koerner

Investing into Defence Assets

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By Dr. Mike Körner und Dr. Martin Krause // More than two years after Russia’s major attack on Ukraine, the super cycle in the defence sector has led to a strong and growing interest of private investors, family offices and private equity…

Software-defined Defense. Copyright: iStock-1399136562

Software-defined Defense – Key to Combat Superiority

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By Dr. Martin Krause and Dr. Mike Körner // Today, most products in the defense sector can no longer do without software, and digitization is becoming an increasingly important differentiator. In recent months, a paradigm shift towards…

Military Infographics. Source: iStock. Copyright: iStock.

How to Quantify Defense Market Potentials

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By Dr. Mike Körner and Dr. Martin Krause // The Ukraine war requires a dynamic shift to growth in the Western defense industry in the short term. Some people are talking about a super cycle for the defense industry, as old weapon systems…

Picture Alliance, DPA/EADS

Managing rapid growth in the Defence industry or how the elephant learns to dance

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By Dr. Mike Körner and Dr. Martin Krause // After decades of contraction, the defence industry now needs to grow substantially. In the past, defence projects have not exactly been associated with quick time-to-market schedules or reliable…

Infantry Fighting Vehicle Lynx KF31. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Copyright: Shaun Connors.

Hybrid drives for military vehicles?

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By Dr. Martin Krause // Hybrid and electric vehicles are increasingly successful on the commercial market and are no longer a technical vision. But is this technology also usefully applicable in a military context? The voices calling for…

SIG SAUER welcome. Source: Picture Alliance, Lisa Marie Pane

A new NATO calibre for assault rifles?

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By Dr. Martin Krause // On 19 April 2022, the US Armed Forces declared with regards to the Next Generation Squad Weapon tender (NGSW) to procure new 6.8x51 mm calibre assault rifles and machine guns from SIG Sauer for the US Army. The purpose…

Satellit umkreist die Erde. 3D-Szene. Copyright: 3DSculptor, iStock #512144122

European satellite constellation: a virus and Europe’s options

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By Daniel Salzer // We live in difficult times. From Wuhan, a Chinese city so far unknown to most of us, an epidemic spreads across China, and within a short period of time transforms into a global pandemic. No place on this Earth is safe…

Raketenstart Flugbahn. Copyright: SpaceX-Imagery, Pixabay #ge259d5966

A European “Space Force”: the “Dark Side of Force” must be illuminated

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By Daniel Salzer // The alarm signal lights up on the screens of the employees in the blue-lit and darkened rooms - a Soyuz rocket is launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with an unknown payload, for an unknown purpose. Once in space,…

From Aviation Safety to Cyber Resilience

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By Dr. Marco Soijer // Leveraging aerospace industry’s century-long safety culture for cybersecurity Software development has a poor safety record. The number of cyberattacks has risen dramatically since 2004, clearly outrunning the…

Agile methods in complex Aerospace & Defence projects

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By Martin Kraus // The origin of agile methods About 25 years ago, the hype around “lean” took of: lean management, lean production, lean etc. Nowadays, the new buzzword is “agile”. At our clients and everywhere in the industry…

Resilient communication for military and civil authorities – our contribution at the SPECTRA Challenge

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On October 8th, our technology lead Dr.-Ing. Daniel M. Mielke had the opportunity to present ACTRANS’ vision of a resilient communication system addressing the specific challenges of military and civil authorities at the SPECTRA Challenge.…

Industrial Conversion 2.0: Entering the Defense Market

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Driven by rising defense budgets in the wake of Zeitenwende 2.0 and facing disruption in their core sectors such as automotive and mechanical engineering, many industrial players are currently evaluating entry into the defense sector. Attracted…