Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE

Three institutions — Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg, Fraunhofer FKIE, and Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Armed Forces Hamburg — signed a cooperation agreement to utilise developed knowledge for training the German Armed Forces’ leadership.

The long-standing leader of the Fraunhofer FKIE research group "Software-Defined Radio," Dr. Marc Adrat, has been appointed honorary professor at RWTH Aachen University, where he's holding a lectureship at the Institute of Communication Systems (IKS) since 2009.

Ever since ELROB was first launched, in 2006, a Fraunhofer FKIE team has been organizing the European Land Robot Trial every two years. In late June, 17 teams from all over the world once again entered the competition in Trier. Across five challenging disciplines with a military focus, the competitors tested their robotic systems in real-world settings — and the results were mixed.

Locked Shields is the largest NATO cybersecurity exercise and brings together IT experts from across the globe. During the exercise, cyberattacks are mounted on simulated computer networks and IT systems of critical infrastructures in real time. Multinational teams comprising military and civilian IT experts and administrators are tasked with fighting off these attacks.  These include researchers from the Fraunhofer FKIE.

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