Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE

Against the backdrop of an unstable geopolitical environment, defence and security have become a major focus of activities in politics, the public sphere and research. It was with these areas foremost in mind that Fraunhofer President Professor Holger Hanselka paid a visit to the two Wachtberg institutes FKIE and FHR, which together represent the largest defence location within the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

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.

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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