JAKARTA - Gundbert Scherf, founder of defense firm
The Munich-based company managed to attract investors and more than double the valuation to USD 12 billion last month. Scherf revealed that this year, for the first time in decades, Europe has allocated more budgets for acquisition of defense technology than the United States.
The former partner at McKinsey & Company said Europe was now on the verge of a defense transformation that could be equated with the Manhattan Project "momentum" when America began developing nuclear weapons during World War II. Europe is now starting to understand the importance of defense," he said, quoted by Reuters.
Attitude towards the defense sector has also changed. According todir Weizenegger, head of the Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Center, the war in Ukraine has also prompted a social shift in view of the defense industry, removing the old stigma. "Germany has developed new openness to security issues since the invasion took place," he said.
Some of the innovations that have been developed even seem like science fiction. One of them is the Swarm Biotactics 'cheactics' project equipped with a mini backpack containing cameras and sensors to collect real-time data in areas that are difficult for humans to reach. Electric stimulus allows operators to control the movement of these insects remotely, for surveillance purposes such as detecting enemy positions.
Our bio-robots, which are based on live insects, are equipped with safe neural stimulation, sensors, and communication modules, explained CEO Stefan Wilhelm. These kecoaks can be individually controlled or operate autonomously in groups.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz views AI and start-ups as an important part of future defense strategies. He also cut bureaucratic barriers to speed up connections between startups such asTEN with the helm of the German military.
With the support of the United States, Germany, one of Ukraine's main supporters plans to double its regular defense budget to around 162 billion euros, or about 175 billion US dollars per year, by 2029.
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Live is included in a new wave of German defense startups presenting cutting-edge technology, ranging from an AI robot in the form of tanks and unmanned submarines, to a spy chip that is ready to be sent to the battlefield. We want to help restore the European fighting spirit," said Scherf.
Over the past few decades, the defense sector has become the main motor for various breakthroughs in civil technology. Innovations such as internet, GPS, semiconductors, and jet engines, were originally developed through military research before finally changing the daily lives of the world community.
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