Deep Read: Bundeswehr will Palantir-Alternative schon 2027 einführen
Derzeit testet die deutsche Armee Systeme von 30 Firmen, um Kampfdaten in Echtzeit zu verschmelzen. Eine mögliche Lösung kommt vom Sensorikspezialisten Hensoldt und dem KI-Start-up Helsing.
Over the Baltic Sea, a swarm of sharp triangles forms. Half a meter long, they whiz past like mopeds, packed with explosives. Several Shahed drones, constructed for a one-time explosive attack, head towards German military bases. Their launch site: Kaliningrad, Russia. A Bundeswehr Pegasus plane hovering above the sea and an intelligence vehicle in Poland detect the attack.
Together with other sensors on land, sea, and in space, they create a real-time situation picture. The drone swarm divides, but the defense is already underway: jamming signals disrupt the Shaheds' navigation, most crash, and the rest are taken down by air defense. It all happens automatically within minutes. One soldier merely issues the "Go" for a counterattack.
"This is the next big step in software-based defense," says Sven Heursch, the Digital Chief at Hensoldt, a sensor manufacturer testing their new product, MDOCore, in a dimly lit room in Fürstenfeldbruck. This Shahed scenario is only a simulation, but it's one Germany must prepare for. The crisis could come sooner than expected. That's why a lucrative defense tender in Germany is underway.
The BWI, the IT department of the Bundeswehr, is evaluating software like MDOCore. According to contacts with officials, a first prototype will be ready soon. So, does this pave the way for an alternative to the controversial US giant Palantir?
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