Germany Updates: New Drone Resarch Center to Be Opened
The facility will test detection and defense tools as Germany responds to rising concern over AI-controlled drones and airport threats, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, Research Minister Dorothee Bär, and Saxony-Anhalt state premier Sven Schulze officially opened the Drone Security Technology Centre in Cochstedt, Germany.
- The opening follows an incident earlier this month when a drone carrying explosives was discovered near an aircraft at Leipzig Airport, around 100 kilometres away; Dobrindt described the threat as part of the "shadow war of the 21st century."
- Scientific theory meets practical security demands at the facility, where researchers test innovative drone technologies in real-life laboratories; an interior ministry spokeswoman called it a "key component" in improving anti-drone capabilities.
- Defence ministry spokesperson Mitko Müller warned that complete protection against drones remains impossible, stating, "You cannot provide detection and defence capabilities around the clock."
- German officials are prioritizing research into AI-controlled drones that bypass traditional jammers; an interior ministry spokeswoman noted Monday that "a lot of research, development and observation" remains required to determine Germany's specific defence needs.
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Noticias ao MinutoThe "perfidious idea" behind this action in Leipzig, on whose authorship it did not make any assumptions, is, according to Dobrindt, to achieve "political and social subjugation" and "undermining trust in the state"
Less than two weeks after a drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig Airport, a key logistics hub for weapons being sent to Ukraine, Germany opened a new drone defense research center on Tuesday.
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mainwelle.deIn Saxony-Anhalt, new technology is to be tested against it. Federal Minister of the Interior Dobrindt warns against a more severe threat situation.Espionage, sabotage and attacks on critical infrastructure: Germany is increasingly confronted with hybrid threats. Drones, which are becoming more and more efficient and at the same time more difficult to ward off, are to be researched on technologies that provide security authorities with a lead in…
The incident at Leipzig Airport is vividly remembered by everyone here: Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt opens a center for drone research in Cochstedt. Germany has to arm itself.
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