READING MATERIAL: The Military Technology IT Report 2023

Comprehensive mobile network coverage is not entirely commonplace in Germany, so we hope that at least the troops and their electronic equipment are doing well in times of transition. The Military IT Report 2023 provides a diverse and exciting interim assessment.

From the contents:

• Welcome message (Siemtje Möller, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence)
• Boost for digitalization: New digital radios can be procured (Gerhard Heiming and Lars Hoffmann)
• C4I software for the digitalization of the Bundeswehr (Systematic GmbH)
• Germany's defense capability: also a question of digitalization (Frank Leidenberger, Management BWI GmbH)
• Mobile command posts 2.0 - The evolution of army command posts through Smart Shelter technology (ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH)
• Leading and communicating with ATM's system solutions (ATM ComputerSysteme GmbH)
• Defender in cyberspace. Interview with Colonel Tim Zahn, Commander of the Bundeswehr's Cyber Security Center
• Protecting sensitive data in operations and on the move (Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity)
• Data exchange platform for confidential communication (steep GmbH)
• Marine software MESE undergoes first practical test on Tender Mosel (Georg Bernard)
• Robust communication capability (Imtradex Hör- und Sprechsysteme GmbH)
• Innovations from the Bundeswehr for the Bundeswehr - the Cyber Innovation Hub (Sven Weizenegger, Head of the Bundeswehr's Cyber Innovation Hub)
• Digital sustainability: Consciously managing IT risks (genua GmbH)
• The Bundeswehr's Center for Digitalization and Capability Development Cyber and Information Space (Armin Fleischmann, Sub-Division Head BMVg CIT I)
• Future and key technologies: From satellite missions to tactical Artificial Intelligence (André Dzionara, dtec.bw Referent)
• The cloud continuum as an enabler of cross-domain operations (secunet)
• Digital soldier systems (Lars Hoffmann)
• Process digitalization (CONET Solutions GmbH)
• Digital sovereignty as a key element for Germany's international operational capability (Bernhard Rohleder, CEO of Bitkom e.V.)
• BSI certification for SeTaCoSys by blackned (blackned GmbH)
• Elbit Systems Deutschland showcases multi-domain solutions at AFCEA exhibition (Elbit Systems Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG)
• ESSOR: NATO decision expected by June (Ole Henckel)
• Robust communication in the glass battlefields of the future (DND-Digital Dynamit Nobel Defence GmbH)
• CONTACT - the new generation of French radios (Thomas Withington)
• Time to wake up - Issues with the British Morpheus project (Thomas Withington)
• 5G for networking unmanned systems (Gunnar Schneider and Timo Röhling, research associates at Fraunhofer FKIE)
• European leadership - Soon with a system? (Ole Henckel)
• Starlink - private SATCOM for Ukraine (Thomas Withington)

The magazine contains 72 pages, our personal favorite is the Starlink article at the very end. The Military IT Report 2023 can be purchased as a traditional paper copy for €14.80, or as PDF for €10.50.

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