Sky Shield: German Air Force aims for le • Table.Briefings

In Todendorf on the Baltic Sea, the German Air Force has jointly built an air defense training center in just eight months. The close cooperation between the force and industry in training is expected to attract further European partners.

There is no shortage of superlatives when the Chief of Staff of the German Air Force, Ingo Gerhartz, joins Diehl Defence CEO Helmut Rauch for the presentation of the European Air Defense Academy in Todendorf at the beginning of September. As the „leading systems house for air defense systems and missiles in Germany,“ the family-owned company’s defense division has recently received „excellent feedback from Ukraine,“ enthuses Rauch: „Iris-T SLM saved Kyiv,“ were the first words addressed to him by the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, at their meeting in the spring.

Sky Shield: German Air Force aims for leading role in air defense

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