Federation of the German Security and Defense Industry
| Federal Association of the German Security and Defense Industry - BDSV (BDSV) |
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|---|---|
| legal form | registered association |
| Seat | Berlin |
| founding | September 2009
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| president | Armin Papperger |
| executive Director | Hans Christoph Atzpodien |
| Members | 100 |
| Website | www.bdsv.eu |
The Federal Association of the German Security and Defense Industry eV - BDSV is a trade association that represents the interests of German companies in the defense industry.
He is a member of the European umbrella organization Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and has the mandate to represent German interests in the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG). In Germany he is a member of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the German Society for Defense Technology (DWT).
history
The BDSV was founded in September 2009 and started its work in January 2010. He emerged from the Committee for Defense Economy and Security Issues at the Federation of German Industries .
The association was founded by the companies EADS Deutschland GmbH , ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH , Diehl Defense Holding GmbH , Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG , FR. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG , Rheinmetall AG , and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems .
organization
President is the Chairman of the Board of Management of Rheinmetall AG , Armin Papperger. Hans Christoph Atzpodien has been the general manager since August 1, 2017 . He took over the office from the former State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology , Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch , who had been General Manager since November 1, 2011.
The BDSV is divided into the following committees:
- Politics & Communication Committee
- SME Committee
- Economic and Legal Committee
- R&T and Innovation Committee
- Committee on Europe and International Affairs
- Security Committee
- Digital Convergence Committee
membership
Full members, regardless of turnover and size, can become any company whose industrial value creation is in Germany and which is active in the field of defense or security technology.
100 companies are currently members of the BDSV.
BDSV Exhibitions eV (formerly the Defense Fairs Group (GWM))
BDSV Exhibitions eV (formerly Gruppe Wehrtechnische Messen eV, renamed on January 1, 2016), in which well over 100 German companies in the security and defense industry have been organized since 1996, is responsible for the German joint stand at international defense technology trade fairs. The association works closely with the Federal Association of the German Security and Defense Industry (BDSV) eV; the managing director of BDSV eV is also managing director of BDSV Exhibitions eV The German medium-sized companies have a share of more than half in the added value of the German security and defense industry; this is supported by the joint platform of BDSV Exhibitions eV.
The focus of the "BDSV Exhibitions - German Defense Technology" is:
- Land defense technology, marine systems and marine equipment and aviation systems
- Information systems, command, control and communication
- Weapons and ammunition, including guided missiles
- armored and unarmored vehicles
- Reconnaissance and air defense
- Equipment components
Individual evidence
- ^ ASD members website of the ASD. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ BDI member website of the BDI. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ↑ DVT member website of the DWT. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ↑ Authorities mirror ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. October / 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ↑ Spiegel ( Memento from May 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Authorities Spiegel online (as of July 20, 2011)
- ↑ [1] Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Archive link ( memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on July 23, 2014.
