Defense technology department for aircraft and aircraft equipment of the Bundeswehr

Defense technical department for aircraft and aviation equipment of the Bundeswehr ; - WTD 61 -
State level	Federation
position	Defense technical department of the Bundeswehr
Supervisory authority	Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw)
founding	October 1, 1957
Headquarters	Manching
Authority management	Dieter Kräher
Servants	700
Web presence	WTD 61

Manching Air Base

The Defense Technical Service for Aircraft and Aviation Equipment of the German Armed Forces (WTD 61) was founded on October 1st, 1957 as a testing center 61 and is located in Manching near Ingolstadt at the Ingolstadt / Manching air base . She is responsible for testing aviation equipment for the Bundeswehr . WTD 61 is part of the Equipment, Information Technology and Use (AIN) organizational area and is part of the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr .

Head of Department

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment
1	Dr. Ing.A. Thiel	1957	1959
2	Colonel Franz Kirch	1959	1962
3	Dietrich Schwencke	1962	1968
4th	Heinrich Grube	1968	1972
5	Wolfgang Sarnes	1972	1987
6th	Werner Schenk	1987	1997
7th	Volker Schmitt	1997	1998
8th	Wieland king	1998	2004
9	Christian Biener	2004	2006
10	Walter Storz	2006	2010
11	Herbert Hauck	2010	2014
12	Wolfgang Steiger	2014	2017
13	Dieter Kräher	2017

A selection of former test aircraft from the Wehrtechnischen Dienststelle 61.