Defense science institute for materials and supplies
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Defense Science Institute for Materials and Operating |
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| State level | Federation |
| Supervisory authority | Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr |
| Headquarters | Erding , Bavaria |
| Authority management | Wolfgang Kreuzer |
| Servants | about 250 |
| Web presence | Website WIWeB |
The Defense Science Institute for Materials and Operating Materials ( WIWeB ) is a scientific institution subordinate to the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Federal Armed Forces (BAAINBw, Koblenz) of the German Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg), with its headquarters in Erding , whose task is the investigation and assessment the defense- related properties of materials , supplies , textiles and chemicals . It has around 250 employees and emerged in 1997 from the Defense Science Institute for Material Investigation , which went back to various predecessor institutions based in Erding, such as the Bundeswehr Material Testing Center, and the Federal Institute for Chemical-Technical Investigations (BICT) in Swisttal .
Tasks and activities
The task of the Defense Science Institute for Materials and Operating Materials is the investigation and assessment of the chemical , physical and safety-related properties of materials , operating materials , textiles and chemicals for use in defense technology . The resulting activities include, in particular, carrying out our own investigations for verification purposes as well as aptitude and selection tests as part of the process known as Customer Product Management for the procurement of defense material for the Bundeswehr, the preparation of reports in the event of accidents , damage and warranty cases , and support the Bundeswehr in the field of environmental protection , chemical safety and occupational health and safety , the processing of research and development projects as well as the technical support and advice to other institutions on relevant projects.
organization
It has around 250 employees, including around 110 scientists and engineers, and is a member of the working group of departmental research institutions . It is divided into three business areas (GB) and two service areas:
- GB 200 materials, construction, structures
- GB 300 clothing, surface technology, chemical analysis
- GB 400 operating materials, material protection
- as well as a technical-operational and an economic-administrative service area (WAS)
The higher-level authority of the institute is the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Federal Armed Forces under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Defense .
history
The starting point of the Defense Science Institute for Materials and Operating Materials was an X-ray inspection system for bridge construction equipment of the armed forces of the United States that was built on the Erding Air Base after the end of the Second World War . On October 29, 1959, this facility was taken over by the Federal Armed Forces with appropriate extensions as the Bundeswehr material testing center ( MatPrfSt ). After the affiliation of further institutions in the following years, the name was changed to the Defense Science Institute for Material Investigations ( WIM or WehrwissIMatU ) on March 11, 1982 and after the merger with the "Federal Institute for Chemical-Technical Investigations" (BICT) in Swisttal from April 1, 1997 in the Defense Science Institute for Materials , Explosives and Operating Materials ( WIWEB ). After the divisions of the former BICT were outsourced to the Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 91 in Meppen on April 1, 2009, the institute received its current name.