As entrepreneurs and academics, we are convinced that our security is ultimately determined by technological superiority and the willingness to invest heavily in it. Those who scale and deploy the right technologies can better protect themselves against aggressors. As a core component of a strong Europe, Germany must now implement this in its defence policy. We stand at a historic crossroads. Will we assert ourselves as a sovereign, defensible continent and protect our freedom and prosperity? Or will we become dependent and gradually lose everything that has become dear to us? Germany must spearhead a ‘SPARTA’ project (Strategic Protection and Advanced Resilience Technology Alliance) for European defence. Investments in autonomous systems, AI technologies, sovereign space travel, and so on are not only imperative in terms of security policy, they are also important catalysts for growth and technological sovereignty.
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