OHB System AG and Fraunhofer Space Alliance signed a MOU for a long-term research and development partnership
June 22, 2016
OHB System AG and Fraunhofer Space Alliance signed a memorandum of understanding for a long-term research and development partnership. The memorandum was signed during a technology day in which Fraunhofer presented its capabilities at OHB System AG’s new site in Oberpfaffenhofen. The motto of the technology day was “tomorrow’s technologies for today’s space flight”. Eleven different Space Alliance institutions took part. The technology day highlighted the significance of the Oberpfaffenhofen aerospace site in national and European space research.
OHB System AG as Germany’s leading space systems specialist and Fraunhofer as the largest applied research institution in Europe have been working together closely and successfully on various projects for many years. The memorandum seeks to place this partnership on a steadier footing and to anchor it at an enterprise-wide level for OHB and Fraunhofer.
Dr. Fritz Merkle, the Management Board member of OHB SE responsible for strategy and business development and chairman of the advisory board of the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB), sees great potential for the intensified partnership: “Fraunhofer and OHB are two strong and experienced partners in space technology. By pooling their resources and combining their expertise, they will be able to open up many a gateway to space a good deal more effectively and to develop beneficial solutions for tomorrow’s word. I am looking forward to this!”
Dr. Hans-Otto Feldhütter, the director of business models at Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, is pleased that the partnership is to be intensified: “OHB is one of the leading high-tech companies in the region. Fraunhofer offers innovative solutions in many technologies and can bring these to market together with OHB. Both parties will derive very substantial benefits from the joint activities.”
