Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
MBDA Missile Systems, Germany
Dr. Dirk Zimper has been Director Future Systems and a member of the Management Board of MBDA Missile Systems Germany since November 2022. In his role, he is responsible for the future topics of MBDA Germany, including high-energy lasers, hypersonic applications, the further development of ground-based air defence and remote carriers for the Future Combat Air System. Previously, he worked for the German Aerospace Centre and was in charge of security and defence research as Executive Board Representative. His military career started in 2004 when he joined the German Armed Forces and completed the 92nd officer training course at the Air Force Officer School. Dr. Zimper studied aerospace engineering at the University of the German Armed Forces in Munich and completed his doctorate in engineering in 2015.
Information provided is current as of September 2024
From the Author
Bending the ‘Hufnagel’
Defence Acquisition Principles for the New Security and Technology Environment
By Mr
Sascha
Krell
By Mr
Christoph
Müller
By Mr
Alan R.
Shaffer
By Ms
Kristin
Waage
By Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
In 1925, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, then Chief of the Army Command, published a memorandum called the ‘Hufnagelerlass’ condemning the increasing bureaucratization within the Army Command. In the memorandum, von Seeckt sarcastically [...]
Deterrence in the Space Domain
Increasing Deterrence in Space by Gaining a Mindset for Agile Space Operations
By Mr
Wolfgang
Jung
By Mr
Christoph
Müller
By Dr
Andreas
Ohndorf
By Maj Gen
Michael
Traut
By Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
At Brussel’s NATO Summit in 2020, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg launched the #NATO 2030 effort remarking that ‘resilience – be it infrastructure, telecommunications, 5G or healthcare, access to protective equipment – all of that [...]
Responsive Space for NATO Operations – Part 3
By Mr
Wolfgang
Jung
By Lt Col
Tim
Vasen DipEng, MSc
By Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
Space Support plays a significant role in modern warfare and is a key enabler for NATO’s technical advantage. Worldwide technological developments challenge this advantage while Space has become increasingly congested and contested. This is the [...]
Responsive Space for NATO Operations – Part 2
By Mr
Wolfgang
Jung
By Lt Col
Tim
Vasen DipEng, MSc
By Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
Space Support plays a significant role in today’s modern warfare and is a key enabler for NATO’s technical and operational advantage. Worldwide technical developments challenge this advantage while Space has become congested and contested. This [...]
Research, Development, and Acquisition of Counter-UAS Technologies
By Dr
Hans-Albert
Eckel
By Dr
Martin
Hellmann
By Mr
Christoph
Müller
By Dr
Thomas
Neff
By Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
In general terms, Research, Development and Acquisition (RD&A) can be loosely defined as the efforts undertaken by companies and governments to innovate and introduce new products to achieve or enhance specific capabilities. Therein Research and [...]
Hypersonic Vehicles
Game Changers for Future Warfare?
By Mr
Hans-Ludwig
Besser
By Dr.-Ing.
Dennis
Göge
By Mr
Michael
Huggins
By Mr
Alan R.
Shaffer
By Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
Hypersonic technologies offer potential solutions and applications that could have a strong impact on doctrine and conduct of future military operations. Different applications are conceivable for hypersonic flight vehicles in order to enable new or [...]
Laser-Based Space Debris Removal
An Approach for Protecting the Critical Infrastructure Space
By Dr
Hans-Albert
Eckel
By Dr.-Ing.
Dennis
Göge
By Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
Critical infrastructures are organizations and institutions whose failure or impairment would cause sustained shortage of supplies, significant disruption of public security, or other dramatic consequences for the state or community they support. Following the classification [...]
Platform Autonomy
State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives from an S&T Point of View
By Mr
Hans-Ludwig
Besser
By Dr.-Ing.
Dennis
Göge
By Mr
Michael
Huggins
By Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Zimper
The Applied Vehicle Technology Panel (AVT) is an international network of defence scientists and engineers dedicated to increasing the performance of new and ageing vehicles in the air, sea, land, and space domains. This network [...]
