Major General

Michael 

Traut 

Commander German Space Command

Major General Michael Traut is serving as the first Commander of the newly established Bundeswehr Space Command and as the Director of National Air Operations in Uedem. After holding staff positions in numerous military organizations, he most recently served as the Commandant of the Air Force Officer School as well as the Chief of the Armed Forces Training Division in the Headquarters of the German Joint Support Service. As trained Interceptor Controller and Interceptor Controller Instructor, General Traut studied Computer Science at the Bundeswehr University Munich and accomplished his Master as a Member of the Royal College of Defence Studies in London.

Information provided is current as of July 2022

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Deterrence in the Space Domain

Increasing Deterrence in Space by Gaining a Mindset for Agile Space Operations
By Mr 
Wolfgang 
Jung 
By Mr 
Christoph 
MĂ¼ller 
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 [...]

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