Two Munich universities establish security and defence alliance with industrial and public partners

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of the Bundeswehr Munich (UniBw M) are launching the TUM Security and Defence Alliance, they announced on 09/02/2026.

The collaboration, which includes industrial partners, start-ups, the TUM Venture Labs and public sector stakeholders, is a "strategic, interdisciplinary innovation hub for security and defence technologies", TUM explained.

According to TUM, the alliance aims to link and systematically strengthen the existing and emerging centres of excellence across the Greater Munich area, a key region for research, innovation, development and industry in the security and defence sector.

It will also reinforce Bavaria’s role as a leading high‑tech region and as a central pillar of European security, by covering air, space, land and sea domains, as well as the cyber and information space.

"If you want to secure peace, you have to be able to defend it. We are creating an innovation ecosystem for more European security," Thomas F. Hofmann, President of TUM, said.

Eva-Maria Kern, President of UniBw M, said that the alliance was an…