Diehl Defence has acquired Luftbilddatenbank Dr. Carls GmbH through its subsidiary Tauber Group, extending its unexploded ordnance services to include preliminary site assessments.
The acquired company uses wartime aerial photographs and archival records to identify areas in Germany and Austria where unexploded ordnance may remain.
Its work helps establish potential contamination before teams conduct on-site detection and clearance.
Based in Germany’s Lower Franconia region, Luftbilddatenbank Dr. Carls also sources material from international archives and provides consulting and training on historical research and ordnance risk assessments.
The acquisition adds preliminary site research to Tauber’s existing services, which cover the detection, recovery, defusing, and disposal of explosive ordnance.
Tauber also carries out specialized civil engineering work.
Production Expansion and New Partnerships
The acquisition follows other moves by Diehl Defence this year to expand production and pursue cooperation in missile defense and space-based surveillance.
In June, the company opened a Battery Tech Hub in Germany to increase production of specialized batteries for missiles, fuzes, and other equipment.
Operated by subsidiary Diehl Energy Products, the facility provides about 7,000 square meters (75,347 square feet) for manufacturing, development, and logistics, plus 3,700 square meters (39,826 square feet) of office space.
At the ILA Berlin Air Show earlier this year, Diehl and US satellite company Spire Global agreed to explore cooperation on space-based reconnaissance and missile warning.
They will assess whether their technologies could be combined to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic threats.
In March, Diehl also signed a cooperation agreement with Spain’s Indra Group to develop and manufacture air and missile defense systems.
Their initial focus is a medium-range ground-based system for the Spanish Armed Forces, pairing Diehl’s IRIS-T missile technology with Indra’s radar, tactical communications, and command-and-control capabilities.