cplace Is Positioned in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

Munich, 15 January 2026 – The European aerospace and defence industry is under considerable pressure due to the geopolitical situation. Development projects are often too slow, expensive, or risky, and the politically motivated distribution of EU defence projects among several companies and countries further increases the complexity. Improving efficiency has therefore become a strategic necessity. At the „Transforming Aerospace & Defence through Research and Innovation“ event taking place in Berlin on 27–28 January 2026, cplace will demonstrate the value of collaborative and efficiently managed project management.   

Driving innovation in a security-sensitive and heavily regulated sector such as the aerospace and defence industry is a complex task. The core problem lies in the high complexity of distributed value creation. Against the backdrop of regulatory requirements, confidentiality and long development cycles, the combination of international partner networks and traditional project management approaches poses a major challenge. 

This is where the Berlin conference comes in, bringing together executives from the aerospace and defence industries with experts in project and portfolio management. The aim is to support agile product development, rapid prototype implementation and resilience in organisational structures in order to secure innovation and competitive advantages for the European aerospace and defence industries. 

Blueprint: Development processes in the automotive industry 

The two-day conference focuses on knowledge exchange between industry experts and project management specialists. Presentations and networking sessions are designed to help participants adopt new perspectives and build trust. The presentation by Patrick Golob from cplace and Dr. Patrick Böhm from Dataciders will provide practical insights into how the automotive industry has succeeded in becoming more agile, and what the European aerospace and defence industry can learn from this. 

“In the automotive industry, we have seen collaborative project management become the standard – precisely because all stakeholders depend on a central product development plan and must plan in a synchronised way. The aerospace and defence industry faces similar challenges. The solution lies in networked scheduling across company boundaries, transparency regarding chains of dependencies, and the ability to identify risks at an early stage beyond one’s own context. Thanks to our many years of experience, we can provide very concrete and proven support here,” says Patrick Golob. 

In cross-company planning, the project management specialist sees the answer to current requirements and the reality of EU projects. He advocates real-time, cross-company collaboration that can be implemented easily using modern project portfolio management platforms such as cplace – with a shared data foundation, synchronised planning and the necessary transparency – and “made in Germany”. 

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