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Editors, correspondents and guest authors covering unmanned systems, counter-UAS and autonomy — with their background, areas of expertise and every story they have written.

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Adam Casals

Editor

Senior adviser on global affairs & geopolitics, international columnist, author. Expert on the markets of Spain and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, European…

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Bundesheer

Articles bylined ‘Bundesheer’ are official releases or articles of the Austrian Armed Forces.

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Bundeswehr

Articles bylined ‘Bundeswehr’ are official releases or articles of the German Armed Forces.

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Christian Bendl

Editor

Christian Bendl loves putting equipment through its paces. When he is not writing test reports on his own bushcraft site, in the mountains or at the shooting range, he works on…

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Constantin Dicusar

Editor

Constantin Dicusar is a historian and journalist from Moldova. He is an expert on political issues in the former Soviet Union.

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Georg Mader

Editor

The author was one of Austria’s most renowned aviation journalists, a long-standing correspondent for Jane’s Defence and an author at Militär Aktuell since its founding. With his…

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Gábor Orbán

Editor

Gábor Orbán, BA MA (born 1986), studied history at the University of Vienna, specialising in contemporary and modern history. As a military historian, he focuses in particular on…

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Harald Bechmann

Editor

Harald Bechmann is a patent engineer and Japanese translator as well as a former militia engineer non-commissioned officer. After studying Japanese at the University of Vienna,…

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Jürgen Zacharias

Editor-in-Chief

Jürgen Zacharias is editor-in-chief of Unmanned Magazine and Militär Aktuell. What fascinates him most about military topics is the blend of technology, strategy and geomilitary…

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Laurynas Šatas

Editor

Laurynas Šatas is CEO of the Lithuanian Aktyvus Photonics Group, which develops laser-based precision targeting systems for tactical drones. With its subsidiary Tactical…

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Markus Schauta

Editor

Markus Schauta studied history and religious studies with a focus on Islam. Since 2011 he has been reporting from the Middle East as a reporter, most recently from Iraq and…

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Martin Rosenkranz

Editor

Martin Rosenkranz (born 1968 in Vienna) is a journalist and self-taught specialist in aviation, military and technology topics. He was Editor-in-Chief of the aviation portal…

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Moritz Vischer

Editor

Formerly product manager for effectors at Rheinmetall Air Defence (including Skyranger 30), Moritz Vischer founded Visioneering GmbH in 2024, a consultancy for aerospace and…

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Philipp Fritz

Editor

Philipp Fritz is a correspondent in East Central Europe. He reports from Poland, Hungary or the Baltic states, among others. His areas of focus include security policy on NATO’s…

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Rudolf Preyer

Editor

Rudolf Maria Preyer, grew up in the Weinviertel (Retz). Studied in Vienna and Tübingen. Today he lives and works in Vienna and covers economics, real estate, energy, culture and…

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Santiago Anacleto

Editor

Santiago Anacleto is a Portuguese photo and video journalist specialising in the military and aviation. Over the course of his career, he has covered numerous national and…

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Stefan Tesch

Editor

Stefan Tesch is deputy editor-in-chief of Unmanned Magazine and Militär Aktuell. He is also a militia officer in the Austrian Armed Forces.

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Wolfgang Jarisch

Editor

Building aircraft as a child gave Wolfgang Jarisch the aviation bug. Since the 1980s he has been travelling the world to aviation events and shows; since the early 2010s he has…

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Stephan Kraschansky

Guest author · Aaronia

Stephan Kraschansky is a former officer and counter-drone expert with the Austrian Armed Forces. After leaving, he became self-employed as managing director and owner of the…

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