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The work of NFDI4DataScience (NFDI4DS) will continue: On July 10, 2026, the Joint Science Conference (GWK) decided to continue funding the NFDI consortia from the second funding round of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). At the same time, the federal and state governments secured long-term funding for the NFDI through 2038. Person with a tablet sitting in front of the Chancellery in Berlin

A drone-based 5G solution provides a broadband network that enables not only communication between emergency responders but also the transmission of real-time situation reports and the remote control of robots. To mark the conclusion of the AMADEUS project, Fraunhofer FOKUS and its partners demonstrated their results yesterday at Schönhagen Airfield in Brandenburg using a realistic scenario for disaster and crisis response operations.

On 23 and 24 June 2026, the kick-off meeting for the international research project ‘Excellent AI’ took place at Fraunhofer FOKUS. The project partners have set themselves the goal of supporting companies in integrating AI into their business processes, thereby making them competitive on the global market.

The Eclipse Qrisp developer community has integrated Eclipse Qrisp – the open-source framework for quantum programming initiated by Fraunhofer FOKUS – with the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform for hybrid quantum-classical computing. The integration will be made publicly available later this year.

Telecommunications networks remain the backbone of emergency services – from day-to-day operations by the police, fire service and ambulance services, right through to communication between emergency personnel. With the introduction of Next Generation 112 (NG112), a fundamental transformation is now on the horizon

The 98th plenary meeting of the ETSI Technical Committee MTS (Methods for Testing and Specification) took place at Fraunhofer FOKUS from 4 to 5 June. International experts from industry, research and standardisation discussed current developments in the fields of test methods, quality assurance and trustworthy artificial intelligence, as well as the practical implementation of the requirements of the European AI Act.

A precise and constantly updated digital representation of the road environment is becoming essential for numerous applications: from cooperative driver assistance systems and mobility apps to high-resolution maps for automated vehicles. The Smart Mobility business unit at Fraunhofer FOKUS is working on this. Dr. Ilja Radusch, Director of the Smart Mobility business unit and Director of the Daimler Center for Automotive IT Innovations (DCAITI) at TU Berlin, explains in an interview how a digital twin of the city is created from heterogeneous data and how artificial intelligence contributes to improving data quality.

On 22 April 2026, the GenKI4Media user workshop took place at Fraunhofer FOKUS. Around 40 participants from academia and industry took the opportunity to exchange expertise and present current use cases of generative artificial intelligence (AI).

With CleanFeed, a new collaborative research project has been launched in April 2026 that focuses on strengthening trust and transparency in digital media, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). The goal is to make the origin and authenticity of audiovisual content traceable across the entire media chain – including editing, redistribution, and streaming.

The European Parliament’s new study, “eTools for regulatory simplification and consistency”, examines how innovative – and in some cases still experimental – digital tools, and in particular AI-based solutions, can support the various stages of the policy cycle.