0129 km
To the Chancellery
Brandenburg wraps around Berlin. Federal ministries, the Bundestag and BMVg decision-makers sit inside a 45-minute drive of every test site in the state.
Built in Brandenburg·NATO Eastern Flank
CORRIDOR.
Europe's Autonomous Mobility Corridor for secure Defence unmanned ground logistics.
// Thesis
Brandenburg is Europe's Gateway to NATO's Eastern Flank.
The defence of NATO's Eastern Flank will not be decided in Poland. It will be decided by the ability to move reinforcements, ammunition, fuel and autonomous logistics systems rapidly from Western Europe to the front.
Germany is already the logistical pivot for NATO redeployments eastward. Current EU and NATO Military Mobility initiatives focus explicitly on corridors from North Sea ports through Germany to Poland — and onward to the Eastern Flank.
Brandenburg is uniquely positioned to become Europe's center for autonomous military mobility — connecting industrial production in Western Europe with NATO's operational requirements on the Eastern Flank.
// Brandenburg's Position
- Directly bordering Poland
- On the main axis toward NATO's Eastern Flank
- Between Germany's industrial centers and operational theatres in Poland and the Baltics
- Large available areas for test ranges
- Existing military infrastructure and training grounds
- Immediate proximity to Berlin as political decision-making center
Why Brandenburg
Six advantages no other German state can combine.
Brandenburg is the only geography in Europe where political access, sovereign test terrain, an industrial pivot, transformation capital and engineering talent already sit inside a single corridor.
02> 90,000 ha
Sovereign Test Terrain
Former WGT and Bundeswehr training areas — Lehnin, Lieberose, Jüterbog, Wittstock — offer restricted airspace and large-scale unmanned ground testing unmatched in Western Europe.
03A12 / A13
NATO Eastern Flank Corridor
Direct land routes to Poland, Czechia and the Baltics. Brandenburg is the physical hinge of European military mobility eastward.
04Tesla · BASF · ArcelorMittal
An Industrial Base Ready to Pivot
Grünheide, Schwarzheide, Eisenhüttenstadt — gigafactories, battery chemistry and steel. The capabilities defence-tech of the 2030s actually needs, already here.
05€ 17 Bn
Structural Transformation Capital
Lusatia coal-exit funds and EU cohesion instruments — billions in deployable transformation capital, looking for sovereign industrial use cases.
06BTU · TH Wildau
Engineering & Autonomy Talent
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, TH Wildau and Potsdam's research cluster — an autonomy, AI and aerospace pipeline directly into the corridor.
Operative Building Blocks
Five instruments. One corridor.
- 01
Mobility Accelerator
6-month operator-led program for 4–6 European defence and dual-use ventures per cohort, anchored in Potsdam.
- 02
UGV Test Range
Sovereign large-scale test environment for unmanned ground systems on Brandenburg's former military estates.
- 03
Defence AI Lab
Applied research on autonomy, perception and command AI — co-located with BTU and TH Wildau.
- 04
Industrial Transformation Program
Re-tooling Lusatia and the Berlin–Brandenburg industrial belt for the defence economy.
- 05
Brandenburg Defence Fund
Patient capital aligned with sovereign European priorities — co-investing with EDF, ASAP and EDIRPA.
For Founders
The accelerator built around what defence-tech founders actually need.
Most accelerators teach you to pitch. Corridor hands you the customer, the test range, the prime contractor, and the procurement pathway — and keeps you non-dilutive while you reach TRL 7.
- Months — cohort length
- 6
- Ventures per cohort
- 4–6
- Non-dilutive at entry
- € 250K
- Operator-mentor density
- 1:3
01Non-Dilutive
First capital without giving up equity.
Up to €250K non-dilutive at cohort entry, with a path to follow-on co-investment from the Brandenburg Defence Fund and aligned European LPs. You keep the cap table clean — and the IP.
02Customer Access
Direct line to BMVg, BAAINBw & Bundeswehr buyers.
Berlin sits 29 km away. Cohort founders get structured introductions to BAAINBw requirements officers, the Cyber Innovation Hub der Bundeswehr (CIHBw), BMVg Planungsamt, Kommando Streitkräftebasis Logistik and NATO DIANA programme managers — the people who actually sign the contracts.
03Test Range
TRL 4 → TRL 7 on sovereign German terrain.
Move through the full Bundeswehr-relevant maturity ladder in a single cohort. Sovereign UGV ranges on former WGT and Bundeswehr estates — Lehnin, Lieberose, Jüterbog, Wittstock — with restricted airspace, live convoy scenarios and WTD-grade instrumentation. Most accelerators teach you to pitch; Corridor hands you the keys to the proving ground.
04Primes
Co-development with Rheinmetall, HENSOLDT, KNDS, Airbus, Diehl.
Each cohort is built around real capability gaps published by tier-1 German and European primes. Selected ventures enter framed PoCs with NDA, integration support and a defined route into ASAP, EDIRPA and §150 GWB procurement — not a beauty contest.
05Grants
Automated grant pipeline — SPRIN-D, EXIST, ZIM, ProFIT, EDF.
Corridor runs a continuously screened funding stack for every cohort venture: SPRIN-D challenges, EXIST-Forschungstransfer (up to €1M), BMWK ZIM, ILB ProFIT Brandenburg (up to €3M non-dilutive), Brandenburg Innovationsgutscheine, EU EDF, EUDIS and EIC Accelerator (up to €2.5M). Applications are pre-drafted, deadlines tracked, co-applicants matched — you ship product, we ship paperwork.
06Compliance
AWV, Dual-Use 2021/821 & Geheimschutz — handled.
In-house counsel and cleared operators help you structure dual-use products under AWG/AWV, navigate EU Dual-Use Regulation 2021/821, and stand up Sicherheitsüberprüfung / Geheimschutzbetreuung (BMWK) and Facility Security Clearance. Compliance becomes a moat, not a blocker.
07Operators
Mentorship from people who used the kit.
Former Bundeswehr battalion commanders, NATO logistics officers, BAAINBw veterans and second-time defence-tech founders. 1:3 mentor density. Problems before pitches.
08Signal
Alliance-level credibility from day one.
A Corridor badge is a force multiplier for your next round, your next pilot, your next allied market. Backed by the State of Brandenburg, aligned with NATO DIANA and SPRIN-D, recognised across EDA member nations.
Modelled on NATO DIANA, Entrepreneur First's def/acc and Starburst — adapted to German industrial reality and the Brandenburg corridor. Challenge-led intake, in-residency core sprint, structured Phase 2 follow-on. No demo-day cliff.
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