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ARX Robotics Expands Board: Dr. Detlef Kayser

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ARX Robotics Expands Board: Dr. Detlef Kayser Joins as Board Advisor

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ARX Robotics today announced the appointment of Dr. Detlef Kayser to its Board of Advisors. Dr. Kayser brings strategic leadership, technical depth, and international experience to support ARX’s growth, operational excellence, and global positioning.

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• Proven strategist with an aerospace engineering background; former member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG; and former Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company.

• Will advise on scaling international operations, fleet-level systems thinking, and process operations to accelerate ARX Robotics’s growth.

• Strengthens ARX Robotic’s network across industry and strategic sectors to support partnerships and market expansion.

Marc Wietfeld, Co-Founder and CEO at ARX Robotics, comments:

“Having Dr. Kayser join our Board of Advisors is a strong validation of what we’re building at ARX Robotics. His trust confirms that our approach, combining deep-tech innovation with defense relevance, addresses one of Europe’s most pressing challenges. With his experience and strategic perspective, we’ll accelerate our growth and help redefine how modern defense capabilities are built and scaled”

Dr. Detlef Kayser adds:

"ARX Robotics combines military experience, technological excellence, operational proximity, and entrepreneurial drive. I am delighted to support the team in its dynamic development and contribute to strengthening defense capabilities."

About ARX Robotics

ARX Robotics is one of the leading German defence tech start-ups.

The company develops autonomous unmanned ground systems with scalable hardware components and software architectures. With its innovative, modular platforms, ARX Robotics uses software-defined defence and robotics to redesign productivity, efficiency and safety in various industries.
With its Mithra OS system, ARX digitizes existing military systems and vehicle fleets and transforms them into software and AI-supported, networked systems.

ARX systems are currently being procured or tested by six European armed forces. ARX Robotics is supported by renowned investors such as Project A Ventures and the Nato Innovation Fund.