“Anyone who stops improving has stopped being good. That is why our army, and therefore also the Theresian Military Academy, must continuously improve and change,” said Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner on Monday, introducing the press conference for the presentation of the redesigned training of the army’s ICT officers at the military academy.
Subject to accreditation by AQ Austria, the new bachelor’s degree course in military information and communication technology leadership will be offered at the Military Academy from the 2022 winter semester. Tanner: “We are thus closing a capability gap for our armed forces of the future.” Training to become an information and communication technology (ICT) officer takes a total of four years. After one year of acquiring basic military skills, three years follow at the military academy. The course concludes with the rank of lieutenant and a Bachelor of Science degree.
Academy Commander Major General Karl Pronhagl presented the planned training course and content: “In addition to military training, the ICT officers will receive in-depth academic training in programming, IT security, system administration, cryptography, ICT operational planning and much more.” As part of their initial deployment, the graduates will work as ICT platoon commanders, deputy commanders of a command support company or in leadership roles in the field of electronic warfare. Their task will therefore be to establish and maintain connections on the digitalized and closely networked battlefield of the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foYbPWzxNas&feature=emb_title Wiener Neustadt’s mayor Klaus Schneeberger is pleased that the expansion of the training offer will also strengthen Wiener Neustadt as an educational location. “The fact that the training is being carried out in cooperation with the Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences is testament to the good partnership in the city,” said Schneeberger.
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