Much has been said about the defence industry. Today, we speak to a long-standing client and GKN Aerospace Senior Procurement Manager, Roel van Es. ‘I have been involved in sourcing suppliers for MQ-9 drones, Chinook and Apache helicopters, all the…
The XPONENTIAL Europe 2026 event was a success, according to Michael Stritt-Dür and Kristof Kellermann from Hittech Prontor GmbH. Business Development Manager Kristof Kellermann: ‘There is a lot of focus on the military, which makes sense with the technologies on…
Why are we sending a delegation of Hittech professionals to XPONENTIAL Europe, the leading European event for autonomous systems, robotics, and uncrewed technologies? In light of new requirements for defence and security, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and robotics are becoming…
“2025 might have been a hectic year for newcomers in the defence industry, for us, it was business as usual.” In a series of five posts, our specialists share trends and developments for 2026. This week, Business Developers Martijn Leijten…
Pieter Kappelhof, our Director of Technology, was invited to speak at the space instrumentation lecture programme at LiS (Leidse instrumentmakers School) a few weeks ago. Together with Peter Paul Kooijman from SRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Pieter gave a one-day…
This is our Business Development Manager, Martijn Leijten, at the Dutch Embassy in Toronto during the Dutch Trade Mission on Sustainable Aviation & Innovation in Canada. Martijn: “Great week in Canada, diving into the local ecosystem and exploring strong potential…
This is Roger Senden, ‘back’ at TU Delft, where the roots of Hittech RSP Technology lie, to discuss microstructures. “To be precise, I talked about conventional microstructures in aluminium versus our speciality: the Melt Spinning of nanostructured alloys,” says Roger.…
On 20 November, Hittech Group will participate in the 36th edition of the NIDV Exhibition Defence and Security (NEDS) 2025. We’re going to attend with a clear purpose: to listen, understand current challenges, and explore how our Dutch and German…
Why is our Director of Technology, Pieter Kappelhof, trying to catch a laser beam at the TNO stand at the Precision Fair? “It’s all about optomechatronics”, he says. Before joining Hittech, Pieter worked at TNO for 16 years. Last week,…
This is AUSA 2025: an unparalleled gathering of military professionals, defense industry leaders, and policy makers. Our CCO, Ralph Stassen, represented Hittech Group, along with Sander van der Laan, our aviation specialist at Hittech Landes. Sander van der Laan: “We…