Cyber and Information Domain Service

Electronic warfare branch of the German Armed Forces

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2024 Decided to upgrade CIDS from a military organizational unit to the fourth full military service branch, alongside Heer, Luftwaffe, and Deutsche Marine.
April 1 2017 Cyber and Information Domain Service (CIDS) was activated as a 'military organizational unit', taking command of electronic warfare, signals, IT, military intelligence, geoinformation, and psychological operations units.
October 5 2016 The command's staff became operational as a department within the Ministry of Defense.
April 26 2016 Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen publicly presented the plans for the new military branch.
November 2015 German Ministry of Defense activated a Staff Group to develop plans for reorganizing Cyber, IT, military intelligence, geo-information, and operative communication units of the Bundeswehr.

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