Strategic cooperation Brightlands and Defense

The Ministry of Defense will use innovations that have been devised and developed on the four Brightlands campuses in Limburg. Maastricht University is one of the initiators of the campuses, where entrepreneurs, knowledge institutions and the government work closely together. The Ministry of Defense is primarily interested in smart materials, 3D Printing, metabolism, future food, smart services and blockchain.

More information in the (Dutch) news item from the Province of Limburg.

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