Tactical AI for national security.
Simulating the unpredictable.
GhostPlay
Seed to a most realistic Defense Metaverse.
GhostPlay is the virtual twin of the battlefield to train, visualize and analyze AI-based tactics for complex military engagements at machine speed. "Ghost" is the high-performance virtual twin of the reality. "Play" demonstrates the behaviour of AI-controlled red and blue force platform avatars at such virtual twin.
"We compete with the big ones in the industry. Our USP: agility and the ability to quickly show results."
PROF. GARY SCHAAL, Chair of Political Science at HSU Hamburg and GHOSTPLAY Project Manager
September 1-3, 2025, Campus der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/UniBW Hamburg
GhostPlay@SEA at the dtec.bw
Annual Conference 2025
Conference programme and information:
Making of GhostPlay
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Thanks to our participating partners
BCR AG
Borchert Consulting & Research is a strategic affairs consulting boutique. BCR engages in conflict analysis and scenario development to assess current and future military requirements that inform GhostPlay.
21strategies
21strategies is a Munich-based deep-tech company with the mission to transform how organizations make strategic and tactical decisions. To aim at their mission, 21strategies develops and operates Third Wave AI for optimal decision-making in complex, uncertain situations at machine speed. For more information, visit 21strategies.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
HENSOLDT Sensors
Long-standing specialist for sensor technology HENSOLDT Sensors contributes their expertise and sensor models to GhostPlay.
The sensor models provided serve as a basis for realistic AI tactics – at machine speed.
TKMS
TKMS is a company with over 185 years of experience in shipbuilding. TKMS is one of the world’s leading providers of marine technologies, representing innovation, precision, and responsibility – ready to tackle and master the challenges of a changing world.
Helmut Schmidt University
With the Defense AI Observatory (DAIO), Helmut Schmidt University // Uni Bw Hamburg has established an area of AI competence under the responsibility of Professor Dr. Gary Schaal. The latest scientific research results about the use of Defense AI globally ensure that GhostPlay AI models are based on observable reality.
GhostPlay is supported by:
