The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) has secured **USD 9.87 million** in funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to develop a **validation infrastructure** for autonomous systems in offshore wind energy. The **FOKUS-Wind** initiative aims to establish Germany’s first **end-to-end testing and certification framework** for AI-driven and autonomous solutions in harsh offshore environments.
