The seminar will take place on September 16, 2026 (Wednesday), from 15:00 to 17:00, at the Joint Innovation Center – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Address: Sofia, 26B Acad. G. Bonchev St.).
The primary objective of the meeting is to present GDTech’s activities and expertise, as well as to discuss opportunities for collaboration and cooperation with Bulgarian research organizations, universities, and companies, including within the framework of European defense programs and initiatives.
GDTech (www.gdtech.eu) is an engineering firm with a team of nearly 250 highly qualified specialists dedicated to the design, modeling, and analysis of products and solutions for the defense industry. The company possesses extensive experience in a range of high-tech fields, including:
• Material characterization and parameter development (including the execution of comprehensive testing campaigns);
• Impact and blast simulation: GDTech has expertise in simulating ballistic impacts and explosions on structures and vehicles, providing valuable insights for product development;
• Missile fragmentation analysis;
• Underwater explosion simulations;
• Bullet and missile trajectory analysis using CFD;
• Drone development and optimization;
• General structural and fluid dynamics calculations (including hypersonic applications); • Performance optimization system simulation, including multiphysics in 0D-1D models that can be combined with 3D models;
• Software development and AI utilization: GDTech employs skilled developers capable of coding custom software or modules using AI;
• Acoustic analysis: GDTech specializes in acoustic analysis, including applications related to silencers and noise reduction;
• Optical analysis: GDTech provides optical analysis services to enhance performance.
The software suite includes ANSYS, FLUENT, STAR-CCM+, LS-DYNA, AUTODYN, and IMPETUS, as well as various other commercial and proprietary software and in-house developed tools.
A detailed brochure in English presenting GDTech’s activities, expertise, and technological solutions in the defense sector is available at the following link: GDTech DEFENCE brochure
Preliminary agenda:
15:00 – 15:10 | Opening and welcome address by the Director of CNSDR-BAS – Mr. Kamen Iliev |
15:10 – 16:10 ч. | Presentation of GDTech’s activities and expertise – Mr. Joseph Marra, Business Development Director, GDTech |
16:10 – 17:00 | Opportunities for participation and cooperation under European Defence Fund (EDF) – Mr. Joseph Marra, Business Development Director, GDTech |
17:00 | Cocktail |
*Working language: English
Participation requires advance registration via the following link: https://forms.gle/mrE8w3xZMWRqZxq57
For futher information and contact:
Ms. Veronika Lozanova, CNSDR-BAS
E-mail: v.lozanova@cnsdr.bas.bg ; office@cnsdr.bas.bg
Tel.: +359 895 726 304
