Editing Darmstadt (section)

==Institutions==

===Technology===
[[File:Views in the Main Control Room (12052189474).jpg|right|thumb|The [[European Space Operations Centre|ESOC]] European Space Operations Command in Darmstadt]]

Darmstadt is home to many research institutions such as the [[Fraunhofer Society]] (Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhofer LBF, {{ill|Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology|lt=Fraunhofer SIT|de|Fraunhofer-Institut für Sichere Informationstechnologie}}) and the [[Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung]] (GSI, "Society for [[heavy ion]] Research"), which operates a [[particle accelerator]] in northern Darmstadt. The GSI, amongst other elements, discovered the [[chemical element]] [[darmstadtium]] ([[atomic number]]: 110), named after the city in 2003. This makes Darmstadt one of [[List of chemical elements named after places|several cities]] with elements named after them. Various other elements, including [[meitnerium]] (atomic number: 109) (1982), [[hassium]] (atomic number: 108) (1984), [[roentgenium]] (atomic number: 111) (1994) and [[copernicium]] (atomic number: 112) (1996) were also synthesized in the Darmstadt facility.

The [[European Space Operations Centre]] (ESOC) of the [[European Space Agency]] is located in Darmstadt. From here, various deep-space exploration spacecraft and Earth-orbiting satellites are operated for the purposes of scientific research, and technology development and demonstration.

[[EUMETSAT]], the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, operates the principal European [[meteorological]] [[satellite]]s from its headquarters, including the first and second generations of [[Meteosat]] geostationary satellites, and the polar-orbiting [[Metop]] series.

Darmstadt is a centre for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, with Merck, Röhm and [[Carl Schenck|Schenck RoTec]] (part of The Dürr Group) having their main plants and centres here.

Darmstadt is also a centre for the IT and telecommunications industry, with companies like [[Software AG]], [[T-Systems]] (laboratories in Darmstadt) and [[Deutsche Telekom]] (laboratories in Darmstadt).

[[Athene (research center)|ATHENE]], formerly Center for Research in Security and Privacy (CRISP), is the national research center for [[Computer security|IT security]] and [[privacy]] in Germany and the largest research center for [[Computer security|IT security]] in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hessen.de/presse/pressemitteilung/nationales-forschungszentrum-fuer-angewandte-cybersicherheit-crisp-besucht-0|title=Nationales Forschungszentrum für angewandte Cybersicherheit CRISP besucht {{!}} Informationsportal Hessen|website=www.hessen.de|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010165025/https://www.hessen.de/presse/pressemitteilung/nationales-forschungszentrum-fuer-angewandte-cybersicherheit-crisp-besucht-0|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmbf.de/de/groesstes-europaeisches-forschungszentrum-fuer-it-sicherheit-gegruendet-2023.html|title=Größtes europäisches Forschungszentrum für IT-Sicherheit gegründet – BMBF|last=BMBF-Internetredaktion|website=Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF|language=de|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010165633/https://www.bmbf.de/de/groesstes-europaeisches-forschungszentrum-fuer-it-sicherheit-gegruendet-2023.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The research center is located in Darmstadt and deals with key issues of IT security in the [[digitization]] of government, business and society.

The [[German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence]] has a laboratory in Darmstadt.

The {{ill|Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence|de|Hessisches Zentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz}} (hessian.AI) has its headquarters in Darmstadt.

===United States military presence===
U.S. forces entered the city of Darmstadt on 25 March 1945. At the end of World War II, Darmstadt was among the 112 communities where U.S. forces were stationed. Early units stationed here included elements of the U.S. Constabulary, Air Force units and a Quartermaster School.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

Over the years, the U.S. military community Darmstadt – under a variety of designations such as the 440th Signal Battalion, served as home for thousands of American soldiers and their families. It included six principal installations in Darmstadt and nearby [[Babenhausen, Hesse|Babenhausen]], [[Griesheim, Hesse|Griesheim]] and [[Münster, Hesse|Münster]], plus several housing areas, an airfield and a large number of smaller facilities as far away as [[Bensheim]] and [[Aschaffenburg]]. The military newspaper European ''[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]'' also had its headquarters there. As of 1993, the Darmstadt military community also assumed responsibility for the remaining U.S. Army facilities in the [[Frankfurt-am-Main|Frankfurt]] area.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

As part of the U.S. Army's ongoing transformation in Germany, the Darmstadt military community, by then designated [[U.S. Army Garrison Darmstadt]], inactivated on 30 September 2008. Even after the garrison inactivation, however, there is still one unit active in Darmstadt: The [[66th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|66th Military Intelligence Group]] at the [[Dagger Complex]] on Eberstädter Weg.<ref>{{coord|49.843786|8.584211}}</ref> It draws its support from the nearby U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden. The U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden's website mentions the unit still being active in Darmstadt, and a Marine Corps company being stationed there as well. With the exception of Dagger Complex, all remaining US installations are now empty and closed to the public, pending property disposal by the German authorities.{{fact|date=April 2025}}