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Our greatest strength is our ADAMS team. With over 100,000 hours of flight experience on military and civilian aircraft, as well as in-depth technological and operational expertise, we deliver solutions that really work.
Our teams work flexibly, precisely, and with a mission-oriented focus —just like in aviation.
We know that success is built on clear communication, efficient processes, and seamless teamwork. That’s why we rely on a structured yet flexible approach that allows us to implement customized solutions quickly and efficiently. This “tailored to the mission” mindset makes us more effective than others.
Our teams consist of former pilots and weapons systems officers, flight instructors, engineers, systems developers, graphic artists, designers, programmers, and executives from the fields of military leadership, electronic warfare, intelligence, IT, and security, all of whom bring years of practical experience, including from operational deployments and NATO. They have proven in extreme situations that they can make the right decisions under pressure—it is precisely these skills that are incorporated into our solutions, up to and including VS-NfD.
As a flight and weapons instructor on both the F-4F Phantom and the Eurofighter, Gero Finke was one of the most experienced pilots in the German Air Force. He was one of only 10 Service Instructor Pilots to oversee the introduction of the Eurofighter into the German Air Force. He played a key role in developing the training curriculum. As squadron leader, commander, and senior standardizer for the Eurofighter program, he was in charge of developing standards and was responsible for monitoring quality in both training and operations.
In 2018, he became a department head at ADAMS, and since 2021, he has served as Managing Director.
Managing Director
Prof. Dr. Claus Adams has founded several successful companies. As a former lieutenant commander in the German Navy and a department head at the Naval Office in Wilhelmshaven, he gained experience working with the BWB (now BAAINBw) and the Federal Ministry of Defense’s Armaments Division. At the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, he served as Chairman of the International Exchange Group 3-SG4 and was a member of the Defense Research Group. For many years, he served as a professor of electrical communications engineering at Jade University of Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven. For his impressive volunteer work in his adopted home of Wittmund, he was awarded the Silver Pin of Honor by the Lower Saxony Association of Towns and Municipalities.
As a founder, majority shareholder, and CFO, he now devotes most of his time to Adams Simulation and Training GmbH, which was founded in 2022.
Majority Shareholder and CFO
Dr. Gernot Brammer established his own law and tax practice in Regensburg in 1995. Together with his team, he provides services in the traditional areas of legal and tax consulting. His practice focuses primarily on labor law, contract law, and tax law. He represents clients in court proceedings at all local and regional courts in Germany. In addition to his practice, he serves as a lecturer on law and taxation related to business succession at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology.
In his capacity as a lawyer, he has been advising the companies of the Adams Group for many years. Since 2022, this has also included Adams Simulation and Training GmbH, where he serves as co-managing director.
Managing Director
Frank Niggemeyer brings to Adams 27 years of experience in military aviation—including 15 years as a flight instructor. He participated in numerous international missions, large-scale exercises, and NATO evaluations flying both the F-4F Phantom II and the Eurofighter. Within the unit, he served as an operations staff officer and squadron standardizer. As the “Eurofighter” standardizer in the Air Force Troop Command, he was primarily responsible for the creation and further development of new standards as well as their review.
Since 2024, he has headed the "Air Force Support" division at ADAMS.
Division Manager
Support for the Air Force
Sebastian Becker has 20 years of experience as a fighter pilot. As a reservist, he remains on standby for the Air Force as part of the QRA and serves as a flight instructor.
In 2011, he became the German Air Force’s last flight instructor on the F-4F. In 2013, he transitioned to the Eurofighter and initially served as a flight instructor in the basic training course at Laage. In 2016, he returned to Tactical Air Force Wing 71 “Richthofen” and served as an operations staff officer and later as head of the standardization group.
He regularly took part in Bundeswehr missions in the Baltic states, and even today, as a pilot with the Quick Reaction Air Force (QRA), he helps ensure the safety of German airspace.
He has been Head of Development at ADAMS since 2023.
Division Manager
Development
Tobias Möllenkamp combines aviation excellence, drawn from many years of operational experience in military aviation, with strategic leadership skills. After flying the F-4F, he transitioned to the Eurofighter in 2013, where he served as a flight leader (SF). He participated in numerous international missions and exercises. As Head of Human Factors in Tactical Air Force Squadron 71 “Richthofen,” he was primarily responsible for the further development of crew resource management and safety culture. He contributed his expertise in flight safety as a flight safety staff officer.
He has been working at ADAMS since 2022. Today, he heads the “Digital Training” division and, as an authorized signatory, also bears overall commercial responsibility.
Division Manager (P.p.a.)
Digital "
" Training
Tim Vetter is one of only three Air Force pilots to have successfully completed not only jet pilot training at Sheppard Air Force Base but also transport pilot training at the Lufthansa Commercial Pilot School in Bremen. In the Air Force, he served as a Transall pilot and later as a Eurofighter pilot. His unique career path has given him deep insights into both civil and military aviation. As a flight safety officer and human factors trainer, he has been successfully working for many years to raise awareness among people in high-risk industries about the physiological and psychological effects and consequences of exceptional situations. His goal is to simultaneously increase both safety and efficiency in everyday professional life.
Division Manager
Business Leadership Program
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✅ Air Force & Civil Aviation – Former Eurofighter, Tornado, and Phantom pilots with operational experience
✅ Technology & Development – Engineers and developers who have worked on real-world avionics and simulation systems
✅ Leadership & Management – Specialists who excel at strategic planning and team leadership
✅ Education & Training – Experienced instructors who teach effectively and in a practical manner
Our open corporate culture ensures that every individual can contribute and feels valued. This not only boosts our team’s performance but also enhances their motivation and innovative spirit.
ADAMS is more than just a company— we are a community built on trust, respect, and responsibility. Everyone has a clearly defined area of responsibility and contributes to our shared mission. Hierarchies are not a barrier—they are a means of working together effectively.
Our leadership culture is based on the principles of aviation:
We offer a unique combination of operational experience, technological expertise, and strategic leadership skills. Our employees know what matters—because they have taken action in even the most challenging situations.
Thanks to our versatile staff and interdisciplinary approach, we can respond to customer needs more quickly and accurately than others.
We rely on state-of-the-art technologies and combine them with proven principles from the aviation industry to create efficient and sustainable solutions.
