Spanish SISCAP soldier system towards Phase 1B
By Paolo Valpolini In the early years 2000 the Spanish Army launched the COMFUT (COMbatiente FUTuro) programme. As many such
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Safran’s maritime Patroller drone proves its maturity during final demonstration in Europe’s OCEAN2020 project
Paris, October 6, 2021 – The maritime patrol version of Safran’s Patroller drone has shown its ability to meet the
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EDA: PADR PILUM project gets started
28 April 2021 – The implementation of PILUM, a project selected under the 2019 call for proposals for the EU
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European Defence Spending hit new high in 2019
Brussels, 28 January 2021. Today, the European Defence Agency (EDA) published its annual Defence Data report for the year 2019,
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EDA to support ‘European Patrol Corvette’ PESCO project
Brussels – 04 January, 2021 – EDA’s Steering Board recently approved the launch of a specific EDA ad hoc project
Continue readingEDA Annual Conference: “Sustaining European Defence”
By Paolo Valpolini The annual European Defence Agency (EDA) Conference took place on December 3-4. this year in a virtual
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Keynote Speech – Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, European Commission
“One year ago we have started with a great ambition: Commissioner von der Leyen made it clear that this Commission
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Keynote Speech – Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General, NATO
In his keynote speech the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană first underlined how the topic of the conference
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Opening Speech – Josep Borrell, Head of the EDA, High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission
On Day 2 of the EDA Annual Conference it was the turn of Josep Borrell Fontelles to give the opening
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Defence Innovation Prize
On Day 1 of its Annual Conference the European Defence Agency awarded its Innovation Prize, an initiative launched in 2018
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