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European Defence Fund: Dassault Aviation launches, at the industrial level, the EICACS project, a European initiative for the standardization of collaborative air combat

03/02/202303/02/2023 Paolo Valpolini Dassault, EDF, EICACS

(Saint-Cloud, France, February 3, 2023)– Dassault Aviation hosted today at its Saint-Cloud headquarters (France), the kick-off meeting of the EICACS

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Airbus launches European Defence Fund R&D projects

31/01/202331/01/2023 Paolo Valpolini Airbus, EDF, EDOCC, ENGRT

Munich/Marignane, 31 January 2023 – Airbus has launched two defence research and development projects that it is coordinating as part

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European 5G leaders join forces with Europe’s defence industry in 5G COMPAD

19/01/202319/01/2023 Paolo Valpolini 5G, APR Technologies, BHE, Bittium, COMPAD, EDF, Ericsson, EU, European Union, Nokia, Rheinmetall, Saab, Synkzone, Thales

19 January 2023 – The European Defence Fund (EDF) has just awarded a new project, 5G COMPAD – 5G Communications

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Lynred launches HEROIC, €18M European Defence Fund project to produce strategic electronics for next-generation infrared sensors

11/01/202311/01/2023 Paolo Valpolini AIM, CEA-Leti, CMOS, EDF, European Defence Fund, HEROIC, Indra, Kongsberg, Lynred, Miltech Hellas, PCO, University of Seville, Xenics

Grenoble, France, January 10, 2023– Lynred, a leading global provider of high-quality infrared detectors for the aerospace, defense and commercial

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Lynred leads HEROIC, an EDF-funded programme to improve IR detectors

11/01/202311/01/2023 Paolo Valpolini AIM, CEA-Leti, CMOS, EDF, European Defence Fund, HEROIC, IDEaS, Indra, Kongsberg, Lynred, Miltech Hellas, PCO, University of Seville, Xenics

To improve IR detectors quality, reduce power consumption and cooling needs, and increase detection ranges, in the last few years

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Towards iMUGS II

20/12/202221/12/2022 Paolo Valpolini EDF, European Defence Funds, iMUGS, KMW, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, Milrem Robotics, PESCO, Type-X

Demo 6 should have concluded the iMUGS project, although during the opening speeches it was announced that a further event

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European Commission, EDA and OCCAR sign European Defence Fund Contribution Agreements

14/12/202217/12/2022 Paolo Valpolini EDA, EDF, European Commission, European Defence Funds, OCCAR

Today, the European Commission signed Contribution Agreements with the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation

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European Patrol Corvette: preliminary consortium agreement signed

25/10/202226/10/2022 Luca Peruzzi Denmark, EDF, EPC, Euronaval, European Commission, European Patrol Corvette, Fincantieri, France, Greece, Italy, MMPC, Modular Multirole Patrol Corvette, Naval Group, Navantia, Naviris, Norway, PESCO, Spain

A key milestone in the European Commission Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette (MMPC) also known as European Patrol Corvette (EPC),

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MARSEUS (Modular Architecture Solutions for EU States) – one of the first European Defence Fund projects to be selected by the European Commission

21/07/202221/07/2022 Paolo Valpolini Akeron, BLOS, EDF, EDIDP, EU, European Defence Funds, LynkEU, MARSEUS, MBDA

19/07/2022 – Following consultation with EU Member States, the European Commission has just selected the MARSEUS project, which is coordinated

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Defence Industry: EU takes steps to invest almost €1.2 billion to support 61 defence industrial cooperation projects

21/07/202221/07/2022 Paolo Valpolini EDF, European Defence Fund, European Union

Brussels, 20 July 2022 Today, the Commission announced plans to grant a total EU funding of almost €1.2 billion supporting

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