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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 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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MBDA moves into the Loitering Munitions domain

22/04/202211/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini AI, loitering munitions, MBDA, PESCO, Small Scalable Weapons, SSW

A few years ago, asked about a possible involvement of the European missile company in the Loitering Munitions (LM) domain,

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MBDA is a tool of sovereignty, Eric Béranger says

06/04/202211/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini EDF, EU, Exocet, MBDA, Meteor, MICA, MMP, PESCO, TWISTER

A quite different yearly press conference compared to the past editions the one held by MBDA at the Palais Brongniart,

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EDA’s Annual Report 2021 is out now!

25/03/202225/03/2022 Paolo Valpolini CARD, EDA, EDF, PESCO, Report 2021

25 March 2022 – 2021 has been a year of significant developments in the security and defence domain, both for

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The European Defence Fund: moving towards strategic autonomy in defence

26/01/202212/10/2022 Dick Berlijn * and Attilio Caligiani ** CDSP, EDF, EDIDP, EU, European Commission, European Defence Fund, European Union, PESCO

Having become a precondition for successfully pursuing the European Union’s geopolitical objectives, the strengthening of Europe’s strategic autonomy constitutes a

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Fincantieri, Naval Group, Naviris, Navantia: industrial offer for the Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette submitted

13/12/202113/12/2021 Paolo Valpolini EDF, EPC, Fincantieri, MMPC, Naval Group, Navantia, Naviris, PESCO

Genoa/Paris/Rome/Madrid, December 13, 2021 – Fincantieri, Naval Group, with their joint-venture Naviris, and Navantia boost their cooperation for the Modular

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EU defence cooperation: Council launches the 4th wave of new PESCO projects

22/11/202122/11/2021 Paolo Valpolini 4E, AMIDA-UT, CoHGI, DoSA, EU, EU MilPart, FMTC, M-SASV, MBT-SIMTEC, NGSR, PESCO, SATOC, SSW

16 November 2021 – The Council adopted a decision today updating the list of projects to be undertaken under the

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SEANICE, a consortium led by Thales, prepares European Navies for the future underwater threats

13/09/202113/09/2021 Paolo Valpolini Airbus Defence & Space, Alkan SAS, Alseamar, ASW, CEIIA, Edisoft, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, GMVIS Skysoft, Latvian Maritime academy, Leonardo, MUSAS, Naval Group, PESCO, RTSYS, Scalian, SEANICE, SIEL, Thales, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Wsense

Monday, 13 September 2021 — The European Commission has selected SEANICE (AntiSubmarine Warfare European Autonomous Networked Innovative and Collaborative Environment),

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Successful MMP firing with target designation made by a Novadem drone

21/01/202121/01/2021 Paolo Valpolini LynkEUs, MBDA, MMP, Novadem, PESCO

21 January 2021 – Carried out with the support of the French Army and of the Direction Générale de l’Armement

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