The European Commission has begun signing a new series of grant agreements with industrial consortia after selecting 62 collaborative research and development projects under the 2024 European Defence Fund.
Canada has concluded negotiations to join the European Union’s Security Action for Europe programme, unlocking significant future defence opportunities for Canadian companies.
OHB System AG has secured a contract to provide three subsystems for the Lunar Descent Element of ESA’s Argonaut mission, with the agreement signed in Cologne with prime contractor Thales Alenia Space.
ESA has begun construction of a new Optical Ground Station in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, funded through its Optical and Quantum Communications ScyLight programme.
The European Commission has unveiled a military mobility package designed to make it easier and faster to move troops and equipment across Europe.
A European consortium of defence, research, and technology organisations has launched the iMUGS2 project after its proposal was approved under the European Defence Fund programme.
The EUROGUARD project, led by Estonia and funded by the European Defence Fund, is progressing with the development of a 45-metre semi-autonomous vessel designed for adaptable maritime defence operations.
The European Commission has welcomed significant progress in ammunition production capacity at Chemring Nobel’s facilities in Norway, under the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) programme.
Europe is advancing in defence robotics but must act more quickly, senior officials said at the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) second Autonomous Systems Community of Interest (ASCI) conference held in Tallinn.
The HYDIS programme is co-funded by the European Union through the European Defence Fund and by the four participating countries.
A record 410 project proposals have been submitted under the European Defence Fund’s 2025 call for collaborative defence research and development, marking the highest level of interest since the Fund's launch in 2021.
The European Commission has welcomed a political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP).
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