The arrangement confirms the significance of the transatlantic partnership in security and defence and reflects the importance of a stronger and more capable European defence.
The ABITS (Advanced Biometrics In Training Solutions) research project funded by the European Defence Fund (EDF) has been launched.
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched its largest Research and Technology project to develop highly autonomous combat unmanned ground systems.
The Council of the European Union adopted assistance measures under the European Peace Facility (EPF) that provide further military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine, Russia remains the most dangerous, immediate and long-term threat to the Euro-Atlantic community and rules-based world order.
COMMANDS project aims to provide a solution to face most of the challenges in the use of unmanned ground systems (UGS) in combination (swarming) with manned military vehicles and air systems.
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched a new project to establish a safe-communication extension for NATO Generic Vehicle Architecture (NGVA) in terms of functional safety.
Airbus has launched two defence research and development projects that it is coordinating as part of the 2021 European Defence Fund (EDF).
The OCCAR, on behalf of the French and Italian defence procurement agencies, has signed a contract with Eurosam (a joint venture company of Thales and MBDA) for the production of the Aster air defence missiles.
"We need to reduce our strategic dependencies in the space sector, protecting supply chains and developing critical space technologies," writes Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
European Union military assistance to Ukraine will be topped up by a further 500 million euros ($543 million) through European Peace Facility.
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The integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System (iMUGS) project consortium demonstrated the usage of unmanned military systems in arctic conditions in Finland.
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