Airbus Defence and Space has announced an agreement for Angeo-1, the first very high performance Angolan Earth observation satellite, to be manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space in France, which strengthens the collaboration between the two countries.
Israeli defence company Elbit Systems announced that it has signed two contracts to supply 155mm self-propelled howitzers and artillery rocket systems to “European NATO member country”.
"We are paying the price of the European Union not having an internal market for armament products, no common technical standards, no common export policy for arms," writes Klaus Welle, a member of the Martens Centre’s Academic Council).
Never in the EU’s 65 years of existence has the urgency for a single market for defence equipment been more evident than in the last 12 months.
The Eurodrone project aims to create a cutting-edge UAV system that can support a wide range of military missions and contribute to the EU's strategic autonomy.
“We will turn to joint procurement to deliver urgent military supplies for Ukraine, such as 155mm ammunition,” said President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
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“With its strong focus on technologies for manned, unmanned and connected systems, NGWS/FCAS will be the most important project for the German Aerospace industry for the foreseeable future,” says Philip von der Schulenburg, Head of Defence and Security, German Aerospace Industries Association.
Germany is working to strengthen the European pillar within NATO and enhance the EU’s military capacities and capabilities, said Boris Pistorius, Defence Minister of Germany.
Germany has so far invested around EUR 3.3 billion in providing Ukraine with military support, says German Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius.
"The first and most urgent thing that a geopolitical Europe has to do, is to arm Ukraine," Josep Borrell stressed at Munich Security Conference.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen underlined that the EU has to speed up and scale up the production of standardized products like 155mm artillery ammunition.
The long-standing partnership between Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall lead to a genuine transfer of know-how to Germany as an industrial location, said Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall.
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