EU Defence Review Calls for Greater European Cooperation to Match Defence Spending Increases
The CARD report offers Ministers of Defence key strategic and political messages, actionable recommendations and options to generate collaborative projects.
EU Defence Ministers approve EDA budget increase
The EDA budget for 2023 will rise 15% to € 43.5 million, compared to 2022, following approval by Defence Ministers at the Steering Board.
EDA project helps improve communication with underwater robots
A four-year EDA project known as SALSA developed a smart adaptive protocol stack for the development of flexible and self-configurable underwater acoustic networks.
Standardisation: how is EDA helping interoperability of EU armed forces
In 2011, EDA established the European Defence Standards Reference System (EDSTAR). EDA has been working in complementarity with NATO to increase cooperation on interoperability.
EDA: future avenues of cooperation discussed during Chief Executive’s visit to Switzerland
Ten years ago the ‘Framework for cooperation between the European Defence Agency and the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport of the Swiss Confederation’ was signed.
EDA Helicopter Tactics Instructors Course 2022 successfully completed
The three main elements of HTIC include Evasion Training, Electronic Warfare, and advanced Operations.
EDA Defence in Space Forum launched
The DiS Forum is a result of the first CARD cycle which identified Defence in Space as a focus area in which collaboration was assessed to be most pressing, most needed, and most promising within the EU defence stakeholders.
EDA project seeks lighter ballistic armour
In search of a lighter armour, the European Defence Agency (EDA) launched a project to use new advances in metallic materials for ballistic steels.
Joint procurement: EU Task Force presents conclusions of first phase
The Defence Joint Procurement Task Force supports and facilitates the coordination and de-confliction of Member States’ short term joint procurement needs.
EDA study analyses defence industrial strategies
European Union needs a robust, globally competitive European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) to strengthen its Member States’ defence capacities and support the EU’s role as a security provider.
EDA Chief Executive visits Finland for high-level talks
EDA Chief Executive Jiří Šedivý was in Finland for high-level talks with Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen and the Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Timo Kivinen.
Warfare in 2040 and beyond. Future military requirements assessed by defence experts
The European Defence Agency organised its second tabletop exercise on future threats in Brussels on 21-22 September, following on from a similar simulation in Helsinki in June.