The European Commission signed contribution agreements with the EDA OCCAR to delegate the implementation, under indirect management, of four strategic defence projects under the European Defence Fund (EDF).
Share My Space wins this year’s European Defence Agency (EDA) Defence Innovation Prize.
“We must primarily prepare for the most difficult and most dangerous scenario: that is the large-scale war against an advanced adversary”, Major General Karel Rehka, Chief of Defence, Czech Republic, told the European Defence Agency (EDA) annual conference.
On 8 December 2022, NSPA General Manager, Ms Stacy Cummings, participated in the European Defence Agency (EDA) Annual Conference.
Europe needs to take more responsibility for its own security, and look not just to the war in Ukraine but face up to future threats, Head of the European Defence Agency (EDA), High Representative Josep Borrell said.
In 2021, total European defence spending stood at a new high of €214 billion, marking a further 6% increase on 2020 and the seventh year of consecutive growth.
“With the return of war to European soil, all of us in Europe must contribute more actively to taking responsibility for our own security” – so said High Representative and Head of EDA Josep Borrell in April.
On the 18th of November, the Agency hosted the first EDA Symposium on Maritime Situational Awareness, focused on the key challenges and opportunities in this crucial domain.
A central part of the symposium was devoted to drawing the tactical lessons from recent EDA helicopter exercises, such as ‘Fire Blade 22’.
The CARD report offers Ministers of Defence key strategic and political messages, actionable recommendations and options to generate collaborative projects.
The EDA budget for 2023 will rise 15% to € 43.5 million, compared to 2022, following approval by Defence Ministers at the Steering Board.
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.
