European Peace Facility: EU grants EUR 500 million more military aid to Ukraine
European Union military assistance to Ukraine will be topped up by a further 500 million euros ($543 million) through European Peace Facility.
Pistorius: Germany should have the strongest armed forces in EU
“Germany is the largest economy in Europe, so it should also be our goal to have the strongest and best-equipped army in the EU," said Germany's defence minister Boris Pistorius.
European 5G leaders join forces with Europe’s defence industry in 5G COMPAD
The European Defence Fund (EDF) has just awarded a new project, 5G COMPAD – 5G Communications for Peacekeeping and Defence, in collaboration with EU-based 5G companies and researchers.
EU and Japan to share data from observation satellites
Director-General Timo Pesonen has signed, on behalf of the European Commission, a Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan.
Is European defence missing its moment?
European defence budgets are increasing in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine. But if member-states don’t co-ordinate their spending better, fragmentation will persist and Europe’s defence industry could weaken.
NATO and the EU set up taskforce on resilience and critical infrastructure
NATO and the EU agreed to create a taskforce on resilience and critical infrastructure protection.
NATO and European Union leadership sign third joint declaration
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen signed the third Joint Declaration on NATO-European Union cooperation.
National Strategic Review: Macron’s next grand defence strategy for 2030
Macron aims to make France lead in European initiative so Europe can organise its tools to guarantee its security through a credible European defence, highly interoperable with NATO.
European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton visited NATO
The unprecedented level of NATO-EU cooperation in recent years further accelerated in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year.
OCCAR: EPC and EU-HYDEF Contribution Agreements signed
The agreements were negotiated between OCCAR and the Commission in a very short timeframe, which is a strong indicator of […]
EU Commission signs European Defence Fund project agreements with EDA and OCCAR
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).
EDIDP: EU-funded Cyber Defence Platform successfully demonstrated
PANDORA is an industrial collaborative development project co-funded under the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP).