Ministers agreed to increase the number of EDA’s core tasks from three to five, with dedicated taskings on aggregating demand towards joint procurement and enabling collaborative defence research, technology, and innovation.
EU Defence Ministers approve reinforced mandate for European Defence Agency Read More »
The Council of the European Union approved conclusions on EU security and defence in a context of an unprecedented combination of threats and challenges.
Security and defence: Council of the European Union sets out five main priorities Read More »
The European Defence Fund projects support the EU’s leading expertise in defence technology development in the areas of cyber security, land, air and sea warfare, space technologies and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence. VTT brings its expertise to the projects, especially in the field of digital technologies. “Digital technologies are evolving rapidly and
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On May 6, the EU-Ukraine Defence industries Forum took place in Brussels.
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, called on member states to deliver PATRIOT air defence systems to Ukraine.
Borrell calls EU members to provide Ukraine with more PATRIOT Air defence systems Read More »
“As we strengthen our own sovereignty of defence, industry and key technologies, we will also strengthen our core partnership with NATO,” says Ursula von der Leyen.
Von der Leyen: European Union needs to turbocharge defence-industrial capacity Read More »
In February 2024, French President Emanuel Macron stated that to support Ukraine, the question of sending “land troops” cannot be ruled out[1]. Such remarks drew criticism from some NATO allies and strong rebukes from Moscow[2] despite the well-known presence of mercenaries[3] since the beginning of the all-out invasion and war in 2022 and past
Adapting EU defence system: the French nuclear option [LONG READ] Read More »
European NATO member states are not able to quickly provide Europe with nuclear deterrence as credible as that extended by the United States.
Debating perspectives of European nuclear deterrence [BRIEF] Read More »
In sending an advance party to Lithuania, the Bundeswehr is taking another step towards stationing a combat brigade on NATO’s eastern flank.
The European Defence Industry Strategy (EDIS) is designed to increase European production capacity in the face of the long-term threat from Russia.
The Government of Estonia decided on Estonia’s participation in the European Union’s military operation EUNAVFOR Aspides in the Red Sea region.
Estonia to contribute to EU Aspides military operation in Red Sea region Read More »
The first MQ-4C Triton arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella on March 30, the press service of the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa announced.
First MQ-4C Triton intelligence drone arrives at Sigonella, Italy Read More »
