Ariane 6 is designed to carry into orbit payloads commissioned by private contractors, national governments, ESA member states and the European Union Space Programme (EUSPA).
The project will receive EU funding of EUR 90 million from the European Defense Fund (EDF) and additional member States’ co-financing.
The European Commission finalised the signature of Grant Agreements with 37 EDF 2022 joint defence research and development (R&D) projects across the EU.
EU defence industry submitted 82 proposals under the first ever ASAP calls for proposals.
The objective of HYDIS² is to study various interceptor concepts to counter-hypersonic weapons and early maturation of critical technologies.
European defence industry companies have attempted to promote their interests through both formal and informal channels.
Keynote speech by President von der Leyen at the EDA Annual Conference 2023: Powering up European Defence.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen made a call for Europe to assume what she called “strategic responsibility” in defence matters.
Jean-Marc Nasr, Head of Space Systems at Airbus, said: “After the successful design phase we are now kicking off […]
EU states decided to provide Ukraine with the shells until March 2024 to support the country in its defence […]
The EU should strive towards a fully-fledged ‘European Defence Union’, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen told the European Defence Agency’s annual conference.
At a record €240 billion, 2022 European defence spending again increased by 6% on the previous year, marking the eighth year of consecutive growth.
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