ESA and EDA joint research: advancing into the unknown Brussels - 09 January, 2020 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Defence Agency (EDA) are embarking on new cooperative projects for exploring unknown and potentially hazardous environments: har...
EDA deploys first civilian, fixed-wing aeromedical evacuation services Brussels - 08 January, 2020 On 1 January 2020, EDA commenced its first deployment of civilian, fixed-wing Aeromedical Evacuation (AIRMEDEVAC) services to support Belgian Armed Forces operations in Niger in...
Defence expenditure up but spending in key areas falling short, finds EDA report Brussels - 16 December, 2019 The European Defence Agency has today published its annual Defence Data report for the year 2018, detailing spending by the 27 EDA Member States. Total defence expenditure stan...
OCCAR Director at EDA to discuss cooperation and bilateral roadmap Brussels - 10 December, 2019 OCCAR Director Matteo Bisceglia today visited EDA to discuss with Chief Executive Jorge Domecq bilateral cooperation and programmes of relevance to both organisations. &nbs...
EIB signs Cooperative Financial Mechanism (CFM) arrangement Brussels - 09 December, 2019 An important step towards incentivising and facilitating the launch of collaborative defence capability and research programmes in Europe was made today when Alexander Stubb, th...
Focus on EU defence initiatives: the new EDA magazine is out! Brussels - 02 December, 2019 The latest European Defence Matters magazine (N°18) is now available, with a special focus on the state of implementation of the new EU defence initiatives (CARD, PESCO, EDF...
Cyber agencies assess future cooperation opportunities Brussels - 29 November, 2019 EDA Chief Executive Jorge Domecq today hosted a meeting of the principals of the cyber organisations signatories of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded in May 2018: ...
Annual Conference closes with call for coherent implementation of EU defence tools Brussels - 28 November, 2019 EDA Chief Executive Jorge Domecq this afternoon closed the Agency’s 2019 Annual Conference which was devoted to debating the current state of implementation and the future...
AI-driven decision aid project wins EDA Defence Innovation Prize Brussels - 28 November, 2019 EDA today announced the winner of the 2019 EDA Defence Innovation Prize which, this year, rewards the most innovative idea or application for the use of Artificial Intelligence ...
Annual Conference: Ministers join high-level debate on future of EU defence Brussels - 28 November, 2019 After the opening by the Head of Agency and keynote speeches by European Commission Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and the Chairman of the EU Military Committee, General Claudi...