#EDAconf22 | Prepare for 2040
Industry panelists & experts met today to discuss #StrategicAutonomy & #EUdefence industrial gaps
🧵for insights
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1600874993096728576
Deputy Director from @InstitutIRIS @jpmaulny said: "The war in Ukraine has highlighted our capability shortfalls"
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1600881991825907712
"We are not fully autonomous because we have key companies depending on third parties," mentioned Pablo Gonzalez, Director NATO and EU Defence & Space, Indra. @IndraCompany
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1600882496300015617
For Laurynas Šatas, Chief Executive at Aktyvus Photonics, Europe has the potential to improve, but there is a need for more emphasis on the defence sector. “We have the intellectual capacity. Tomorrow is in our hands,” he said.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1600882873523113985
Tuija Karanko from @AFDA_FI reminded the participants that: "all the military people in this room have known about their gaps for many years … We need more of that transparency."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1600881610530095104