It's Day 2 of #EUDroneDays @SESAR_JU
💬EDA's Emilio Fajardo spoke yesterday on civil-military collaboration - "EDA stands ready to bring its expertise and experience acquired over years in drone activities, and to share the results from military-driven research."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1597875581890088961
Today EDA is speaking at #EUDroneDays on strengthening 🇪🇺 civil, security and #defence industry capabilities and synergies.
🕹️One of EDA's key projects is one the safe integration of military #RPAS in non-segregated airspace
Learn how it works🔻 | #EUdefence #drone #Uspace
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1597620534363029505
📖 | Today, Chief Exec, Jiří Šedivý met with @EP_Defence members to discuss the main recommendations of CARD, the #EUdefence Review;
📌 Increasing defence spending
📌 Boosting defence cooperation
📌 Developing capable & coherent 🇪🇺 defence
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1597281668699590657
#PESCO moving forward
This week EDA hosted a meeting of Next Generation Small #RPAS (NGSR), 5 nation project coordinated by 🇪🇸
Discussions focused on defining common operational requirements for unmanned aerial systems.
🔗https://www.pesco.europa.eu/project/next-generation-small-rpas-ngsr/
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1596109067315195906
🇳🇴EDA ChiefExec, Jiří Šedivý, visits Norway
🤝Discussions @Forsvarsdep Minister of Defence, Bjørn Arild Gram, focused on key areas of #Norway’s current participation in EDA, which spans across Agency’s activities, including contribution to 35 projects
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1595774531091763202
Today & tomorrow in Prague 🇨🇿 the #PESCO secretariat workshop under the auspices of @EU2022_CZ in support of 🇪🇺Member States’ efforts to maintain progress towards the fulfilment of all commitments by 2025. Discussing:
✅ Lessons
✅Best practices
✅New opportunities
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1595457514836983810
On 23-24 Nov, EDA & @EU2022_CZ are holding in Prague 🇨🇿 a #PESCO workshop on #defence to discuss how to;
📌 Address challenging commitments
📌 ↗️ efforts to fulfil engagements by 2025
📌Help 🇪🇺 countries to share lessons & practices
#EU2022CZ #EUdefence #StrongerTogether
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1595424328258125834
📍 EDA begins the week in #Norway
Chief Executive, Jiří Šedivý, is in #Oslo to meet🇳🇴Minister of Defence, Bjørn Arild Gram.
Also with🇳🇴National Armaments Director, & Committee on Foreign Affairs & Defence.
ℹ️🇳🇴signed EDA's 1st admin arrangement in 2006.
📷@Forsvaret_no
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1594722402877034496
RT @EUDefenceAgency: Maritime situational awareness is a key tenet of naval warfare 🌊
A common recognised maritime picture, shared awareness & early warning will help 🇪🇺 Member States to deliver on information superiority.
Today EDA held its 1st Symposium on Maritime Situational Awareness.
🧵
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1594641823854727168
📸 EDA CheifExec, Jiří Šedivý, recently welcomed Dr. Bryan Wells, @NATO Chief Scientist to EDA.
🤝Positive exchange of views on respective defence research & #innovation efforts and building on the framework provided by the EU-NATO Joint Declaration
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1594611449925701633
#EUGreenWeek | Today starts the European Week for Waste Reduction ♻️
EDA is intensifying its efforts to help 🇪🇺 countries to apply cleaner, more sustainable defence models & implement the goals of the #EUGreenDeal 🌍
Discover how 👉 https://bit.ly/3UVDUiE
#CircularEconomy
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1593881314947928065
Maritime situational awareness is a key tenet of naval warfare 🌊
A common recognised maritime picture, shared awareness & early warning will help 🇪🇺 Member States to deliver on information superiority.
Today EDA held its 1st Symposium on Maritime Situational Awareness.
🧵
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1593630074883932160
🚀EDA hosted meeting of #PESCO Project Defence of Space Assets (DoSA) this week.
Participants discussed common ambitions for #EUdefence cooperation in #space, enriching EDA Defence in Space (DiS) forum.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1593624734570250240
CARD - collaborative opportunities in all domains.
The #EUdefence Review finds concrete opportunities in Capability Development, Research & Technology and in Operational areas.
More results from CARD👇 - https://eda.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/2022/11/15/eu-defence-review-calls-for-greater-european-cooperation-to-match-defence-spending-increases
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1592540555426246656
RT @EUDefenceAgency: The #EUdefence Review is out now.
CARD provides recommendations across defence spending, planning and cooperating in 🇪🇺
📌Repair the past by increasing defence spending
📌Prepare today by planning together for 2040
📌Win the future with a capable & coherent European defence
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1592530431433662464
The #EUdefence Review is out now.
CARD provides recommendations across defence spending, planning and cooperating in 🇪🇺
📌Repair the past by increasing defence spending
📌Prepare today by planning together for 2040
📌Win the future with a capable & coherent European defence
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1592504534185562113
#EUdefence cooperation remains the exception rather than the norm.
♠️CARD finds cooperation primarily takes place among neighbouring states in existing cooperation frameworks, while broader European collaborative approaches are usually not the preferred choice.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1592480164747022340
RT @JosepBorrellF: Today, we assessed the EU defence landscape based on @EUDefenceAgency Coordinated Annual Review of Defence
With war back in Europe, we must move towards building a fully capable #EUdefence
The significant growth of defence spending up to €216bn is a key step in this direction
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1592471047021862912
@EU_ISS @Clingendaelorg @CSDS_Brussels @Bruegel_org @IAIonline @SWPBerlin @MunSecConf @ieee_es @InstitutIRIS @Carnegie_Europe CARD finds spending in isolation and leaning towards non-EU suppliers risk increasing fragmentation and undermine broader efforts to deliver capable and coherent European armed forces.
Defence planning continues to be done mostly in isolation
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1592459219361726464
📍CARD has identified a likely recovery point in 2023, when Member States can move past the underinvestment in defence following the 2008 financial crisis.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1592458890972606465
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