#EDID23 is also a dedicated exhibition showcasing European excellence in #defence innovation.
🏠52 stands
🇪🇺14 Member States represented
🆙16 start-ups and institutional partners
📸🇸🇪Minister for Defence @PlJonson visits EDID
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1664167894551330816
Day 2 of the European Defence Innovation Days is about to get underway - #EDID23
🏆Research, Technology & Innovation Papers Awards
🆙Panels on uptake of innovation & connecting innovators of all sizes.
Closing remarks 🇪🇺🇸🇪
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1664163046615293952
#EDID23 | Captivating speech on #digital resilience by @BonefeldCecilia @DIGITALEUROPE
🎙️Nothing spreads as fast as digital threats.
Member States need to realise that Nation-States don't fit digital security & digital resilience. What is our digital resilience vision for 2030?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663886174933467136
🤝Tangible examples of the outcomes of collaborative Research and Technology projects - EDA ChiefExec, Jiri Sedivy opens the exhibition area of #EDID23
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663883928208384004
A digital defence wake-up call - insightful keynote speech from @DIGITALEUROPE @BonefeldCecilia
Most innovation now comes from the civilian side, we cannot have distance between public and private side anymore and we can no longer move slowly.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663845396525752320
A very thought provoking-pannel on 'Capability Driven Defence #Innovation' & insights from the end-users' perspective at #EDID23
Focus on importance of joint activities, ability to cooperate, end-user feedback on innovations, military challenges and embrace users throughout.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663843834889904128
At #EDID23 🇸🇪 Minister for Defence, @PlJonson, underscored top priorities of the @sweden2023eu:
📌 support #Ukraine and lessons learned from 🇺🇦
📌 build stronger partnerships
📌 implement the EU #StrategicCompass
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663840964564189186
#EDID23 | 📣 "We need to act. We need to invest. And we need to invest together", stressed 🇸🇪 Minister for Defence, @PlJonson at #EUdefence #innovation days.
#Europe needs to ensure that we get the best possible synergies between initiatives right now that are being launched.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663837280727867393
RT @JosepBorrellF: .@EUDefenceAgency European Defence Innovation Days gather #EUDefence innovators from across the EU
#EDID23 promote new ideas to make our armed forces better prepared for future battlefield and to connect technological innovation & capability development
https://edid23.eda.europa.eu/home https://t.co/1H7TANOavO
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663826932792737792
🛰️ EDA is committed to bridging gaps between technologies and capabilities to forge a stronger 🇪🇺
"To retain our strategic advantage, it is crucial that we prioritise #innovation driven by capabilities," said Jiří Šedivý, EDA's Chief Executive, during the #EDID23.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663822347738939393
Follow along discussions from the European Defence Innovation Days - #EDID23
📄This morning's agenda
🇸🇪 Keynote address, Minister for Defence @PlJonson
🇪🇺Opening remarks, EDA CE Jiří #Šedivý
📺Message from @JosepBorrellF
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663818793611608066
European Defence Innovation Days are 🔙
Over the next two days, we will hear from those leading #EUdefence innovation.
Today we welcome 500 participants with more than 50 stands and #innovation pitches for this years event.
Follow along 👉#EDID23
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663787394280325122
It is not enough to increase our #defence spending, but that we must above all increase resources in a more coordinated way.
✍️Essential reading from Head of Agency @JosepBorrellF on 'Lessons from the war in #Ukraine for the future of #EUdefence '
🔗http://europa.eu/!cJVYNR
RT @JosepBorrellF: Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we must start to draw longer-term lessons for #EUDefence.
My new blog post on what warfare capabilities European armies need in the…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1663457182309056512
📢"For the armed forces to reduce their energy footprint, they need to explore renewable energies"
🌍🌱Listen to our last #EDApodcast episode with our officer @CHadjisavvas & learn how EDA is helping reducing #EUdefence carbon footprint.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1662071291115974656
RT @Lithuanian_MoD: 🇱🇹🇪🇺Lithuania is increasing its involvement in the EU's joint defence capability development projects by joining 3 new PESCO 5th wave projects.
👉We are already involved in a total of 19 projects (out of 71), which jointly develop capabilities of strategic importance to EU. https://t.co/DG37btA2Qc
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1661642754940698624
🇩🇰🇪🇺 | Chief Executive, Jiří Šedivý, congratulated #Denmark acting defence minister @troelslundp for joining #PESCO 🤝
They also discussed:
📌Denmark's participation in EDA;
📌EDA's role in fostering #EUdefence cooperation;
📌upcoming new Danish defence agreement
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1661389297038114818
@AiretCosmos @AirCosmosIntl @Armee_de_lair Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS)
Project aims at developing a common concept for a next generation counter-battery capability for EU armed forces and facilitating future common procurement of means for counter-artillery.
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1660986781985062913
Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH)
Project aims to create a dedicated forum that will address operational needs both on the upgrade of existing fleets, harmonising the needs and timelines of #EU countries on the future capabilities of rotorcrafts.
4 involved- 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1660986588958978052
Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP)
Project aims at increasing the EU’s operational efficiency in the protection of critical maritime infrastructure by making best use of current, and the development of future, underwater assets.
6 states involved- 🇮🇹🇩🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷🇵🇹🇸🇪
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1660985914561032196
@EUCouncil 11 new projects cover six military domains
💪Training (1)
🪖 Land (2)
⚓️Maritime (3)
✈️Air (2)
💻Cyber/C4ISR (2)
⚙️Joint, enabling (1)
Will be led by 7 different states as project coordinators
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1660961675694993408
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