European Defence Agency @EUDefenceAgency@respublicae.eu

The European Defence Agency is delighted to welcome its new Deputy Chief Executive, General André Denk.

Previously, General Denk was Director Logistics of the EU Military Staff and commander of the Joint School of Logistics in 🇩🇪

🗞️👉https://eda.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/2023/02/01/general-andr%C3%A9-erich-denk-takes-up-post-as-deputy-chief-executive-of-the-european-defence-agency-(eda)

#EUdefence

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1620743185701154816

🆕 Want to learn more about 🇪🇺 defence data?

Go check our Defence Data Portal!
👉https://bit.ly/3JqFRAE

Not only it features an innovative & user-friendly design, but it gives unrivalled defence info, such as #EUdefence spending, collected since 2006.

#StrongerTogether

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1620080166386151424

EDA’s support to FMTC & SATOC, which will run for an initial 24 months, will be dedicated to harmonising the requirements of the project members & drafting a joint document of precise common guidance for research & development for the envisioned platform

⏩#PESCO moving forward

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1619989976195960832

🛫Strategic Air Transport For Outsized Cargo (SATOC)
🇩🇪 project coordinator
🇨🇿🇫🇷🇳🇱 project members
📤#PESCO wave 4

3-step approach

1 identifying a sufficient number of project members 2 harmonising requirements
3 identifying & agreeing on a European solution for outsized cargo

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1619989973436100609

🛫Future Medium-Size Tactical Cargo (FMTC)
🇫🇷 project coordinator
🇩🇪🇪🇸🇸🇪 project members
📤#PESCO wave 4

Tactical cargo aircraft are the workhorses of the air forces for logistics, medical evacuations, & special missions.

FMTC - next generation tactical air mobility capability

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1619989970630111232

What will future 🇪🇺capabilities of medium and outsized cargo aircraft look like?

✈️EDA is supporting 2 #PESCO projects to develop the next generation tactical air mobility & a European solution for the transport of outsized & heavy cargo.

ℹ️https://eda.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/2023/01/27/eda-to-support-two-pesco-projects-dedicated-to-future-european-airlift-capabilities

#EUdefence

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1619989967509520384

#PESCO moving forward

EDA to support 2 projects on shaping future European airlift capabilities for both mid-sized & out-sized cargo

Agency tasked w/ harmonisation of requirements for two platforms - a tactical cargo aircraft & a strategic transport for outsized & heavy cargo🛫

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1618979344654663681

EDA Chief Exec, Jiří Šedivý, congratulated @MoranCait on her new appointment as 🇮🇪 PSC Ambassador🤝

They discussed;
🔹 Ireland's cooperation with EDA
🔹 Capability Development Plan's revision
🔹 #StrategicCompass implementation
🔹 EDA's industry engagement policy

#EUdefence

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1618944305091190784

🇸🇪 Today, EDA welcomed Minister of Defence of Sweden @PlJonson to the Agency

Meeting w/ Jiří Šedivý focused on Hub for #EUdefence Innovation #HEDI, joint procurement & EDA’s role in supporting 🇪🇺states in capability development

ℹ️Europeiska försvarsbyrån https://eda.europa.eu/docs/default-source/eda-factsheets/factsheet_eda-the-hub_sv.pdf

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1618257994260832259

#wef23 | EDA Chief Executive, Jiří Šedivý, attended @WEF @Davos to discuss how the risk of confrontation reemerged in #Europe.

💬 "The war in Ukraine was a wake-up call for Europe concerning our limited capacities."

Re-watch here 👉 https://bit.ly/3iK2THC

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1615745970033102851

During the Single European Sky Miliary #Aviation Board, EDA Deputy CE, Olli #Ruutu, met with @SESAR_DM Exec Director, @MariagraziaSDM in Lyon🇫🇷

🛫Good discussions on the importance of civil-military cooperation in deploying #SESAR technology & making ATM more efficient for🇪🇺sky.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1615734320395653121

#Interoperability between civil & military #aviation is a key enabler of security & defence air missions.

EDA Deputy CE, Olli #Ruutu, opens Single European Sky Miliary #Aviation Board underscoring importance of data sharing to ensure interoperability in 🇪🇺sky

📍Airbase 942  🇫🇷

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1615666586463129602

#WEF23 | In #Davos, EDA Chief Executive, Jiří Šedivý, attends @wef annual meeting.

He discusses how the risk of confrontation reemerged in #Europe since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

🎥 Watch here: https://bit.ly/3waNGmc

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1615376712237453313

The military will need more airspace.

Joint civil & military efforts are needed to optimise the management and use of #airspace for new entrants and next generation systems.

Today EDA Single European Sky Miliary #Aviation Board meet in 🇫🇷 to address challenges in a shared🇪🇺sky

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1615269611741777926

#EDM24 | In an interview with EDA 🇨🇿 Deputy Minister of Defence, Jan Jireš, spoke;
🔹Buying off-the-shelf equipment
🔹Joint procurement challenges
🔹Transatlantic bond

"We have to get rid of the legacy Soviet-made military equipment."

Download here: https://bit.ly/3ISup0o

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1615010014422237186

#EDM24 | Interviewed by EDA, @RheinmetallAG
CEO Armin Papperger shared his view on:
🔹 🇩🇪 defence industry
🔹 Europeanisation in defence policy
🔹 Logistics & supply chain

"Freedom and democracy can’t rely solely on dialogue and economic cooperation".

👉 https://bit.ly/3XnK2AO

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUDefenceAgency/status/1613914598729519104