2006
Brussels - 14 December 2006
European Union governments agreed today on the principles of a Capability Development Plan, which will provide a systematic and structured approach to building the capabilities required for operations under the European Security and Defence Policy far into the future. The Plan should also assist Member States to develop their national plans and programmes, balancing forces appropriately against ambition and resource
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Brussels - 7 December 2006
The European Defence Agency welcomes the new European Commission guidelines on defence contracts published today as complementary to the Agency’s own agenda for creating a more
effective defence equipment market in Europe
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Brussels - 13 November 2006
European Union Defence Ministers agreed today to launch a new joint research programme into technologies for protecting their armed forces against threats such as snipers, booby traps and improvised bombs, establishing a ground-breaking mechanism for collaborative action to help boost Europe’s efforts in Defence Research and Technology
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Brussels - 13 November 2006
The EDA Steering Board has agreed to launch a new R&T joint investment programme into force protection involving 19 European countries. The following note provides background information on the programme
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Brussels - 13 November 2006
We’ve had an extremely productive meeting of the Steering Board of the European Defence Agency, demonstrating that European defence is on the move. First of all, 19 governments have agreed to participate in a ground-breaking new Research & Technology initiative and pledged a budget of more than 50 million Euros
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Brussels - 13 November 2006
A year ago, the EDA Steering Board directed the Agency to work towards a collective European approach to developing a next-generation SDR as a joint civil/military endeavour
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Brussels - 26 October 2006
The European Defence Agency today hosted a workshop bringing together National Armaments Directors and officials from countries which joined the European Union in 2004 and Romania and Bulgaria with representatives of the European defence companies which often act as prime contractors for major defence equipment purchases. The aim of the workshop was to support the new Member States whose defence industries have to undergo a significant transformation so that they can better integrate into the new European Defence Equipment Market
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Helsinki, Finland - 20 October 2006
Nick Witney, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, addressed a conference of Chairmen of EU Parliamentary Defence Committees in Helsinki on 20 October, 2006. He said the EDA was already demonstrating that investment by Member States of time and effort in its work was likely to produce a substantial dividend and urged the participants to encourage national ministries to continue this involvement
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Brussels - 17 October 2006
The European Defence Agency hosted a seminar today at which high level representatives from national defence ministries and industry discussed how to increase cooperation between public and private test and evaluation facilities with a view to rationalising the European Defence Test and Evaluation Base (DTEB)...
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Vienna, Austria - 13 October 2006
Mr Nick Witney, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, gave a keynote address to the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe in Vienna on 13th October 2006. In his speech, he reviewed progress over the past two years towards creating a European market for defence equipment and described the challenges outlined in the Agency's Long-Term Vision report. "The future will be bright and prosperous only if we redouble our efforts to prepare it, and to prepare it together," he said
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