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EDA begins research into automatic air-to-air refuelling for hose and drogue system

Air January 9, 2023

The European Defence Agency (EDA) has begun a new research project, led by Spain and in collaboration with Germany, to develop an automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with the hose and drogue system. The two-year EDA project which has a budget of €4 million, will involve an industry consortium of Airbus ...

EDA report: European defence spending hit new high in 2019

Land February 1, 2021

The European Defence Agency (EDA) published its annual Defence Data report for the year 2019, detailing defence spending by the 26 EDA Member States. In 2019, total defence expenditure stood at €186 billion, marking a 5% increase on 2018, and making it the highest level ever recorded by EDA since it ...

New defence research projects selected for EDA funding

Homeland April 16, 2020

Following calls for proposals launched by the European Defence Agency (EDA) in 2019, seven new defence research projects have been selected for funding under the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) for a total of more than €19 million.  The seven selected projects focus on technologies with a high disruptive potential ...

EDA launches Cloud security workshop

Homeland February 17, 2020

The European Defence Agency has sent out a call for industry input ahead of its Cloud security workshop with ENISA. The EDA will host a Cloud security workshop in April alongside the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). The workshop will take into account the industry contributions which will help to ...