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Provisional agreement reached on the future of the European Defence Fund

Homeland February 28, 2019

EU institutions have reached a provisional agreement on the European Defence Fund (EDF) awaiting approval from the European Parliament and Council. EU leaders have welcomed the provisional agreement which represents a break in the controversy surrounding the purpose of the fund. The proposals are now awaiting approval from the European Parliament ...

EDA awards contracts for medical evacuation

Air February 26, 2019

The European Defence Agency has awarded contracts to three companies to provide medical evacuation services. The EDA has chosen three medical evacuation companies, who will be in contract until January 2023, in a deal that could be worth up to €120 million. They will provide evacuation and immediate treatment for patients as ...

MEPs call for stronger cyber defence as threats increase

Homeland June 18, 2018

The European Parliament has voted on a resolution to establish a more robust defence in the face of increasing malicious cyber attacks. The cyber defence resolution, passed by 476 votes to 151, with 36 abstentions, recognised that Russia, China and North Korea, in addition to non-state actors, had conducted malicious cyber attacks ...

Polish SME secures ESIF co-funding for R&T

Land July 13, 2017

The European Defence Agency has awarded access to funding to a Polish small and medium-sized enterprise, that will enable a Research and Technology project to progress. The funding comes in line with defence R&T priorities identified within its CapTechs and is enabled via the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). It will ...