2018 was an important year for European defence capability prioritisation as the revised Capability Development Plan (CDP) was approved in June by EDA’s Steering Board in Capability Directors’ composition. Deriving from the new CDP, 11 EU Capability Development Priorities were defined, covering ...
In 2014, EDA especially focused on the implementation of the guidance and taskings provided by the December 2013 European Council, with a particular focus on the four key capability programmes identified by Member States. In this regard, the launch of negotiations with industry regarding the acq...
The European Defence Agency (EDA) continues to pursue effective and output-oriented European cooperation in order to support the development of Member States’ defence capabilities. It does so through its three key Ministeriallyendorsed objectives: support the development of capabilities and mili...
2017 saw the launch of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in the area of security and defence policy, a new permanent cooperation framework introduced by the EU Treaty of Lisbon in 2009 but never used so far. It foresees the possibility for willing and able EU Member States to work mor...
The study aims to offer a comprehensive analysis of the role of space-based capabilities in supporting the security and defence policies of the European Union and of its Member States. Moving from the description of the current and future space-based systems developed at the national, intergover...