During the opening session of this year’s 15th European Space Conference, High-Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, presented the priorities for the 2023 European Space agenda and the challenges ahead

Today, Director-General Timo Pesonen has signed, on behalf of the European Commission, a Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. The Arrangement was signed in the margin of the EU-Japan Space Dialogue taking place in Brussels this week.

The integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System (iMUGS) project consortium showcased the usage of autonomous unmanned ground systems for various defence missions, including intelligence gathering, casualty evacuation and last mile re-supply at the project’s penultimate demonstration in France.

Today, the European Commission signed Contribution Agreements with the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) to delegate the implementation, under indirect management, of four strategic defence projects under the European Defence Fund.

PANDORA is an industrial collaborative development project co-funded under the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP). This week it was successfully concluded by holding a technical demonstration and final assessment-demonstration event in Athens.

The European defence industry submitted by 24 November 134 proposals for joint defence R&D projects in response to the 2022 calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund, reflecting all the thematic priorities identified by the Member States with the support of the Commission.

the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) released the key findings and data gathered across the aeronautics, defence and space sectors.

ENDR: The European Conference on Dual-Use Technologies gathers 170 cyber defence and cyber security experts and sees over 130 matchmaking sessions for SMEs

The European Parliament and the European Council, under the Czech Presidency, gave the green light to the Secure Connectivity programme during yesterday’s last trilogue meeting.