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Today, the Commission enters the second phase of the procurement procedure for a concession contract to design, develop and operate the IRIS² the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite.
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Ensuring access to critical space technologies is key to our economy, society and security. This is why bolstering space research activities in support of EU’s strategic autonomy is a key priority for the European Commission.
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Last week, the TALOS consortium held a Demonstration Day, showing the results achieved by the European project, funded under the PADR.
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The European Commission is supporting the launch of a survey for a study on the access to equity financing for European SMEs and midcaps in the defence sector.
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The Regulation is a direct response to Council’s call to urgently deliver ammunition, and if requested missiles, to Ukraine and to help Member States refill their stocks.
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CASSINI Business Accelerator has selected 20 space startups and scaleups for the first batch, following a highly competitive selection with 140+ applicants
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A large-scale Skills Partnership for the space sector dedicated to data, services and applications has been launched with the support of the Commission.
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Defence experts and company representatives from across the EU attended the European conference dedicated to Defence Innovation
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The Commission adopted today the third annual work programme under the European Defence Fund (EDF), allocating an additional €1.2 billion to support collaborative research and development projects and innovation for European defence.
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500 participants were gathered last weekend for the 5th CASSINI Hackathon on 24-26 March 2023