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RSS![The conference will bring together companies of different sizes across the EU, research institutes and academia, governmental representatives as well as armed forces.](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-02/ENDR%20-%20Quantum%20-%20Poland%20v3.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=xGKOprjm)
European Conference Quantum Technologies for Defence Current and future capabilities
![The EUROGUARD Consortium in Estonia.](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/Templates%20for%20news%20publications%20and%20social%20media%20-%20EU%20Defence%20Industry.pdf_.png?itok=fl-2HIPp)
With 65 million euros allocated through the European Defence Fund (EDF), the EUROGUARD project officially kicked-off in Estonia earlier this January.
![Galileo and EGNOS are the EU's owned satellite navigation systems](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/EU%20space%20_1.png?itok=QZaX5kKQ)
The 2023 European Radio Navigation Plan (ERNP) provides relevant information on PNT systems and services, their use, challenges, and upcoming trends. It aims at facilitating the use of Galileo and EGNOS, with concrete recommendations per sector.
![The Commission would like to you to share your views on EDF.](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/Templates%20for%20news%20publications%20and%20social%20media%20-%20EU%20Defence%20Industry.pdf%20%281%29.png?itok=96pBkIW5)
Have your say on the interim evaluation of the European Defence Fund.
![The Galileo constellation consists of 28 satellites orbiting our planet at an altitude of 23000km](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/EU%20space%20%20%282%29.png?itok=VcxzkFly)
With end-users always at the centre of its action, the EU Space Programme continues to evolve, offering services that contribute to the safety and wellbeing of European citizens. One such service is the upcoming Galileo Early Warning Satellite Service (EWSS), currently under development.
![Timo Pesonen (DEFIS),Josef Aschbacher (ESA), Kris Peeters (EIB)](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/4.png?itok=GkE4CQbj)
The joint effort is geared towards enhancing access to finance, promoting innovation, facilitating knowledge exchange, and catalysing the advancement of cutting-edge space technologies.
![Skills](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/EU%20Space%20Skills%20Visual.png?itok=UwtRN1te)
Today DG DEFIS has announced two new initiatives aimed at improving the skills situation in the space sector:
![The Signatories during the 16th European Space Conference](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/EU%20space%20%20%281%29_0.png?itok=eBh6MeEH)
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) seeks to establish an EU-orchestrated service to provide data from various sources on the ground, in the air and in space to EU Member States, the European Commission and the various European security agencies.
![Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton during his opening speech at the 16th European Space Conference](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-01/EU%20space%20.png?itok=5NIONV6X)
Commissioner Breton praises Europe’s successes on space but calls for technological independence and security in space during the 16th edition of the European Space Conference in Brussels.
![CARIOQA mission aims to fly and test the first atomic accelerometer on a satellite by 2030](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-02/EU%20space%20.png?h=8abcec71&itok=2SVsMZRE)
Today the CARIOQA project partners—CNES, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Airbus Defence & Space, GMV, FORTH/PRAXI and the European Commission officially kick off phase A of the project.