EDA Mission
“To support the Member States and the Council in
their effort to improve European defence
capabilities in the field of crisis management and
to sustain the CSDP as it stands now and will evolve
in the future.”
COUNCIL DECISION 2011/411/CFSP of 12 July 2011 defining the statute, seat and operational rules
of the European Defence Agency and repealing Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP
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A catalyst:
from Member States to Member States
Introduces
innovative
solutions
Member
States
Requirements
In-house
analysis
& studies
Launches
new
initiatives
Promotes
cost-effective
cooperation
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Investing
more
together
Improves
Defence
capabilities
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Planning
Capability Development Plan
Longer
Reality
Shorter
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EDA R&T cooperation in naval domain
• EDA facilitates defence R&T cooperation by
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Bringing interested partners together
Providing a legal framework for cooperation
• Cooperation between national industrial
champions, governmental laboratories and
research institutes
• EDA also provides cM services as needed
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Contracting
Project/programme bank account to facilitate budget
synchronization problems
• Cooperation with European Commission is
becoming more and more important
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Unmanned Maritime Systems (UMS)
Programme
• UMS consists of 15 coordinated R&T
projects with variable geometry of
participants
- This type of structure facilitates the transition
to joint development programmes
• UMS is implemented under one
Programme Arrangement
CAPEM
• The programme is mostly focused on
maritime mine counter-measures
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Project portfolio/UMS projects (1/2)
Contributing
Members
Project name
Systems Integration
Overall
UMS
issues
Standard and Interfaces for more Interoperable European
UMS
Safety and Regulations for European UMS
Multiple
applications
BE, DE, ES, FI, FR,
IT, NL, NO, PL, PT,
SE
BE, FI, FR, DE, IT,
PL, PT, ES, NL, SE
BE, FI, FR, IT, SE,
NL, DE
Network Enabled Cooperation System of Autonomous
Vehicles
BE, ES, IT, NL, PT
Robust Acoustic Communications in Underwater Networks
DE, IT, NL, NO, SE
Conformal Array Performance Estimation Modelling
DE, NO, IT
Submarine Coupled 6D of Motions Including Boundary
Effects
IT, NO
Study of Hybrid Fuel Cells Energy Interoperable System
DE, NO
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Project portfolio/UMS projects (2/2)
Mine
hunting
Mine
sweeping
Other
applications
Project name
Contributing
Members
Increased Autonomy for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(mission planning and obstacle avoidance)
DE, IT, NO, PT, SE
Drifting Mines Detection
BE, FR, NL
Buried Mines
BE, DE, FR, NL, PL
Modular Light-Weight Minesweeping
DE, NO, FR, IT, PL
Signature Response Analysis of Multi-influence Mines
DE, ES, FR, NL, NO,
PL, SE
Evaluation of Thin Line Array Technologies
DE, FI , IT, NO, SE
Harbour and Base Protection Systems
DE, IT, NO, SE,
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Thank You for Your Attention!
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