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First EU Defence Pilot Project sees €1.4M grant agreements

Land November 3, 2016

The first grants in the EU Defence Pilot Project were signed at the end of October. Several grants have been awarded with the agreements signed at the EDA worth a total of €1.4M. Three selected research activities have been selected to be carried out under the EU’s first Pilot Project ...

Seminar on EU funding for the defence sector

October 11, 2016

The European Defence Agency (EDA), the Ministry of Defence of the Monarchy of Spain and the Agency of Innovation and Development of Andalusia (IDEA) are co-organising an EDA seminar on EU funding for the defence sector which will take place on 3 November 2016 in Seville, Spain. The objective is to ...

UK and Germany united on security

Homeland October 10, 2016

During an event to mark 26 years since the reunification of Germany, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and his counterpart Ursula Von Der Leyen, have spoken about the close relationship between the two nations with confirmation that their Armed Forces will work more closely on exercises and operations. Mr Fallon also announced ...

Working together for European security

Homeland September 28, 2016

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has urged European nations to work together in improving security across the EU, whilst also taking the opportunity to reaffirm the role NATO has to play. Reassurring European partners during an informal EU Defence Ministerial meeting in Bratislava, Mr Fallon has spoken of how the UK will ...