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Submissions of expressions of interest are now being accepted for local virtual events as part of EU Industry Week 2021. Stakeholders from all sectors and ecosystems of industry are invited to submit their proposals to organise a local event. ...

As a follow-up on the 1st EU Aerospace and Defence ecosystem workshop, DG DEFIS is organising a 2nd online workshop on 12 November in the afternoon and 13 November in the morning. The 2nd workshop will focus on two aspects: Inform EU stak ...

Today the Commission published the call for proposals for "Clusters Go International" for the Defence and Security Sector. The aim will be to support European defence-related clusters to intensify collaboration across borders with other non-defence i ...

The European Commission is establishing a database of independent experts who can be contracted in connection with the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) for evaluations of proposals and monitoring of the implementation of ...

Today, the Commission presented an Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials, the 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study on critical raw materials for strategic technologies and sectors (such as defence) from the 2030 and 2050 perspect ...

The Commission proposed a new Interregional Innovation Investment initiative aimed at helping actors involved in smart specialisation strategies to cluster together, scale up and bring innovation to the European market. The new I3 Instrumen ...

On 27 May, the European Commission proposed a major recovery plan for Europe to repair the economic and social damage brought by the Covid-19 pandemic and to kick-start the European recovery. This recovery plan builds on the dialogue engaged by the E ...

The Commission announced today 16 pan-European defence industrial projects and three disruptive technology projectsthat will benefit from €205 million financing through the two precursor programmes of a fully-fledged European Defence Fund: the Prep ...

The EDIDP 2020 Info Day will take place on 22 June, the event  exclusively web streamed. However, registration is compulsory and has to be done before 15 June. The event webpage is here. ...

NATO’s Communications and Information Agency (NCI) is accepting submissions, which focus on improving the performance of aerial radar for its fifth Defence Innovation Challenge. Solutions may use artificial intelligence and machine learning algorit ...

The Commission is opening calls for proposals regarding joint defence industrial projects to finance more than €160 million in 2020, and announcing seven new defence research projects selected for more than €19 million of funding under the 2019 b ...

The Commission has published the 2020 EDIDP calls for proposals. The deadline for submission is 1 December. Information concerning the organisation of an info day will be communicated at a later stage. ...

Euronews Business Planet features the Estonian SME DefSecIntel which specialises in surveillance and control. This company is a member of the Estonian Defence and Security Industry Cluster. The article outlines the advantages of clustering and h ...