Current Projects
The EDA works in a wide variety of areas. Some of its most notable current projects are listed below:
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| Helicopter training | Several major multinational helicopter exercises held. Simulator training program. From 2008 to 2011, 58 helicopters, 114 crews and 1300 personnel participated. |
| Air transport training | First multinational exercise held this year. Program set to grow. |
| Air-to-air refueling | Project announced March 2012 to meet capability gap. |
| Go Green | Test case on using solar power to reduce military energy needs. |
| Field Hospital | Building multinational modular field hospital. |
| Counter-IED | Counter-IED Forensic Laboratory deployed to Afghanistan in July 2011. Training ongoing. |
| Communication and Information Systems | Communication architecture training to improve interoperability. |
| Maritime Surveillance | Networking project to share maritime monitoring information. |
| Third Party Logistics | Web-portal, expert network and other tools to help Ministries of Defence identify commercial solutions to logistical tasks. Employed for EU Operation ATALANTA. |
| European Satellite Communication | Procurement cell to buy satellite communication services at lower rates. |
| Cyber defence | Studying current cyber defence capabilities in Europe to identify gaps. |
| Radio spectrum | Cooperating with European Commission on radio spectrum and harmonizing military input. |
| Space Situational Awareness | Harmonizing military input into joint civil-military efforts. |
| CapTech | Network of experts from across the continent on research into key capability technologies. Recently developed Strategic Research Agendas for each. |
| Joint Investment Program-CBRN | Cooperating with civil authorities to prepare for CBRN events, with an especial focus on biological threats. |
| Joint Investment Program-Force Protection | 18 concurrent research projects to protect soldiers and vehicles, especially focused on ballistic protection. |
| Joint Investment Program-Innovative Concepts and Emerging Technologies | Forward-looking research projects, such as in metamaterials, nanomaterials and helicopter fuselage crack monitoring. |
| Unmanned Maritime Systems | Ensuring harmonization on unmanned maritime systems that tackle mines and carry out other tasks. |
| Military Green | Building consensus on approaches to environmental sustainability in military operations. |
| Maritime Mine Counter Measures | Understanding and identifying gaps in European capabilities for countering maritime mines. |
| Biological Equipment | Developing and demonstrating equipment to detect, identify and monitor biological agents. |
| Future Unmanned Aerial Systems | Understanding industry views and building consensus for future courses on European UAS projects. |
| Future Transport Helicopter | Understanding industry views and building consensus for future courses on European transport helicopter project. |
| Advanced European Joint Pilot Training | Understanding member state and industry views on joint training for pilots. |
| Software Defined Radio | Coordinating with civilian bodies to develop European software-defined radio technology. |
| Space Based Earth Observation | Working with European Space Agency on earth observation ground segments, and supporting multinational space-based imagery system. |
| Unmanned Air System | Worked on Midair Collision Avoidance Systems. Providing military input to wider EU work. |
| Airworthiness | Harmonising national military airworthiness regulations through MAWA forum. |
| Single European Sky | Harmonising military implementation of and input into the civil-military Single European Sky project. |
| European Defence Equipment Market in the Global Context | Identifying and reducing barriers to trade for European defence firms. |
| Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement and Electronic Bulletin Board | Encouraging cross-border competitiveness in defence procurement through standard procurement practices and public announcements. |
| Effective Procurement Methods | Consolidating European procurement demand to deliver increased efficiencies and economies of scale. |
| Security of Supply | Electronic portal to help key stakeholders stay informed about security of supply issues. |
| Key Industrial Capabilities | Understanding and prioritizing key industrial capabilities based on stakeholder consensus. |
| Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises | Improving access to defence contracts for SMEs, by ensuring timely payment, improving information flow and building guidelines for equitable treatment of all firms. |
| Article 346 | Building understanding of EU competitiveness requirements and the status of defence exemptions. |
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