Addressing the AAR and Airlift shortfall in the EUSMi 2014 Military Airlift conference, Rome, 2-3 Dec 2014

Laurent DONNETProgramme Manager Airlift & AAR

EDA in a nutshell

o Agency of the European Union

o Head of the Agency/HR of the Union for Foreign

Affairs and Security Policy

Federica Mogherini

o Chief Executive

Claude-France Arnould

o Established 2004, up & running since 2005

o JA repealed in 2011 and replaced by EC decision

o 130 people from 27 Member States

o www.eda.europa.eu 2

Claude-France ArnouldChief Executive

Federica MogheriniHead of the Agency

Why a European Defence Agency?

Why a European Defence Agency?

o Fragmentation in Europe– R&D → national– Military requirements → not harmonised– Procurement → different equipment– Defence industry → redundancy

o Effects– Operations → lack of interoperability– MoD budgets → waste of money– Manpower → duplication– Industry market → low access to competitive

market

EDA MISSION

… to support the Council and the Member States in theireffort to improve the EU’s defence capabilities ... to sustain

the CSDP…

… to support the Council and the Member States in theireffort to improve the EU’s defence capabilities ... to sustain

the CSDP…

AAR

European AAR state of play

Current situation • ~40 aircraft of 10 different types

• Owned by only 7 EU Member States

EU requirement

• High fragmentation

• Low efficiency

• Very high US dependency (Libya 80%)

• 130 tanker aircraft (KC135 equivalent)

• On-going acquisitions programmes

• US: 50% NATO share as from 2019

Addressing the AAR shortfall in the EU

Mar 2012EDA MoD Steering Board

AAR capabilities to be developed in EU as matter of priority

May 2012Chicago NATO summit

Smart Defence Vs Pooling & Sharing

Sep 2014Wales NATO summit

AAR one of the 16 Priority Shortfall Area

EDA to deliver NEW AAR capability to theEuropean Union

A400M

PILLAR 3

STRATEGICTANKER

CAPABILITY

PILLAR 4PILLAR 2

OPTIMISATIONEXISTING ASSETS & ORGANISATIONSSHORT TERM

GAP FILLING

PILLAR 1

2A 2B 2C

EDA’s AAR initiativeCO

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ERCI

ALAA

R SE

RVIC

ECO

NCE

PT

EDAAA

RCL

EARA

NCE

SEDA/IT/MCCE

VOYAGERSYNERGIES

&SPARE

CAPACITY

EDA/UK

AARKITS

EDA

AARcertification

POOL

EDOP

ERAT

ION

SM

ULTI

NAT

ION

ALTA

NKE

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EET

NL

BEST USEOF ASSETS

MULTINAT’LEXERCISES

AARCOURSES

EATC

IntegratedPlanning

Nat. Dec. on AcqDec 14

Assess RFISept 14

Response RFIApr 14

RFP + contract negotiation + national staffing(12 months)

Mid Sept14

Single Source

Prepare RFIJan 14

Pre-tendering (Phase 1a)

RFP at least untill March 2016…(> 18 months)

Competitive

Tendering (Phase 1b)

Prepare RFP(3 month)

Dec 15Jan 14

MoU preparation MoU staffing (15 months)

Time line MMF

ContractawardDec‘15

MoUsignature

Dec‘15

AIRLIFT

European Air Transport Fleet (EATF)

o Objectives– Improve the airlift provision within the

European Union

– Develop solutions to better use military

airlift assets

– Avoid duplication

o Modular participation12

Deliverables

o Diplomatic Clearances Technical Arrangement

o European AT Training (EATT)

o EU Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Course (EAATTC)

o European Advanced Tactical Instructor Course (EATIC)

o Yearly EAT symposium

o C27J working group

Air Diplomatic Clearances

o Aim• Harmonise and simplify existing DIC

mechanism

o Requirement• Update of legacy mechanism• Single European Sky

oTechnical Arrangement• Implemented since 01 June 2013• Provides annual DCN• Includes DG and support to operations• Covers 95% of daily missions

2015 EATF Events

EATS 15

EuropeanAir TransportSymposium

EuropeanAir TransportSymposium

EATT15

EuropeanAir Transport Training

EuropeanAir Transport Training

14 aircraft, 29 crews15 - 30 June, Beja

14 aircraft, 29 crews15 - 30 June, Beja

400 - 450 Pers400 - 450 Pers

BE, DE, FI, FR, IT, LT, NL,PT, RO SE, UK

European AdvancedAirlift

Tactic Training Course

European AdvancedAirlift

Tactic Training Course

EAATTC 15

BE, BG, CZ, DE, ES, FR, IT,NL, UK

EATT15EATT15

6 aircraft, 6 crews23 Mar – 3 Apr, Plovdiv

6 aircraft, 6 crews23 Mar – 3 Apr, Plovdiv

EAATTC 15 - 1EAATTC 15 - 1

6 aircraft, 6 crews18 – 29 May, Orleans

6 aircraft, 6 crews18 – 29 May, Orleans

EAATTC 15 - 2EAATTC 15 - 2

6 aircraft, 6 crews7 – 18 Sep, Zaragoza

6 aircraft, 6 crews7 – 18 Sep, Zaragoza

EAATTC 15 - 3EAATTC 15 - 3

Aircrew22 – 23 Oct, Vienna

Aircrew22 – 23 Oct, Vienna

80 – 100 Pers80 – 100 Pers

EATS15EATS15

EATIC

4 IPs13 – 16 Jan, Pisa

4 IPs13 – 16 Jan, Pisa

EATIC 15 - 1EATIC 15 - 1

EuropeanAdvanced TacticalInstructor Course

EuropeanAdvanced TacticalInstructor Course

EATF Training Activities

Questions?