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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

Promotescost-

effective cooperatio

n

Launches new

initiatives Investing

more together

In-house analysis& studies

Introduces innovative solutions

Member States

Requirements

Improves Defence

capabilities

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Capability Development Plan

Shorter Longer

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EDA R&T cooperation in naval domain• EDA facilitates defence R&T cooperation

by• 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 • Contracting • Project/programme bank account to facilitate

budget synchronization problems

• Cooperation with European Commission is becoming more and more important

Submotion 2

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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

• The programme is mostly focused on maritime mine counter-measures

CAPEM

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Project portfolio/UMS projects (1/2)Project name Contributing

Members

Overall UMS issues

Systems IntegrationBE, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, NO, PL, PT, SE

Standard and Interfaces for more Interoperable European UMS

BE, FI, FR, DE, IT, PL, PT, ES, NL, SE

Safety and Regulations for European UMS BE, FI, FR, IT, SE, NL, DE

Multiple applica-tions

Network Enabled Cooperation System of Autonomous Vehicles BE, ES, IT, NL, PTRobust Acoustic Communications in Underwater Networks

DE, IT, NL, NO, SE

Conformal Array Performance Estimation Modelling DE, NO, ITSubmarine Coupled 6D of Motions Including Boundary Effects IT, NOStudy of Hybrid Fuel Cells Energy Interoperable System DE, NO

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Project portfolio/UMS projects (2/2)Project name Contributing

Members

Mine hunting

Increased Autonomy for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (mission planning and obstacle avoidance)

DE, IT, NO, PT, SE

Drifting Mines Detection BE, FR, NLBuried Mines BE, DE, FR, NL,

PLMine sweeping

Modular Light-Weight Minesweeping DE, NO, FR, IT, PL

Signature Response Analysis of Multi-influence Mines

DE, ES, FR, NL, NO, PL, SE

Other applica-tions

Evaluation of Thin Line Array Technologies DE, FI , IT, NO, SE

Harbour and Base Protection Systems DE, IT, NO, SE,

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