Seminar European Defence Fund

At the end of March, the Commission has adopted the third annual work programme under the European Defence Fund (EDF). The EDF is a European research and innovation programme for international defense research and capability development.

On April 4 at the Erasmus Innovation Centre (ESA ESTEC) SpaceNed and NIVD took the initiative with the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate to organize a session to be informed and prepared to participate in upcoming EDF tenders regarding Space interests. We’ve discussed how can you participate and what are the priorities and opportunities.

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