Seminar European Defence Fund

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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