Tag: PESCO
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German Social Democrats tip the scales against arming Heron TP drones – but now the „Eurodrones“ are coming
The arming of Israeli drones has been stopped for now, but in coming months the Bundestag will vote on whether to approve purchase of 21 “Eurodrones”. Since 2010, the German Armed Forces have been flying unarmed drones of the type “Heron 1” in Afghanistan, and since 2016 also in Mali. They come from an Israeli […]
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Europol steers arms companies for security research
Following the example of the US Department of Defense, Europol should coordinate European security research. In October, the EU interior ministers had decided on an “Innovation Laboratory” at the Police Agency. Due to potential confusion, the department will now be renamed. Since 1984, the European Union has organised its civil security research in multi-annual framework […]
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Eurodrone delayed by two years
The envisaged date for series production of a European long-range drone is not tenable. The German Ministry of Defence is to be responsible for the delay of at least two years. In the meantime, the project has been transferred to “Permanent Structured Cooperation”. Further governments could join the initiative. The series production of the so-called […]
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Airbus to build the “Eurodrone”
To fly in European airspace, large military drones need a „Detect and Avoid“ system. The “Eurodrone” could therefore be equipped with “American technology”. Only “one final production line” is to be set up for the the “Eurodrone”. This was announced by the German Ministry of Defense on Tuesday. According to the current status, the plant […]