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1 October 2021 | 18:00 – 19:30: Our partner federation Eurodefense organises this webinar with the aim of presenting and discussing the findings of the Eurodefense working group 26b ‘’Energy, Climate, Security and Defence’’. Click here to register The link to the meeting will follow a few days before the meeting starts  Moderator | Miss Ani Davidova (Portugal) Programme 18:00  W elcome by Mr Patrice Mompeyssin             Acting Secretary-General of the EURODEFENSE Network 18:05 Energy, Climate, Security and Defence: The new geopolitical challenge for Europe             Mr. Eduardo Caetano de Sousa (Portugal 18:20 Measures needed for compatibility between the EU and Member-States           Defence requirements and the "European Green Deal.              Mr. Jean-Charles Boulat (France) 18:35 The new energy geography     ...

    16 September 2021    20:00 - 21:00 Project Sparrow is the newest full-time team of student association Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering, also known as DARE. Last year the team spent time on developing an engine that does not work on solid content but on liquid fuel like ethanol or hydrogen combined with liquid oxygen . Founded in 2001, DARE has been designing, building, and launching rockets for over 20 years and during this time they have broken the altitude record for a student build rocket multiple times! However, Project Sparrow is looking beyond just breaking the altitude record again, the team aims to develop a rocket with the capability of going orbital in the next few years! This would be the first time a student team is even allowed to attempt such a feat and it depends completely on the motivation, endurance and sheer will power of the 40 students working on the project. Last year the students fully focussed on building the most complex part of the ro...

  In cooperation with Eurodefense  we have developed remarks on the "Action plan of the European Commission on synergies between civil, defence and space industries" as published on  22 February 2021   ( EU reference COM(2021) 70) . Among others, these comments have been sent to the Presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament.                                                                                Download a PDF here EDTA and Eurodefense welcome this important Communication of the European Commission on their Action plan to increase the synergies between civil, defence and space industries. It is well understood that this action plan is only applicable fo...

  EU reference COM(2021) 70 dated 22 February 2021 EDTA and Eurodefense welcome this important Communication of the European Commission on their Action plan to increase the synergies between civil, defence and space industries. It is well understood that this action plan is only applicable for programmes of the European Commission, but even within that scope, it is important to recognise the major differences between civil industry and defence-and-space industries. Defence and space industries are strongly dependent on (national) government funding and operate in an environment that reflects this strong dependence. Civil industries however are driven by international market conditions, where entrepreneurship, opportunities and risks are the primary factors for success. In all realism, the Action plan does not seem to take these completely different environments as starting point to create synergy, but argues mainly from a government type funding perspective. To engage civil i...

Hybrid warfare is a huge threat to the security of the European Union and individual nations.  Within our cooperation with Eurodefense,   EDTA participates in a new working group on this subject.  Goal of the working group is to provide recommendations to the European Parliament, European Commission and national authorities of the EU member states on strategic, military and technological issues related to hybrid warfare.   With our partner federation  Eurodefense  we establish this new working group as a response to this growing threat.  The working group will be led by Eurodefense Italy (ED-IT) and develop recommendations on three separate aspects: EU-NATO partnership and strategies The development of disruptive technologies and their role in hybrid warfare Analysis of the political, ethical, and economic impact of hybrid threats on the democratic system      Are you interested to tackle the item on disruptive technologies  on...