Europe extends Operation Atalanta for another 2 years
Operation Atalanta´s new mandate entered into force on 1st of January 2021. New tasks will reinforce the EU NAVFOR’s counter-piracy core responsibilities.
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EU: Turkish Navy Movements in Eastern Med ‘extremely worrying’
The European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, qualified the movements of the Turkish navy in the Eastern Mediterranean as "extremely worrying".
Damen’s Coordinating Role in EDIDP SEA Defence Project
Damen Shipyards Group, as coordinator of the SEA Defence (Survivability, Electrification, Automation, Detectability, Enabling Foresight of European Naval Capabilities in Extreme conditions) project, is proud to announce that the European Commission has selected this proposal within the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP 2019).
EU Funding Two Research Projects to Study Naval Defense Technologies of the Future
The European Commission unveiled this week a number of new European Defence Industrial Development Programmes (EDIDP), among which two new projects in the naval field: DECISMAR and SEA Defence.
EU Launches 3 Calls for Projects in the field of Protection Against Sub-Surface Threats
The European Union (EU)'s European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) have launched three calls for projects in the field of protection against of Sub-Surface threats.
EU launches Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo
The European Union is stepping up its efforts to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya, thereby contributing to the peace process in the country, through the launch of a new CSDP (Common Security and Defence Policy) military operation in the Mediterranean.
How the Coronavirus is Impacting Europe’s Main Naval Shipbuilders ?
With Europe now at the epicenter of the Coronavirus crisis (according to the World Health Organization), here is an overview of the impact Covid19 has on the main naval shipbuilders of the "old continent".
EU Launches Two New PESCO Projects in the field of Naval Defense
The European Council launched 13 new collaborative projects under the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security (PESCO) scheme on November 12 2019. Two of these new projects focus on the maritime domain: A European Patrol Corvette (EPC) and a Maritime Unmanned Anti-Submarine System (MUSAS). There is now a total of 6 PESCO projects in the naval defense field.