2. www.eda.europa.eu 2 EDA Mission “To support the Member States and the Council in their effort to improve European defence capabilities in the field of crisis management and to sustain the CSDP as it stands now and will evolve in the future.” COUNCIL DECISION 2011/411/CFSP of 12 July 2011 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency and repealing Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP “To support the Member States and the Council in their effort to improve European defence capabilities in the field of crisis management and to sustain the CSDP as it stands now and will evolve in the future.” COUNCIL DECISION 2011/411/CFSP of 12 July 2011 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency and repealing Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP

3. www.eda.europa.eu 3 A catalyst: from Member States to Member States Promotes cost-effective cooperation Launches new initiatives Investing more together In-house analysis & studies Introduces innovative solutions Member States Requirements Improves Defence capabilities

4. www.eda.europa.eu 4 Capability Development Plan Shorter Longer Reality Planning

5. www.eda.europa.eu 5 EDA R&T cooperation in naval domain EDA facilitates defence R&T cooperation by Bringing interested partners together Providing a legal framework for cooperation Cooperation between national industrial champions, governmental laboratories and research institutes EDA also provides cM services as needed Contracting Project/programme bank account to facilitate budget synchronization problems Cooperation with European Commission is becoming more and more important Submotion 2

6. www.eda.europa.eu 6 Unmanned Maritime Systems (UMS) Programme UMS consists of 15 coordinated R&T projects with variable geometry of participants - This type of structure facilitates the transition to joint development programmes UMS is implemented under one Programme Arrangement The programme is mostly focused on maritime mine counter-measures CAPEM

7. www.eda.europa.eu 7 Project portfolio/UMS projects (1/2) Project name Contributing Members Overall UMS issues Systems Integration BE, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, NO, PL, PT, SE Standard and Interfaces for more Interoperable European UMS BE, FI, FR, DE, IT, PL, PT, ES, NL, SE Safety and Regulations for European UMS BE, FI, FR, IT, SE, NL, DE Multiple applica- tions Network Enabled Cooperation System of Autonomous Vehicles BE, ES, IT, NL, PT Robust Acoustic Communications in Underwater NetworksDE, IT, NL, NO, SE Conformal Array Performance Estimation ModellingDE, NO, IT Submarine Coupled 6D of Motions Including Boundary Effects IT, NO Study of Hybrid Fuel Cells Energy Interoperable SystemDE, NO

8. www.eda.europa.eu 8 Project portfolio/UMS projects (2/2) Project name Contributing Members Mine hunting Increased Autonomy for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (mission planning and obstacle avoidance) DE, IT, NO, PT, SE Drifting Mines DetectionBE, FR, NL Buried MinesBE, DE, FR, NL, PL Mine sweeping Modular Light-Weight MinesweepingDE, NO, FR, IT, PL Signature Response Analysis of Multi-influence Mines DE, ES, FR, NL, NO, PL, SE Other applica- tions Evaluation of Thin Line Array TechnologiesDE, FI, IT, NO, SE Harbour and Base Protection SystemsDE, IT, NO, SE,

9. www.eda.europa.eu 9 Thank You for Your Attention!