Estonian research and development in the field of defense has for the first time secured major funding from the European Union. Defense development projects have previously fallen to member states and contractors, Taavi Veskimägi writes.
The European Union agreed on a defense industry activity plan in 2017 following initiative from Estonia. Its aim is to reduce fragmentation of weapons systems, fill gaps in military capacity and boost Europe s competitiveness in defense R&D.
This will see the EU invest â¬500 million through the European Defense Industrial Development Program (EDIDP) in 2019-2020 and â¬8 billion through the European Defense Fund (EDF) in 2021-2027 in European defense research and development.
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