EU Adopts Common Defence Industry Strategy

SUPERPOWERS

France has been leading efforts to establish a relatively strong European defence identity more distinct from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which has 21 members in common with the EU.

by Staff Writers
Brussels (AFP) May 14, 2007
European Union countries made a new move Monday to pool defence resources by adopting a common strategy to manage the business aspects of EU defence and end the patchwork approach of today. The Defence Technological and Industrial Base (DTIB) strategy is aimed at establishing a common defence future in areas like research and development for the EU's 27 member nations.

It would allow the EU to operate more independently in defence matters.

The strategy commits governments to clarify defence industry priorities and identify key technologies, and consolidate demand for defence materials by, for example, clubbing together to tender for certain military hardware.

It would also see them boost investment and ensure security of supply in defence goods and services.

"We can no longer decide on the equipment we need on a purely national basis, and then pursue separate national research and development programmes and procurement," said EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

"This approach is no longer economically sustainable and, in a world of multinational operations, it is operationally unacceptable too," he said.

The strategy, outlined in a document released on Monday, said that this would not mean the creation of "a 'fortress Europe', excluding imports from, or cooperation with, overseas defence industries."

But it said that given difficulties EU states have accessing the US defence market, it is only "natural and necessary for Europeans to cooperate more closely to ensure the future" of their own technological and industrial base.

Each EU member holds control over its own defence policy.

But France has been leading efforts to establish a relatively strong European defence identity more distinct from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which has 21 members in common with the EU.

Source: Agence France-Presse

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

SUPERPOWERS

Warming In Asia And Africa Threatens US

Washington (AFP) May 09, 2007
From the Niger delta to weather-blighted Somalia and teeming South Asia, global warming poses daunting risks and a knock-on threat to US national security, retired military brass and US senators warned Wednesday. Higher global temperatures, melting polar ice and rising sea waters endanger millions of people, and the US armed forces must be ready for a new age when strife in volatile regions is multiplied by environmental catastrophe, they said.

INTERNET SPACE Singapore Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins Satellite Communications Couch Potatoes On Track For Virtual World All Of Russia Will Have Internet And Phone Access Wildblue High-Speed Internet Via Satellite Triples Capacity With New Satellite	LAUNCH PAD Ariane 5 Achieves Record Performance With Geostationary Transfer Orbit Ariane 5 Launches Twin GEO Birds Lockheed Martin-Built Astra 1L Satellite Ready For Launch Arianespace And Japan Continue To Build Long-Term Relationship
AEROSPACE Australia Fears Jet Flight Guilt Could Hit Tourism Nondestructive Testing Keeps Bagram Aircraft Flying New FAA Oceanic Air Traffic System Designed By Lockheed Martin Fully Operational NASA Seeks New Research Proposals	MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS General Dynamics To Provide Ku-Band Satellite On-the-Move Antenna System To Army Raytheon Awarded USAF Global Broadcast Services Contract Newest Navy Aircraft Unveiled by Northrop Grumman TSAT Team Moves Closer To Developing Flight-Ready Laser Terminals
TECH SPACE The Case For T-SAT Space Tether For Satellite Navigation Sans Rocket Motors And Fuel Microwave Autoclave For Composite Structure Production Is A World First At DLR Designing OPRA Glasses	APPOINTMENTS Dodgen Joins Northrop Grumman As Vice President Of Strategy For Missile Systems Business Townsend To Lead Ball Aerospace Exploration Systems In Huntsville NASA Nobel Prize Recipient To Lead Chief Scientist Office Kathryn Kynard Plays Key Role In Ares I Upper Stage Engine Development
EARTH OBSERVATION ESA Presents The Sharpest Ever Satellite Map Of Earth Transcontinental Wildfire Emissions Monitored From Space Volcanic Eruptions In Kamchatka NASA Satellite Captures Image Of Georgia Wildfires	GPS NEWS EU Sees Public Money Saving Galileo From Drifting Off Course Hyper-Accurate Clocks - The Beating Heart Of Galileo Germany Confident EU Will Take Over Galileo Project GIOVE-A Transmits First Navigation Message

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement