by European Defence Agency

On 27 March 2014, the EDA Annual Conference “European Defence Matters” will again gather around 400 high-level speakers and participants. Frontline actors of defence cooperation as well as leaders from the military, politics and industry will engage in highly interactive panel debates and keynote speeches with plenty of opportunities for the audience to contribute to the discussion.

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The development of defence standards reduces costs and contributes to the interoperability of Member States’ military forces.
For the preparation of a roadmap for the development of defence standards as mandated by the European Council in December 2013, EDA is organising a Materiel Standardisation Conference on 12 March 2014.
More information on how to register is available here.
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