Defence research

More than 70 research institutions have an explicit ban on defence-related projects, and there are few signs that the Ukraine invasion will convince them to shift course   

As Science|Business marks the 1000th issue of its newsletter this month, we are struck by the long history of EU argument over how and how much EU R&D programmes should work with defence. Herewith, a few of our past articles in that vein

In a controversial move, newly proposed EU defence roadmap includes a plan to allow more synergies between civilian and defence research. Possible involvement of Horizon Europe is unclear in vaguely worded document.

The EU wants its first defence R&D project to strengthen its strategic autonomy and says military research will spur civilian innovation

EU officials confirm there is no ‘special access’ for the UK to the €7.9B European Defence Fund, despite claims to the contrary

The money will make the EU third biggest investor in defence research in Europe and give it firepower to reduce the longstanding reliance on US military technology

New head of the European Defence Agency, Jiří Šedivý, took up the post in the midst of crisis. In a Q&A with Science|Business, he says the pandemic makes cooperation in defence research even more important

With the EU’s revised budget proposal due on Wednesday, new European Defence Agency head Jiří Šedivý says the best response to shrinking national budgets for defence research is to engage in more cost-effective collaborations at EU level  

European Defence Agency says four countries continue to fund vast majority of research in military technology

A Science|Business analysis of all 26 mission letters sent to the nominees shows a number of commissioners will be working on innovation-related tasks