EDA Signs First Contracts Under R&T Joint Investment Programme on Force Protection

(Brussels, December 14, 2007) -- The European Defence Agency today signed the first three contracts under its R&T Joint Investment Programme on Force Protection (JIP-FP).

These contracts represent a total investment of 13.1 million Euros, including co-funding from industry, and were selected from proposals worth more than 100 million Euros received through a call for projects issued in May 2007.

The three successful projects aim at the development of individual protective armour, a multi-sensor anti-sniper system and stand off detection of CBRNE devices. Each of them will be sustained by a highly skilled pan-European industrial consortium including SMEs, research centres and universities. More detailed information on the selected projects and contractors is attached.

"The EDA is delighted that the first contracts under the JIP have been awarded barely six months after the programme was officially launched," said EDA R&T Director Bertrand de Cordoue. "This demonstrates that the innovative model of the programme can make a real difference to promoting collaboration in European defence R&T."

Source : European Defence Agency

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