EU and Ukraine hold first drone alliance meeting
The EU and Ukraine will convene the first meeting of the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance in Brussels on September 11 to accelerate adoption of drone technologies and counter-drone systems across EU countries. Nineteen EU companies and a comparable number of Ukrainian firms are expected to participate, and European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius is likely to attend. The meeting will assess the current situation, set a schedule for further work and discuss first cooperation steps, building on the Drone Deal framework that links Ukrainian battlefield experience and technology with European manufacturing capacity.
First meeting will set schedule for EU-Ukraine drone cooperation.
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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen proposed the alliance in a State of the Union address. Ukraine has been signing multi-year Drone Deals, and more national deals are in negotiation. The meeting could lead to formal…
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