Leaders Urge Boost for EU Spending and Collaboration on Defence R&T

European Defence Agency, BRUSSELS: Leaders of government and industry put their weight behind calls to boost EU spending on defence Research & Technology and to increase collaboration because of the scale of the challenges Europe faces to transform its military capabilities. 
 
Speaking at the opening of the first EDA R&T conference in Brussels, Javier Solana noted that EU leaders had asked him at Hampton Court last October to report by June with proposals for strengthening European defence R&T.