The European Defence Agency (EDA) supports its 26 member states – all EU countries except Denmark – in improving their defence capabilities and supporting the European defence industry technological base (EDITB) through European cooperation.
Regarding the technological aspects, EDA and its member states have established various capability technology (CapTech) groups in charge of identifying projects that will contribute to overcome the technology gaps (TBB) as defined in the context Overarching Strategic Research Agenda (OSRA). In the frame of these CapTechs, research and technology ad-hoc projects and studies on commonly agreed priorities can be supported with national funding on a direct award basis. These priorities can be used as inputs for potential projects in the frame of the European Defence Fund.
The CapTech groups gather representatives from industry and government and thereby give direct access to the ordering clients.
