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  -    Report acknowledges positive epidemiological developments across Europe and low risk of virus spread during air travel.  -    Risk-based approach will make travel easier for passengers by avoiding duplication of checks throughout the journey, including for transfer passengers.  -    For first time ever, protocol supports the use of Rapid Antigen Tests and recognises potential capacity constraints at airport terminals due to continued physical distancing requirements.    Brussels and London, 17 June 2021 Leading  aviation associations[1] welcomed the European Union Aviation Safety Ag

  29 April 2021 – PRESS RELEASE:    Today, the European Parliament adopted the Regulation establishing the European Defence Fund (EDF). The Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) welcomes this important and final step towards the implementation of the EDF. By boosting research and development cooperation in the defence sector, the EDF will strengthen the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base.

9 April 2021 - Driven by geopolitical uncertainties and growing awareness of technological dependencies and vulnerabilities, technological sovereignty has become an important point on the EU’s strategic agenda. As one of the key objectives of the European Commission, it has begun to appear frequently in EU policies and programmes.   At the same time, coherent and generally accepted responses to key questions are still missing: What does sovereignty mean in the context of technology and how can it be achieved? For which technologies does Europe want to be sovereign?

December 11, 2019 - ASD held today its Board and General Assembly meetings in Brussels. This gathering allowed the launch of a dialogue between the industry and the new Commissioner for Innovation, Ms Mariya Gabriel and Members of the European Parliament.

November 26, 2019 – Industry4Europe, a coalition of 149 sector Associations representing the diversity of the EU’s industrial base, today published its new Joint Paper ‘A long-term strategy for Europe’s industrial future: from words to action’.

October 23, 2019 - ASD Secretary General Jan Pie today gave a speech on the European Defence Market at a conference on the 10thanniversary of the Defence and Security Procurement Directive (2009/81).

October 3, 2019 - The President of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and CEO of Dassault Aviation, Mr Eric Trappier, today held a keynote address at the occasion of the opening of a high-level conference on the European Defence Fund (EDF) in Helsinki.

October 18, 2018 - ASD joins 131 organisations from across the EU to call on future Members of the European Parliament to put industry at the core of the EU's future.

October 3, 2018 - ASD organized together with the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO) in Vienna an industry matchmaking event for the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP).

January 22, 2018 – European Parliament and Defence Industry discuss the future of the EU defence industrial policy on the occasion of the ITRE Committee Meeting held in Brussels on Monday 22 January 2018.

December 5, 2017 - Defence is high on the European institutions’ agendas. Recently, the October European Council conclusions highlighted progress achieved in a number of defence-related files.

October 18, 2017 - ASD is pleased to announce that Navantia, a major player in naval defence, has joined the association as a new member company.

September 12, 2017 - from the UN Third Conference of States Parties of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

June 12, 2017 - When Jean-Claude Juncker mentioned the European Defence Fund for the first time in September 2016, he took everybody by surprise, including his own services. Work on defence research was already well on its way, but a Defence Fund?

May 17, 2017 - ASD and the Austrian Security and Defence Industries Group held an Industry Workshop and Matchmaking Event on the EU Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) on May 4, 2017 at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber in Vienna.

February 17, 2017 - Europe is the cradle of the manufacturing industry and has been at the forefront of industrial revolutions and technological innovations. The industry directly employs over 34 million people across all Member States.

November 30, 2016 – ASD welcomes the adoption of the European Defence Action Plan which aims to support the competitiveness of the EU Defence Industry and the development of capabilities for a credible Common Security and Defence Policy.

April 21, 2016 – ASD held its Board meeting in The Netherlands on April 21, 2016 on the occasion of the Dutch Presidency of the European Union.

August 28, 2015 – On 24-27 August, ASD participated in the first conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) held in Cancun, Mexico. ASD has followed and supported the ATT since it was first introduced at the UN in 2006.

April 30, 2015 - Jan Pie, Secretary General of ASD will be presenting an industry view on anti-corruption on the occasion of Transparency International UK’s presentation of the findings of the Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index 2015.