The European Commission is taking new measures to support EU citizens’ security through EU Defence readiness, with a total commitment of around €2 billion.

These measures include:

◼ €500 million to ramp-up ammunition production capacity to 2 million per year.

Europe is expected to reach an annual ammunition shell production capacity of 2 million by the end of 2025 with the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP). Thanks to measures already taken, European annual production capacity for 155 mm shells had already reached 1 million per year in January 2024.

◼ €310 million to incentivise EU countries to procure defence capabilities together.

The EDIRPA Work Programme will support common procurement in three areas: 1) Ammunition (e.g. small arms, artillery ammunition, mortars, rockets), 2) Air and missile defence, and 3) Platforms and replacement of legacy systems (e.g. tanks, armoured vehicles, support systems, soldier systems, drones).

◼ €1.1 billion to boost EU defence R&D projects.

The 2024 EDF work programme covering 32 call topics will fund projects in crucial defence domains, including countering hypersonic missiles, developing a range of unmanned vehicles in the air and on the ground, and ensuring secure space communication.

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