Procuring together defence capabilities:12 proposals submitted by EU Member States and Norway

Procuring together defence capabilities: first ever call to support joint procurement of defence capabilities closes with significant interest from Member States and Norway. 

Member States and Norway submitted 12 proposals under the first ever calls for proposals under the Regulation on European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement (EDIRPA)

EDIRPA is the European Union programme to incentivise cooperation between Member States, and including Norway, for defence procurement to coordinate the acquisition of defence products serving their most urgent and critical needs, notably those amplified by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

On 15 March 2024, the Commission adopted the EDIRPA Work Programme, and published three calls for proposals with a budget of €309.6 million. The proposals submitted address all three calls topics i.e. ammunition, air and missile defence capabilities, and platforms and replacement of legacy systems.

EDIRPA projects are set to support the replenishment of depleted stocks of surface-to-surface ammunition, the replacement of obsolete equipment and platforms and the reinforcement of air and missile capabilities and systems while at the same time strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB).

The Commission services are now checking the admissibility and eligibility of the received proposals. This will be followed by an evaluation of the submitted proposals. The results of the evaluation are expected to be announced in October 2024.