| Author (Corporate) | European Defence Agency |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | 14.12.07 |
| Publication Date | 14/12/2007 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Defence Agency (EDA), on 14 December 2007, signed the first three contracts under its R&T Joint Investment Programme on Force Protection (JIP-FP). The JIP-FP initiative, dedicated to technologies for protecting deployed armed forces against threats such as snipers, booby traps or improvised bombs, was agreed in 2006 at a ministerial meeting of the EDA Steering Board with a budget totalling 55 million Euros over three years. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.eda.europa.eu/newsitem.aspx?id=301 |
| Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
