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Addressing the AAR and Airlift shortfall in the EUSMi 2014 Military Airlift conference, Rome, 2-3 Dec 2014
Laurent DONNETProgramme Manager Airlift & AAR
EDA in a nutshell
o Agency of the European Union
o Head of the Agency/HR of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy
Federica Mogherini
o Chief Executive
Claude-France Arnould
o Established 2004, up & running since 2005
o JA repealed in 2011 and replaced by EC decision
o 130 people from 27 Member States
o www.eda.europa.eu 2
Claude-France ArnouldChief Executive
Federica MogheriniHead of the Agency
Why a European Defence Agency?
Why a European Defence Agency?
o Fragmentation in Europe– R&D → national– Military requirements → not harmonised– Procurement → different equipment– Defence industry → redundancy
o Effects– Operations → lack of interoperability– MoD budgets → waste of money– Manpower → duplication– Industry market → low access to competitive
market
EDA MISSION
… to support the Council and the Member States in theireffort to improve the EU’s defence capabilities ... to sustain
the CSDP…
… to support the Council and the Member States in theireffort to improve the EU’s defence capabilities ... to sustain
the CSDP…
AAR
European AAR state of play
Current situation • ~40 aircraft of 10 different types
• Owned by only 7 EU Member States
EU requirement
• High fragmentation
• Low efficiency
• Very high US dependency (Libya 80%)
• 130 tanker aircraft (KC135 equivalent)
• On-going acquisitions programmes
• US: 50% NATO share as from 2019
Addressing the AAR shortfall in the EU
Mar 2012EDA MoD Steering Board
AAR capabilities to be developed in EU as matter of priority
May 2012Chicago NATO summit
Smart Defence Vs Pooling & Sharing
Sep 2014Wales NATO summit
AAR one of the 16 Priority Shortfall Area
EDA to deliver NEW AAR capability to theEuropean Union
A400M
PILLAR 3
STRATEGICTANKER
CAPABILITY
PILLAR 4PILLAR 2
OPTIMISATIONEXISTING ASSETS & ORGANISATIONSSHORT TERM
GAP FILLING
PILLAR 1
2A 2B 2C
EDA’s AAR initiativeCO
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ERCI
ALAA
R SE
RVIC
ECO
NCE
PT
EDAAA
RCL
EARA
NCE
SEDA/IT/MCCE
VOYAGERSYNERGIES
&SPARE
CAPACITY
EDA/UK
AARKITS
EDA
AARcertification
POOL
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ION
SM
ULTI
NAT
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ALTA
NKE
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EET
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BEST USEOF ASSETS
MULTINAT’LEXERCISES
AARCOURSES
EATC
IntegratedPlanning
Nat. Dec. on AcqDec 14
Assess RFISept 14
Response RFIApr 14
RFP + contract negotiation + national staffing(12 months)
Mid Sept14
Single Source
Prepare RFIJan 14
Pre-tendering (Phase 1a)
RFP at least untill March 2016…(> 18 months)
Competitive
Tendering (Phase 1b)
Prepare RFP(3 month)
Dec 15Jan 14
MoU preparation MoU staffing (15 months)
Time line MMF
ContractawardDec‘15
MoUsignature
Dec‘15
AIRLIFT
European Air Transport Fleet (EATF)
o Objectives– Improve the airlift provision within the
European Union
– Develop solutions to better use military
airlift assets
– Avoid duplication
o Modular participation12
Deliverables
o Diplomatic Clearances Technical Arrangement
o European AT Training (EATT)
o EU Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Course (EAATTC)
o European Advanced Tactical Instructor Course (EATIC)
o Yearly EAT symposium
o C27J working group
Air Diplomatic Clearances
o Aim• Harmonise and simplify existing DIC
mechanism
o Requirement• Update of legacy mechanism• Single European Sky
oTechnical Arrangement• Implemented since 01 June 2013• Provides annual DCN• Includes DG and support to operations• Covers 95% of daily missions
2015 EATF Events
EATS 15
EuropeanAir TransportSymposium
EuropeanAir TransportSymposium
EATT15
EuropeanAir Transport Training
EuropeanAir Transport Training
14 aircraft, 29 crews15 - 30 June, Beja
14 aircraft, 29 crews15 - 30 June, Beja
400 - 450 Pers400 - 450 Pers
BE, DE, FI, FR, IT, LT, NL,PT, RO SE, UK
European AdvancedAirlift
Tactic Training Course
European AdvancedAirlift
Tactic Training Course
EAATTC 15
BE, BG, CZ, DE, ES, FR, IT,NL, UK
EATT15EATT15
6 aircraft, 6 crews23 Mar – 3 Apr, Plovdiv
6 aircraft, 6 crews23 Mar – 3 Apr, Plovdiv
EAATTC 15 - 1EAATTC 15 - 1
6 aircraft, 6 crews18 – 29 May, Orleans
6 aircraft, 6 crews18 – 29 May, Orleans
EAATTC 15 - 2EAATTC 15 - 2
6 aircraft, 6 crews7 – 18 Sep, Zaragoza
6 aircraft, 6 crews7 – 18 Sep, Zaragoza
EAATTC 15 - 3EAATTC 15 - 3
Aircrew22 – 23 Oct, Vienna
Aircrew22 – 23 Oct, Vienna
80 – 100 Pers80 – 100 Pers
EATS15EATS15
EATIC
4 IPs13 – 16 Jan, Pisa
4 IPs13 – 16 Jan, Pisa
EATIC 15 - 1EATIC 15 - 1
EuropeanAdvanced TacticalInstructor Course
EuropeanAdvanced TacticalInstructor Course
EATF Training Activities
Questions?