Press Release: EDA signs a contract on network enabled capabilities

The European Defence Agency (EDA), on 17 December 2008, signed the contract for the Network Enabled Capabilities Implementation Study (NEC IS) that has been awarded to the EURONEC consortium. The study will start early 2009 and will last 18 months; it will deliver a description of what future NEC will have to achieve in terms of users, information and technology ('NEC Vision') with the overall aim of enabling a unified effort of civilian and military actors in ESDP crisis management operations.

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