Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)

Deepen defence cooperation between EU Member States

Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)

Deepen defence cooperation between EU Member States

News & Documents

Filter Categories
Document
News
Publication

PESCO

About PESCO

The establishment of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) by the Council in December 2017 has raised cooperation on defence among the participating EU Member States to a new level. More

Binding Commitments

The key difference between PESCO and other forms of cooperation is the legally binding nature of the commitments undertaken by the 26 Member States which participate in PESCO. More

Video: What is PESCO?

Projects

 

Currently 68 PESCO projects are being developed.

Each of the projects is carried forward by varying group of PESCO participating Member States (project members) and is coordinated by one or more PESCO participating Member States (project coordinators). The project members may agree among themselves to allow other participating Member States to join as a project member or to become observer to the project.

The projects that are being developed in the context of PESCO cover areas such as training, land, maritime, air, cyber, and joint enablers:

 

Projects

Currently 68 PESCO projects are being developed.

Each of the projects is carried forward by varying group of PESCO participating Member States (project members) and is coordinated by one or more PESCO participating Member States (project coordinators). The project members may agree among themselves to allow other participating Member States to join as a project member or to become observer to the project.

The projects that are being developed in the context of PESCO cover areas such as training, land, maritime, air, cyber, and joint enablers:

  • ALL PROJECTS
  • TRAINING, FACILITIES
  • LAND, FORMATIONS, SYSTEMS
  • MARITIME
  • AIR, SYSTEMS
  • CYBER, C4ISR
  • ENABLING, JOINT
  • SPACE

Air Power

Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA)

Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT)

Arctic Command & Control Effector and Sensor System (ACCESS)

Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Amphibious Assault Vehicle / Light Armoured Vehicle (AIFV/AAV/LAV)

Automated Modelling, Identification and Damage Assessment of Urban Terrain (AMIDA-UT)

CBRN Defence Training Range (CBRNDTR)

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Surveillance as a Service (CBRN SaaS)

Common Hub for Governmental Imagery (CoHGI)

Counter Battery Sensors (CoBaS)

Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)

Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection (CSIP)

Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Center (CIDCC)

Cyber Ranges Federations (CRF)

Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security (CRRT)

Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform (CTIRISP)

Defence of Space Assets (DoSA)

Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package (DM-DRCP)

Deployable Modular Underwater Intervention Capability (DIVEPACK)

Electronic Warfare Capability and Interoperability Programme for Future Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR)

Energy Operational Function (EOF)

Essential Elements of European Escort (4E)

EU Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Land Battlefield Missile Systems (EU BLOS)

EU Collaborative Warfare Capabilities (ECoWAR)

EU Cyber Academia and Innovation Hub (EU CAIH)

EU Military Partnership (EU MilPart)

EU Radio Navigation Solution (EURAS)

EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core

European Attack Helicopters TIGER Mark III

European Defence Airlift Training Academy (EDA-TA)

EUROPEAN GLOBAL RPAS INSERTION ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM (GLORIA)

European High Atmosphere Airship Platform (EHAAP) – Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability

European Medical Command (EMC)

European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems – MALE RPAS (Eurodrone)

European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N)

European Patrol Corvette (EPC)

European Secure Software defined Radio (ESSOR)

European Training Certification Centre for European Armies (ETCCEA)

European Union Network of Diving Centres (EUNDC)

Future Medium-size Tactical Cargo (FMTC)

Future Short-Range Air to Air Missile (FSRM)

Geo-meteorological and Oceanographic (GeoMETOC) Support Coordination Element (GMSCE)

Harbour and Maritime Surveillance and Protection

Helicopter Hot and High Training (H3 Training)

Integrated European Joint Training and simulation Centre (EUROSIM)

Integrated Multi-Layer Air and Missile Defence system (IMLAMD)

Integrated Unmanned Ground Systems 2 (iUGS2)

Integrated Unmanned Ground System (UGS)

Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS)

Main Battle Tank Simulation and Testing Center (MBT-SIMTEC)

Maritime (semi) Autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures

Maritime Unmanned Anti-Submarine System (MUSAS)

Materials and components for technological EU competitiveness (MAC-EU)

Medium size Semi-Autonomous Surface Vehicle (M-SASV)

Military Mobility (MM)

Network of Logistic Hubs in Europe and Support to Operations (NetLogHubs)

Next Generation Medium Helicopter (NGMH)

Next Generation Small RPAS (NGSR)

One Deployable Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical Command and Control (C2) Command Post (CP) for Small Joint Operations (SJO) – (SOCC) for SJO

Robust Communication Infrastructure and Networks (ROCOMIN)

ROLE 2F

Rotorcraft Docking Station for Drones

Small Scalable Weapons (SSW)

Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre (SMTC)

Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC)

Strategic C2 System for CSDP Missions and Operations (EUMILCOM)

Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER)

Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance (UMS)

ZZZ[CLOSED] Co-basing

ZZZ[CLOSED] EU Test and Evaluation Centres (EUTEC)

ZZZ[CLOSED] European Union Training Mission Competence Centre (EU TMCC)

ZZZ[CLOSED] Indirect Fire Support Capability (EuroArtillery)

Secretariat & Contact

PESCO Secretariat

The European External Action Service (EEAS), including the EU Military Staff (EUMS), and the European Defence Agency (EDA) jointly act as the PESCO Secretariat, providing a single point of contact within the Union’s framework for all PESCO matters. More

Contact

For general enquiries on PESCO, please contact the PESCO secretariat under info@pesco.europa.eu

For the project related queries please address indicated spokespersons directly.

Update cookies preferences
Close Bitnami banner
Bitnami