New EDA research project to improve resilience of cold weather operations

On April 23, European Defence Agency’s Steering Board green-lit the launch of a new research project aimed at studying ways and means of improving the operational outfit and equipment of Armed Forces operating in extreme cold and icy weather conditions.  The project has a duration of three to four years.
Austrian mountain troop (Picture source: EDA)

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