The European Defence Agency (EDA) announced, on Tuesday 5 September, that it had signed five framework contracts with European industry for the joint procurement of 155 mm ammunition, during a visit of the EU’s Political and Security Committee ambassadors. To date, eight framework contracts have been signed.
“We are now offering viable opportunities for Member States to place orders with industry through EDA, either to support Ukraine or to replenish their own national stocks. It is now up to Member States to make full use of these options”, emphasised EDA Director General Jiří Šedivý.
The EDA has negotiated and signed several framework contracts for the procurement of 155 mm ammunition, also known as ‘all-up-round’, for the Panzerhaubitze 2000, as well as projectile and fuse components of ammunition for the Krab howitzer system. Other framework contracts will soon be signed for other howitzer systems, according to the Agency.
These framework contracts have been signed as part of a three-track approach to deliver more artillery ammunition and missiles to Ukraine. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)