Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space

The Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) is a department of the European Commission.

This article is part of a series on
Politics of the European Union
Member states (27)
Candidate countries
Applicant countries
Treaties
Opt-outs
Treaties of accession
1972, 1979, 1985, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2011
Treaties of succession
1984, 2020
Other treaties
Abandoned treaties and agreements
Executive
European Council
European Commission
Legislature
Council of the EU
Presidency
 France
(January–June 2022)
Configurations
European Parliament
(Members)
National parliaments
Judiciary
Court of Justice of the EU
Auditory
European Court of Auditors
Euratom
Euratom members
Associated states
Euratom since 1 January 2021
Euro
Eurozone members


Eurogroup


European Central Bank
Eurozone since 2015
Schengen Area
Non-EU members
Non-Schengen Area states
Schengen Area since 2015
European Economic Area
EEA members
Non-EU members
European Economic Area
Other bodies


Former European bodies
Elections
Elections in EU member states
Law
Policies and issues
Other
Other currencies in use
Non Euro countries relationship to Euro
Foreign relations
High Representative
Foreign relations of EU member states
 European Union portal

Tasks

The directorate, established in January 2021, leads the European Commission's activities in the Defence Industry and Space sector. Some of its tasks were transferred from the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW).

In the area of Defence Industry, DEFIS is in charge of upholding the competitiveness and innovation of the European Defence industry by ensuring the evolution of an able European defence technological and industrial base.

In the area of Space DG DEFIS is in charge of implementing the EU Space programme consisting of the European Earth Observation Programme (Copernicus), the European Global Navigation Satellite System (Galileo) and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). [1]

See also

References
  1. "Defence Industry and Space". European Commission - European Commission. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.