European SATCOM procurement cell on the way
A European Satellite Communication (SATCOM) procurement cell may be up and running by 2010, European Defence Agency (EDA) officials said May 26. The idea is to harmonize military requirements and aggregate the growing defence demand for third-party SATCOM capacity through a single European point.
France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom will take the lead to demonstrate that pooling requirements and orders will lead to better offers by providers.
An ad hoc working group has been set up and is due to complete preliminary work in 2009, EDA Chief Executive Alexander Weis said at a press conference. Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich told Defense News that Poland strongly favours creation of the group, calling it the right tool to assess the need for the creation of a procurement cell.
"A procurement cell would be a good instrument for better coordination in this area," Klich said, noting that some member states resisted the idea of quickly setting up the cell.
Source: www.defensenews.com.
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