International R&D Programmes
Imagen: © Dassault Aviation - Ph. StroppaThey are the result of the armament and materiel cooperation policy developed by the Ministry of Defence with other nations, whether directly through bilateral or multilateral agreements or through agencies like EDA or NATO.
Participation in such R&D programs provides a significant advantage from several points of view: scientific-technological (access to new knowledge on emerging technologies), economic (sharing of the risks of new technological developments), industrial (strengthening and enabling the national industrial and technological base) and political (setting up and consolidating alliances between different countries).