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Components and in certain cases High Level
Technologies in the breakdown structure, The Subject Areas of the Cooperation Special
•Prioritizing the areas in which an Program are given below:
insufficiency is observed. (Critical Systems •Health
and Technologies), •Food, agriculture and biotechnology
•Defining the R&D projects to be initiated in •Information and communication
order to develop capability in the prioritized technologies
areas, •Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials
•Determining Centers of Excellence to be and new production technologies
constituted with the collaboration of the •Energy
industry-university-research organizations, •Environment (including climate change)
where R&D Projects will be carried out, •Transport (including aeronautics)
knowledge will be accumulated and shared. •Socio-economic sciences and the
humanities
Defence R&D Projects defined in the scope •Security and space
of the R&D Roadmap will be announced by
Undersecretariat for Defence Industries. “Security”, “Information and Communication”,
European Council (EU) Framework Programs “Transport (including aeronautics)”, “Space”,
(FP) Support “Nanotechnologies” and “Energy” areas are
EU FP`s are the main Program of the considered to be the important Technology
Union by which multinational research Platforms that our defense industry can
and technology development Projects are participate.
supported. FP`s are multiyear programs and
since the first program’s start in 1984, the In order to encourage our Defense Industry
budget and the scope of the programs kept to take part in the of 7th FP projects that are
increasing. in the above subject areas, Information Days,
Coordination and Information Meetings
The main targets of the Framework have been organized systematically since
Programs are; strengthening the scientific November 2006. In addition, for the
and technological foundation of Europe, Companies to be accepted in the project
supporting the industrial competition and consortiums that they planned to participate,
encouraging the collaboration between the lobby support for their acceptance may be
member states. Activities related to the 7th tried on the European Defense Industry
FP that includes the years 2007-2013 is still companies when in need.
ongoing.
Also, our defense industry companies
The main structure of the 7th FP are based on are encouraged to take part as members
4 special programs which are; “Cooperation”, in European Technology Platforms (TP)
“People”, “Ideas” and “Capacities”. which provide valuable information for the
The primary target of the Cooperation commission and help them to choose the
Special Program is to induce the priorities and subject areas of the FPs. Our
collaboration between the Industry and Undersecretariat supports the membership
Research Organizations and by doing so requests coordinated with TUBITAK, for
making Europe a leader in key areas. these Technology Platforms.

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