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For our investment partners, we are looking for potential large debt or equity investment opportunities of more than EUR 100 million in the European defence and energy sector.  Solid options only, made possible by one of the world's largest asset management companies. Energy sector : Nuclear SMR, Synthetic fuel, Hydrogen, Infrastructure, Wind, Sun and also remaining necessary fossil investmenents. Defence sector : Major procurement projects and system development by governments and companies holding development and production contracts. Ships, aircraft, vehicles, drones, munitions, etc., etc. Contact jan.wind@wisernl.com Picture: AI generated

  Springbok armoured vehicle by  DCD Protected Mobility On 16 August 2023, Jan Wind  was invited to speak in his capacity as President of the Federation of European Defence Technology Associations (EDTA) about Financial Public Private Partnerships ( FPPPs ) at the  Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) for Security and Defence Conference   organised by  Defenceweb  in  Pretoria (South Africa) . His main message was that innovation could speed up if private funds are used effectively in a Public Private Partnerships for Defence. Similarly, private financing methods could be used for major programmes: manufacturing of capabilities and in-service support. It could be important for the South African Defence to take advantage of these opportunities to strengthen its capabilities. Conclusions 1.  Progress in Europe Financial Public Private Partnerships are pursued by the European Union, NATO and several European member states. These seem to be qui...

  The Federation of European Defence Technology Associations (EDTA)  and their partner federation  Eurodefense  conduct a study on modern economic investment methods for major defence capabilities in Europe. This could help to solve the lack of funding for investments, which is currently prevalent in most Member States of the European Union. The combined effort of the 11 EDTA member associations and 15 associations of the Eurodefense network may provide the required  knowledge and experience  for modernisation of finance for Defence.   WISER CEO Jan Wind is president of the EDTA. It is an honour to lead this working group in cooperation with José Pereira, the Secretary-General of Eurodefense-Portugal.   

Onze jarenlange oproep om de financiële markt bij de financiering van grote defensiesystemen te betrekken lijkt een vervolg te krijgen bij Damen shipyards in Nederland. Lees dit artikel van de brancheorganisatie Netherlands Maritime Technology NMT https://maritimetechnology.nl/damen-start-divisie-financial-services/ Nu nog voor marineschepen!

Illustratie: Ministerie van Defensie Onze jarenlange oproep om de financiële markt bij de financiering van grote defensiesystemen te betrekken lijkt een vervolg te krijgen  vanuit de Verenigde Staten . Het Center for American Progress stelt in een advies aan president-elect Joe Biden :  Although member states agreed to increase defense spending at the Wales Summit, progress has been slow and sporadic, and a majority of NATO members were unlikely to hit the 2 percent pledge by 2024. This is even more unlikely now with the economic and budgetary fallout from COVID-19. Some NATO members may face severe budgetary shortfalls, making defense spending a potential target for budget cuts. To relieve this pressure, NATO members could use access to inexpensive financing to maintain their current defense spending levels. There is a clear need for NATO to have greater access to resources to address gaps in capabilities, finance important alliancewide initiatives, ensure that it can rely on...

Het veiligheids- en verdedigingsvermogen van de EU moet worden versterkt. Daarover is veel te doen in Nederland en Europa. Multilaterale defensiesamenwerking verliep de afgelopen decennia moeizaam. Om een nieuwe impuls te geven aan versterking van de veiligheid en defensie van de EU heeft het in 15 landen vertegenwoordigde EURODEFENSE netwerk een voorstel naar Brussel gestuurd. Het gaat bij Europese veiligheid niet langer uitsluitend om militaire dreigingen en om verdediging van territorium van een lidstaat. Er zijn veel nieuwe dreigingen en ontwikkelingen die de meeste individuele lidstaten niet aan kunnen. Het gaat om verschillende, vaak hybride bedreigingen, zoals cyberaanvallen, misinformatie, mensenhandel, illegale immigratie, terrorisme, handelsbelemmeringen en conflicten in grensregio’s. Europa is een wereldspeler van formaat geworden. Die zal zich meer moeten inspannen om de Europese normen en waarden te verdedigen en haar burgers te beschermen. In het verdrag van Lissabon ...

Picture:  "A firefighting aircraft" by USDAgov ( CC BY 2.0 ) Revolutionary airborne forest fire fighting system suitable for many aircraft types  Increases non-amphibious dropping capacity  five fold   Late November 2018, the Dutch lake 'IJsselmeer' was the scene of initial field trials of the Scodev forest fire-fighting system. This unique system enables authorities to combat wildfires more quickly than currently possible with traditional aerial solutions such as amphibious aircraft and larger non-amphibious waterbombers/air tankers. What’s more, Scodev is a retrofit system for universal deployment by different operators across various aircraft. The tested prototype is a product of intense international cooperation between companies and research institutes, and given the success of the recent tests, field trials will continue next year under more severe conditions.  Scodev is the short name for this innovative 'scooping device'. In a nutshell: this fire-fig...