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On Sunday, 27 September, Isdefe volunteers took part in the eleventh running of the ABILITIES RACE, which was held remotely due to the pandemic.
This initiative by the Adecco Foundation is a social event that has been held for eleven years to group together people with disabilities, social groups and employees representing several companies, around a common goal: to include people with disabilities in the workplace at everyday companies.
Last July, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Spanish Ministries of Defense signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the purpose of promoting industrial cooperation between institutions and companies in the defense sector. Subsequently, and within the framework of the MoU, the UAE Defense authorities and Isdefe subscribed an agreement for the development of their National Military Airworthiness Certification Authority.
The Engineer General Antonio Remón y Zarco del Valle Chair, of the Higher Centre for National Defence Studies (CESEDEN) and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) held its annual summer course on July 6 and 7, 2020.
The event, in collaboration with Isdefe, analysed technologies related to COVID-19 and dependency and strategic capacities, paying special attention to R&D and innovation activities.
Due to the public health situation, the course was taught in virtual mode, and was very well received, with
The Virtual Presentation of the 8th Edition of the National Congress on R&D in Defence and Security (DESEi+d 2020) and the Isdefe R&D Book Award took place on 30 June at an event organised by the General Directorate of Military Recruitment and Training (DIGEREM), the General Directorate of Armament and Materiel (DGAM), the Zaragoza University Centre for Defence and Isdefe.
The event, broadcast from Isdefe’s headquarters, featured over 250 virtual attendees, a sign of the great interest that exists in the National Congress on R&D in Defence and Security.
On Friday, 19 June, the Ministry of Defence’s General Directorate of Armament and Materiel (DGAM) organised a virtual workshop from Isdefe’s headquarters to report on the result of the call for the 2019 European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP), and provided its vision and key guidelines for EDIDP 2020, as well as a general outline from the Ministry to support national initiatives in the future European Defence Fund.