During a meeting of the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) Steering Board chaired by Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on 9 December 2010, the Defence Ministers among other topics discussed the impact of the Single European Sky initiative for military aviation. In this context, ministers tasked the EDA to engage with the SESAR Joint Undertaking in order to identify important financial and operational risks as wells as emerging opportunities for the defence community. To access the EDA press release with more information on this meeting, click here.