The Programme should aim to enhance the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry, contributing to the improvement of defence capabilities, inter alia, in relation to cyber defence, by supporting cooperation between undertakings throughout the Union, including SMEs and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps), research centres and universities, and collaboration between Member States, in the development phase of defence products and technologies, thus facilitating better exploitation of economies of scale in the defence industry and promoting the standardisation of defence systems while improving their interoperability.
Ba cheart go mbeadh sé d'aidhm leis an gClár feabhas a chur ar iomaíochas thionscal cosanta an Aontais, lena gcuidítear le cumais chosanta a fheabhsú, inter alia maidir le cibearchosaint, trí thacú le comhar idir gnóthais ar fud an Aontais, lena n-áirítear FBManna agus cuideachtaí meánchaipitlithe, ionaid taighde agus ollscoileanna, agus comhoibriú idir na Ballstáit, le linn céim forbartha táirgí agus teicneolaíochtaí cosanta, agus mar gheall air sin, beifear in ann úsáid níos fearr a bhaint as barainneachtaí scála i dtionscal na cosanta agus caighdeánú córas cosanta a chur chun cinn agus a n-idir-inoibritheacht a fheabhsú ag an am céanna.