EDA Military Airworthiness Conference 2025, the Netherlands

The Military Airworthiness Authorities Forum (MAWA) oversees the development and maintenance of European Military Airworthiness Requirements (EMARs). The MAWA forum also promotes opportunities for harmonisation of military airworthiness in Europe. In this context the biennial EDA Military Airworthiness Conference brings together worldwide key stakeholders from national authorities, industry, European agencies and international organisations to exchange views, identify best practices and debate lessons learned in their activities to date.

We are delighted to have been invited by the Dutch Military Aviation Authority to host the EDA Military Airworthiness Conference 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands on 8-9 October 2025.

The motto of this year's conference is Mission first, Safety always and EMARS forever.

The Russian aggression against Ukraine showed that the commitment of air assets in a crisis or war zone, up to a large-scale conflict in coalition with the participation in high intensity battles, makes it very challenging to reconcile compliance with all the usual “peacetime” national rules for maintaining aircraft airworthiness considering the severe operational constraints linked to the pace of engagements, the degraded conditions for carrying out maintenance activities and any damage suffered in combat. However, even with this shift to operational priorities the system of harmonised European Military Airworthiness Requirements (EMARs) should remain most valuable, even in times of crisis. As declaring a state of crisis for Airworthiness (AW) is a national sovereign decision, the goal is to optimize the continued availability and sustainability of military aircraft support systems by offering various options to ensure continuity in a systematic approach. This involves detailing how to temporarily derogate from EMARs, providing increased flexibility in such situations. It reveals crucial to prepare as much as possible before a crisis arises. Additionally, the need for guidance was identified for to be provided on how to revert to full EMAR compliance environment once the crisis has passed.

So, the focus will be on Airworthiness in Crisis. Thereafter EMAR implementation in the broadest sense will be discussed and identifying future challenges and link potential solutions to those challenges at hand will be on the agenda. The programme will include ample time for discussion and interaction with the audience. As in previous years, there will be opportunities for networking during the breaks and during an informal evening event.

At this stage, detailed information on the draft conference programme, venue and organisation, as well as a link to the registration page, will be published in due time.

We look forward to seeing you at the Military Airworthiness Conference 2025.

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