BRUSSELS \u2014 The Netherlands is the lead nation in an EU effort to build two mobile counter-IED labs for use by EU countries at a cost of about \u20ac10 million (US $10.6 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The money will come from an ad hoc EDA budget. The new labs are due to be available for deployment in theater an out of area theatre of operations <\/span>by the end of 2015, according to an EDA official. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Coordinated by the European Defence Agency (EDA), There are currently <\/span>12 European countries involved in the project and others have expressed an interest in taking part. too. <\/span>The twelve countries are <\/span>Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden are involved, while other countries have also expressed interest in the project. Only these 12twelve<\/span> countries currently can decide on where the labs would be deployed.the deployment of the labs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n