By Marc Navarro Gonzalez 
 

Airbus SE (AIR.FR) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Luxembourg government to establish an industrial collaboration and to develop research partnerships, the company said Wednesday.

Airbus said the long-term cooperation agreement will focus on areas such as cybersecurity, space technologies, remotely piloted aircraft systems and rotary wing aircraft.

As part of the collaboration, the plane maker said it would develop a partnership with Luxembourg's Cybersecurity Competence Center--a public-private partnership program--to provide intelligence and cybersecurity expertise, as well as training and testing facilities, to economic entities.

"Within this framework, we are developing a strategy for industry, innovation and research in order to involve Luxembourg's economic fabric in defense capability building when it comes to support NATO and EU priority defense capability development requirements," said Luxembourg's Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider.

The company didn't disclose financial details of the collaboration.

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March 21, 2018 13:00 ET (17:00 GMT)