Following its decision to award grants to 62 collaborative research and development projects under the 2024 edition of the European Defence Fund (EDF), the European Commission is now signing a series of new grant agreements with selected industrial consortia.
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Open call for evidence – Simplifying EU rules for defence and sensitive security procurement
On 20 November 2025, DG DEFIS hosted the official kick-off meeting of the iMUGS2 consortium. Selected under the 2024 European Defence Fund (EDF) calls for proposals, the project will benefit from nearly €50 million in EDF funding to advance Europe’s capabilities in unmanned ground systems.
Building on its plans to protect peace and ramp up our continent’s defence readiness, the European Commission has unveiled a set of measures that should significantly enhance military mobility across Europe.
The European Commission welcomes tangible progress achieved under the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) programme, following a site visit to Chemring Nobel’s production facilities in Norway.
From 17 to 19 October 2025, the third edition of the EU Defence Innovation Scheme’s (EUDIS) Defence Hackathon, powered by BraveTech EU, brought together 471 participants across eight European locations (with Ukrainians at almost all the locations!) and online, who developed 129 innovative solutions
The European Defence Fund (EDF) has reached a new milestone, attracting a record 410 project proposals under its 2025 call for collaborative defence research and development actions. This marks an unprecedented level of interest since the Fund was launched in 2021.
The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached on 16 October 2025 between the European Parliament and the Council on the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP), a key instrument to support common procurement and industrial ramp-up
DG DEFIS warmly invites you to the EUDIS Defence Hackathon focusing on Technologies for Space and Defence, scheduled from 17 to 19 October. The EUDIS Defence Hackathon will be held at eight simultaneous locations.
The Commission welcomes the expression of interest from Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Finland to access loans under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument
