On Wednesday 20 July, the European Commission announced its intention to grant funding of almost €1.2 billion to 61 collaborative defence research and development projects that have been selected following the first ever calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund (EDF) in June 2021 (see EUROPE B12753A20). The European Commission had received 142 project proposals.
€322 million will go to fund 31 research projects and €845 million will be allocated to 30 large-scale...