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# EDA's EUR 1.3 million camouflage materials project enters test phase
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-21-eda-ascals-test-phase/
- Published: 2025-03-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:01:41.000Z
- Description: The European Defence Agency's EUR 1.3 million ASCALS project, run by ten institutions from six states, completed its research into adaptive camouflage materials. It now enters a development phase aiming to test the materials on military platforms by 2027.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [European Security & Defence (euro-sd.com), 21 March 2025](https://euro-sd.com/2025/03/major-news/43234/eda-ascals-enters-test-phase/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that any state has committed funding or contracts for the follow-on development phase.

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