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EDA's EUR 1.3 million camouflage materials project enters test phase

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.

Reported AI-drafted European Security & Defence (euro-sd.com), 21 March 2025

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

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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