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# Thales-led EU consortium launches EUR 19 million FMBTech tank tech project
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-04-22-eu-fmbtech-edf-project-launched/
- Published: 2025-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:01:53.000Z
- Description: A 26 member, 13 country EU consortium led by Thales launched FMBTech, a EUR 19 million European Defence Fund project to develop modular technology upgrades for existing and future main battle tanks.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [Thales press release, corroborated via VTT EU grant record, 22 April 2025](https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/news-centre/press-releases/european-main-battle-tank-development-fmbtech-project-has-been-launched?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any resulting technology will be fielded on tanks, only that the three year research project has started.

**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](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/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](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)