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# Commission's 2025 defence fund call draws record 410 project proposals
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-20-edf-2025-call-record-response/
- Published: 2025-10-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:01:15.000Z
- Description: The European Commission says its European Defence Fund 2025 call drew 410 project proposals, up 38% on 2024, competing for the EUR 1.065 billion on offer, over EUR 336 million reserved for SMEs. Results are due in April 2026.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Commission DG DEFIS press release, 20 October 2025](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/record-response-european-defence-fund-2025-call-410-project-proposals-submitted-eu1065-billion-2025-10-20%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish which proposals will be funded; the Commission's evaluation and award decisions are still pending.

**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/).

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