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# EU Defence Fund opens EUR 15 million call for light attack aircraft study
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-01-06-eu-fmla-light-aircraft-study-call/
- Published: 2026-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T10:58:57.000Z
- Description: The European Defence Fund opened a EUR 15 million call for proposals to study and design a stealth influenced Future Multirole Light Aircraft to replace European air forces' ageing light combat fleets by the mid 2030s.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [The Defense Post, 6 January 2026](https://thedefensepost.com/2026/01/06/eu-stealth-light-aircraft/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish which consortium will win the study contract, since the call remains open for proposals.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Only a EUR15m study call opened; no contractor picked, no capability built. [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; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-17\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)