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EU Defence Fund opens EUR 15 million call for light attack aircraft study

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.

Reported Editor-read The Defense Post, 6 January 2026

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

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

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