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Lockheed Martin earmarks USD 100 million venture fund for UK and Europe

US prime Lockheed Martin earmarked USD 100 million of its USD 1 billion venture fund for UK and European startups and opened a London office, without yet naming which companies will receive the capital.

Verified AI-drafted Lockheed Martin press release, 16 July 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish which European companies will receive investment or that any individual deal has closed.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. US firm earmarks USD100M for UK/EU startups; no recipients or deals named. 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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