Ukraine and France Launch €20 Million Brave France Grant Program for Missile, Drone, and Air Defense Development
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Vlad Litnarovych
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Summary
Ukraine and France have launched Brave France, a €20 million joint grant program to develop missiles, drones, and air defense technologies. The agreement was signed at the Eurosatory 2026 defense exhibition in Paris by France's Defense Innovation Agency and Ukraine's Brave1 defense cluster, with French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin in attendance. The initiative will be implemented through Brave1, Ukraine's government-backed defense technology platform.
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Ukraine and France have launched Brave France, a new €20 million joint grant program aimed at developing missiles, unmanned systems, and technologies to counter aerial threats, Brave1 announced on June 17.
French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin also attended the signing.
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