EU Council approves negotiating mandate for €115 million AGILE defence innovation programme
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EU member states' representatives (Coreper) approved the Council's mandate to negotiate with the European Parliament on establishing the AGILE programme, a €115 million initiative designed to provide rapid, agile, and targeted financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups, and scale-ups in the defence innovation sector. The programme aims to complement existing EU defence industrial instruments by focusing on developing and testing emerging and disruptive technologies.
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Designed as a smart and nimble complement to the EU's existing toolbox of defence industrial instruments, AGILE aims to provide rapid, agile and targeted financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – including start-ups and scale-ups.
It will focus in particular on supporting the development and testing of emerging and disruptive technologies.
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