EDIP | Forging Europe’s Defence

Industrial Reinforcement

For EU, Norwegian and Ukrainian industry

Industrial Reinforcement Actions (IRA) are a key component of the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). With over EUR 700 million of funding, IRA is EDIPs largest component and aims to ramp-up defence production in Europe and Ukraine. IRA consists of a total of four calls, two dedicated to reinforcing defence production capacities in Member States and Norway, and two calls that aim at boosting defence production capacity for Ukraine. 

The two calls dedicated to Member States and Norway industry represent funding opportunities to legal entities wanting to increase their manufacturing capacities for energetic components, key electronic components, and defence platforms and end-products. The Union financial support to successful applications will take the form of lump sum grants of up to 35% of the eligible costs of the projects and may reach up to 50% if conditions for increased funding rate are met. Additional information can be found in the call documents in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

The two calls dedicated to Ukraine (USI-IRA) aim at reinforcing Ukrainian defence industrial production capacity, reducing production lead time, strengthening cross-border collaboration between Ukrainian and European companies, and integrating the Ukrainian defence industry further into the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base. Entities from Member States and Ukraine are eligible for USI-IRA calls. USI-IRA calls are complementary to the two IRA calls targeting the industry from the Member States and Norway (see above), while offering a higher funding rate of up to 100% of the eligible cost. 

USI-IRA proposals may request funding for joint filling plants and production lines, reinforcement of specific production capacity and enablement capacity, scale-up of UA systems and ready-to-use production lines, Manufacturing as a Service, and dual-use heavy industry conversion options for defence surge. Additional information can be found in the call documents on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

Common Procurement

For Member States' and Norwegian national contracting authorities

To decrease fragmentation and increase interoperability, EDIP will invest EUR 240 million in support of Member States and Norway’s common procurement of defence equipment such as counter drone, air and missile defence, and ground and naval combat systems. Consortia of contracting authorities from Member States and Norway will be able to respond to calls for proposals to be awarded grants of up to EUR 20 million per project. These calls extend the intervention logic of the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA) launched in 2023 that invested EUR 300 million and leveraged over EUR 11 billion of common procurement by the Member States. The first call will close in October 2026 and the second in February 2027. 

More information can be found on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

European Defence Projects of Common Interest

For Member States and Norway

EDIP contributes to the  establishment and deployment of European Defence Projects of Common Interest (EDPCI) with EUR 325 million. These new, ambitious collaborative industrial projects contributing to the development of Member States’ military capabilities critical for the security and defence interests of the Union will benefit a wider part of the EU and are open for the participation of Norway and Ukraine. They are also fully in line with the EU and NATO capability priorities and expected to make a direct contribution to the EU’s defence readiness. 

On 3^rd July 2026, the European Commission published a proposal for a Council Implementing Decision on the identification of European Projects of Common Interest.  

These large-scale industrial projects will contribute to the development of Member States’ military capabilities in the following critical domains: 

• Drones and counter drone systems, 
• Maritime and seabed defence,  
• Space,  
• Air and missile defence, and  
• Strengthening security along the EU's Eastern Flank. 

Financing opportunities will materialise after the formal establishment of the EDPCIs by the Council and may be continued under the future EU Multiannual Financial Framework. 

More information can be found here 

Defence Innovation Action

For EU and Ukraine industry

As part of USI, EUR 35.3 million will be invested to establish a new defence innovation action under the BraveTechEU brand benefitting Ukrainian and EU industry, with a focus on start-ups and SMEs. This new defence innovation scheme will be implemented together with Ukraine and will boost innovation to address urgent and critical challenges faced by the Ukrainian armed forces and strengthen the competitiveness of the European defence industry.

Structure for European Armament Programme

For Member States, Norway, and Ukraine

A Structure for European Armament Programme (SEAP) is a legal framework established by the EDIP regulation for Member States and Associated Countries to manage international armament programmes. A SEAP is a legal body under international law and might be exempted from value-added tax. SEAPs are eligible to apply for EDIP calls and may receive funding from EDIP. For IRA and CPA calls, SEAPs are eligible to receive bonus funding under certain conditions as an incentive to establish SEAPs. See the relevant Call document for details.

Fund Accelerating Supply Chain Transformation: contribution to the Defence Equity Facility 2.0

For Investment Funds

FAST will allocate EUR 100 million to Defence Equity Facility 2.0, a flagship pan-European fund of funds providing equity support to SMEs, including start-ups, and small midcaps across the Union, in order to leverage, de-risk and accelerate investments needed by these companies to increase their defence manufacturing capacities. 

• Building on the success of the first phase  of the Defence Equity Facility, DEF 2.0 is a pan-european fund-of-funds implemented by the European Investment Fund (EIF), which aims to further stimulate the development of private funds investing in the defence technologies and products and improve access to equity finance for defence SMEs and small midcaps.
• Under EDIP, the Commission allocated €100 million to DEF 2.0, with further co-funding expected from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Member States, in view of reaching an investment capacity of €1 billion.
• DEF 2.0 will support European defence-focused private equity, venture capital, private debt, and infrastructure funds by acting as an investor, thereby crowding in additional investors.
• Funds receiving support under FAST will invest in growth-stage companies established in the EU or Norway which industrialise or manufacture defence products or are part of the Union’s defence supply chains. Investments will align with the priority defence capability areas identified by Member States and in the White Paper on European Defence – Readiness 2030.
• Fund managers seeking support from the Facility will have to apply through a dedicated call for Expression of Interest (to be published in Q2/Q3).

Security of Supply

For Europe

The constant degradation of the security context has triggered surges in demand for defence products and is likely to exacerbate future supply crises in relation to such products.  There is a concrete risk that security of supply measures adopted at national level are not sufficient to tackle effectively challenges in the future and that the cross-border effects on the Union-wide defence supply chains cannot sufficiently be taken into account nor be appropriately addressed by individual Member States. The EU reacted by establishing a Security of Supply Regime in the EDIP Regulation approved in November 2025. 

To assist and provide recommendations to the Commission in this domain, a Defence Security of Supply Board (DSSB) has been established. The Board is composed of representatives from all MS, the Commission, the High Representative and the EDA. It is co-chaired by a representative of the Commission and of the MS holding the rotating presidency of the Council. Only Member States have voting rights. Representatives of the European Parliament can be invited to attend as observers and associated countries can become members without vote right.

The Security of Supply regime in the EDIP Regulation provides the Union with a structured framework for mapping, monitoring, and responding to security-related supply crises.

The regime establishes a structured set of tools to detect emerging vulnerabilities and respond in a coordinated manner when disruptions occur:

The Regulation distinguishes two types of crisis states:  

1. The supply-crisis state can be activated when serious disruptions or imminent risks affect crisis-relevant products and risk fragmenting the internal market. 
2. The security-related supply crisis state can be activated when disruptions concern defence products and arise from security-related events affecting the Union.   

The introduction of a Union-wide security of supply regime could also result in positive effects on the competitiveness of the European Defence Technological and Industrial base (EDTIB). The results of mapping and monitoring EU’s supply chains of crisis-relevant products also provide relevant information for the development of Union measures aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of the EDTIB. Moreover, the ability of cross-border supply chains of the Union to ensure an undisturbed supply of defence products could become a determining factor for the competitiveness of the EDTIB.

Military Sales Catalogue

For Member States, Norway, Ukraine, and Industry

After Russia started its aggression against Ukraine in 2022, Europe faced a shortage of ammunition. While Europe had significant production capacities, they were not used efficiently due to a lack of awareness. Instead, ammunition was often purchased elsewhere. Such misperceptions are limiting the European Defence Technological and Industrial base (EDTIB) and need to be corrected. 

To improve Member States’ awareness of the availability of EDTIB and Ukrainian DTIB products, the Commission will establish a single, centralised and up-to-date catalogue of European and Ukrainian defence products under EDIP.  This online catalogue will display products manufactured by economic operators that are established and have their executive management structures in the Union, an associated country or Ukraine, and the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used for the purpose of manufacturing those products should be located in the Union, an associated country or Ukraine. 

It will indicate if the manufacturer has the design authority of its product and may indicate if it has received support through EU defence instruments. It will also showcase European Defence Fund-backed defence technologies and products. Member States, Norway, Ukraine and economic operators will be invited to populate the catalogue on a voluntary basis. Further information will be provided on this webpage as it becomes available.

Defence Talent Platform

For Graduates and Young professionals

The Defence Talent Platform is the one-stop-shop for young graduates and professionals interested in a career in defence. It aims at encouraging talent to pursue a career in defence and improve access to talent for defence companies, in particular SMEs and small mid-caps. It will:

• Provide a comprehensive overview of entry-level jobs and traineeships across the defence sector in the EU, and
• Provide vouchers for traineeships in defence SMEs and small mid-caps, including start-ups and scale-ups.

The Commission aims to launch the platform in Q4 2026. Further information will be provided on this webpage as it becomes available.