SAFE Technical Assistance: Financing the Preliminary Design Phase
Leveraging non-reimbursable EU grants to structure bankable industrial investment plans under Regulation (EU) 2025/1106.
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About this report
Entry into the European defense and security ecosystem is no longer solely a matter of technical merit; it is increasingly defined by the economic sustainability of the pre-investment phase.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often find that structuring an industrial project capable of attracting AAA-rated capital requires a level of financial and human resource commitment that exceeds their immediate liquidity. Regulation (EU) 2025/1106, which establishes the SAFE instrument, addresses this critical bottleneck by introducing a dedicated funding line for preliminary design and feasibility studies.
Key questions this report answers
- How does Regulation (EU) 2025/1106 establishing SAFE finance the preliminary design and feasibility phase for defence projects?
- Why does the pre-investment phase pose a liquidity bottleneck that prevents SMEs from attracting AAA-rated capital?
- What must an SME demonstrate to access the dedicated SAFE technical-assistance funding line?
- How does de-risking the preliminary design phase change the economics of SME entry into the defence and security ecosystem?
Who it's for
Bid, compliance and advisory teams working with EU defence funding and procurement instruments, and the counsel who support them.
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