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Consortium Eligibility: How to Build a Fundable Defence Partnership
What is the central argument of “Consortium Eligibility”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-06-09
European defence funding does not reward technology in isolation. Under EDF, EDIP and related EU instruments, a proposal is assessed through the structure that carries it: the coordinator, industrial partners, research organisations, SMEs, end-users, test centres, subcontractors, ownership links, governance arrangements and capacity to execute.
A technically promising company can remain difficult to fund if it is embedded in a weak or incompatible consortium.
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