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EDF 2025 Budget Allocation: Zero Air Defence, €192 Million for Ground Combat
Why does the EDF 2025 Work Programme allocate no budget to Air and Missile Defence for a second consecutive year?
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-03-30
This report examines a specific inconsistency within the current European defence-industrial landscape. The EDF 2025 Work Programme allocates no budget to Air and Missile Defence for the second consecutive year, even though integrated air and missile defence remains a formal capability priority in the EU planning framework and continues to appear in Member State collaborative signalling.
At the same time, Ground Combat receives €192 million and emerges as the single largest category in the 2025 Part II allocation.
This analysis answers: Why does the EDF 2025 Work Programme allocate no budget to Air and Missile Defence for a second consecutive year? How does Ground Combat's EUR 192 million allocation emerge as the single largest 2025 Part II category? What Ukraine-related FSTP amendments and BraveTech EU signals appear within EDF 2025? What does the 2024-2025 AIRDEF gap, 2026 re-entry and two-part budget architecture imply strategically?
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At the same time, Ground Combat receives €192 million and emerges as the single largest category in the 2025 Part II allocation.
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