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The biggest effort is the German-French Main Ground Combat System, which is progressing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/04\/26\/france-and-germany-sign-off-on-future-battle-tank-system\/\">high-level backing from Berlin and Paris<\/a>. There is also a an industry-led effort to update the Leopard 2 fleet of European armies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parallel European Union-based initiatives, while seemingly disconnected, have previously served to anchor a given defense-cooperation project in the wider Brussels financing scheme, enabling subsidies to flow to projects initiated outside of it at a later time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bloc has allocated funding to the EDF for projects to enhance member states\u2019 capabilities and interoperability. Some of the main expected outcomes include the development of a new generation of land platforms, among them a main battle tank. On May 16 Brussels announced the results of an EDF call for proposals under which more than \u20ac1 billion ($1.1 billion) will be distributed to support 54 joint European defense research and development projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest development in Poland comes about two months after Krzysztof Trofiniak, a seasoned defense industry manager, was named as PGZ\u2019s chief executive. Trofiniak\u2019s return to the group was enabled by the December 2023 swearing in of a new coalition government which ousted the right-wing Law and Justice party from power after eight years of rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OBRUM\u2019s enthusiasm with regards to \u201ctaking part in such a prestigious project\u201d marks a major shift in rhetoric compared with the one exhibited by defense and industry officials under the country\u2019s previous cabinet. During that time, the Ministry of National Defence was showing a strong preference for U.S. and South Korean weapons, including tanks, leading Warsaw to buy M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams, and K2 Black Panthers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, offers of cooperation put forward by Warsaw\u2019s European allies were not taken up. 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