{"id":69612,"date":"2025-05-07T12:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/07\/how-the-european-defence-agency-can-unleash-europes-startups\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:16:17","slug":"how-the-european-defence-agency-can-unleash-europes-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/opinion\/2025\/05\/07\/how-the-european-defence-agency-can-unleash-europes-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"How the European Defence Agency can unleash Europe\u2019s startups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest European Defence Agency (EDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/eda.europa.eu\/publications-and-data\/all-publications\/annual-report-2024\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/eda.europa.eu\/publications-and-data\/all-publications\/annual-report-2024\">annual report<\/a> paints a hopeful picture. Europe is finally showing signs of strategic geopolitical maturity: prioritizing defense cooperation, investing in emerging tech, and consolidating ways of operating that have historically been fragmented across its member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s reason for optimism. But still, something is holding Europe back with regard to its defense: its failure to harness its startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/09\/european-defence-agency-portfolio-swells-under-blocs-defense-ambition\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/09\/european-defence-agency-portfolio-swells-under-blocs-defense-ambition\/\">EDA is the coordinating hub<\/a> of the EU\u2019s defense efforts \u2013 aligning national priorities, facilitating joint procurement, and translating political ambition into operational reality \u2013 it remains difficult for small, fast, high-tech firms to gain access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That matters because in today\u2019s defense landscape, speed counts as much as, if not more than, scale. Innovation is taking place not in big, state-run research centers but in small labs, university spinoffs, and dual-use companies whose teams think in weeks and months instead of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2025\/03\/19\/eus-2030-defense-plan-pushes-for-more-joint-spending-at-home\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2157423626.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">EU\u2019s 2030 defense plan pushes for more joint spending at home<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The plan for now excludes the U.K., Turkey and the U.S., though officials in Brussels are planning fresh overtures at Britain in defense cooperation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Ukraine, companies like these are the ones making a difference. Cheap drones, made by university-age tech entrepreneurs, are taking out massive, expensive tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even companies that aren\u2019t new to defense \u2013 companies whose products are already deployed in NATO operations \u2013 struggle. Even with a proven track record, a company is liable to find the EDA system opaque and that navigating it is painfully slow. Access to the right forums requires insider knowledge, open calls are rare, and the paths to partnership are littered with red tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China, and probably Russia, don\u2019t have this problem. They integrate startups quickly into their military-industrial bases, and marshal the vast resources of the state to scale promising startups and keep bureaucracy to a minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States, too, doesn\u2019t have this issue. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) takes calculated gambles on emerging tech, makes open calls and supports a culture of big thinking. One in four American defense contracts now goes to a small business, and DARPA investment is behind the development of the internet and autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the surface, it looks like Europe is trying to follow suit. Through the European Defence Fund, the EDA supports SME-led initiatives. It is strengthening ties with Ukraine, Norway, and the United States. Its interest in AI, autonomous systems, and materials science shows it recognizes where the future lies. And in 2023, the EDA managed over 100 research and technology projects worth \u20ac681 million ($774 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in strategic terms, that investment is a drop in the ocean, and these moves have yet to become more than promising gestures. If the EU is serious about its autonomy and resilience, it has to increase both the scale and speed of defense innovation, which means opening the gates to the startup world and inviting the companies in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s be practical. What we need to see are routine open calls that are well-publicized and transparent. We also need entry into expert groups, such as CapTechs, to be streamlined. We need to fast-track startups with relevant, dual-use tech so that whatever they\u2019re building can go from the lab to the field without fuss and paperwork, and enter into rapid feedback loops that mean constant iteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we need more proactive outreach. Startups must have access to the strategic plans of the military in order to develop in the right way, and in the right direction and to propose solutions to military leaders. If it\u2019s true that Europe must be able to defend itself within 18 months \u2013 and this is what some leading voices are saying \u2013 then it should be hammering on the door of every promising startup on the continent, not waiting to be approached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Europe must also consider abandoning university civil clauses that block them from engaging with defense, and make dual-use a prerequisite for research grants. This is easy to do, and would make a world of difference. Europe is home to some of the most brilliant engineers and thinkers in the world. We already educate the talent; why do we then sideline it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t get me wrong: the EDA has accomplished much already. It has brought coherence to a scattered defense landscape. That\u2019s no small feat. But it does have to go further. We need cultural change. It simply has to be made easier for people outside the traditional ecosystem to contribute to Europe\u2019s defenses. That means acting more quickly, communicating more plainly, and building mechanisms that reflect how innovation actually works today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s in everyone\u2019s interest to do this. Because the future of European security will not be built by bureaucracy. It will be built by those willing to take risks, move fast, and reimagine what defense can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they\u2019re already here. We just need to let them in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Robert Br\u00fcll is CEO at Aachen, Germany-based FibreCoat.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Startups must have access to the strategic plans of the military in order to develop the right technology, argues FibreCoat&#8217;s Robert 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