European States Launch Low-Cost Effector Program With Air Defense Push

leaders from the E5 group

Leaders from the European Group of Five group at the gathering in Krakow on Feb. 20.

Credit: European Commission
France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK have agreed to pursue lower-cost air defense interceptors jointly as part of a wider effort to work together more closely in quickly developing weapons. Dubbed the Low-Cost Effectors and Autonomous Platforms (LEAP) program, the initiative is intended to...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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