The EU's AGILE defence innovation programme has a budget of EUR 115 million.

Omissions

• The Commission proposed AGILE on 25 March 2026 with a EUR 115 million budget; the Council and European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on 15 July 2026 (before the 6 October 2026 session date), maintaining that budget. The Council's formal final adoption took place on 12 October 2026, after the session date, but the EUR 115 million figure was already public and unchanged since the March 2026 proposal.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)€115 million budget under the current Multiannual Financial Framework. · Support for SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups developing disruptive defence technologies. On 25 March 2026, the European Commission proposed the Programme for Agile and Rapid Defence Innovation (AGILE), a new €115 million initiative.
• PrimaryCouncil of the European Union – Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation: Council and Parliament reach political agreementThe Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the proposal to establish the programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE). This is a new €115 million instrument providing rapid, agile and targeted financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
• PrimaryCouncil of the European Union – Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation: Council gives final green lightThe Council formally adopted the regulation establishing the programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE), a new €115 million instrument providing rapid, agile and targeted financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
• SecondaryEUbusiness – Final green light for EU's 'AGILE' programme for rapid defence innovationThe programme will operate with an unprecedented time-to-grant of just four months and for technologies to reach defence forces between 1-3 [years].