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Europe's ITAR-Free Turn Is No Longer a Preference. It Is a Procurement Criterion.
ITAR-free status has moved from a competitive differentiator to a hard eligibility gate in European defence procurement. SAFE and EDIP, both now in force, cap non-EU components at 35% of end-product cost. European founders who have not audited their bill of materials to the component level are already behind.
Julian Walder · 5 Aug 2026
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