The EU has been promoting multiple initiatives to strengthen its military capabilities, in both strategic and operational terms, such as the Capability Development Plan (CDP), the Permanent Structure Cooperation (PESCO), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the European Defence Fund (EDF). In particular, the EDF is of utmost interest, as it allocates funds to research and capability development projects, thus representing a stimulating and changing environment for EU industries, academia and practitioners to share and join their expertise for the purpose of defence innovation.