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 "slug": "uk-first-leap-contracts-3-16-million-frankenberg-greenjets-cambridge-aerospace-interceptors",
 "title": "Britain Places the First LEAP Contracts, GBP 3.16 Million to Three Firms for Low-Cost Drone Interceptors",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-first-leap-contracts-3-16-million-frankenberg-greenjets-cambridge-aerospace-interceptors/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-first-leap-contracts-3-16-million-frankenberg-greenjets-cambridge-aerospace-interceptors/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-13T23:42:50.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:22:54.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon, 13 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The UK Ministry of Defence awarded GBP 3.16 million to Frankenberg Technologies, Greenjets and Cambridge Aerospace to develop low-cost drone interceptors\n * These are the first contracts placed under LEAP — Low-Cost Effectors and Autonomous Platforms — by any of its five partner nations\n * LEAP is a five-nation effort (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Poland) launched by the E5 defence ministers at Kraków in February 2026, targeting larg",
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 "tags": [
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  "iamd-air-missile-defense"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "france",
  "germany",
  "italy",
  "poland",
  "ukraine",
  "united-kingdom"
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