France and Germany have launched the JEWEL initiative (Joint Early Warning for a European Lookout) to lay the foundation for a European early warning capability, aimed at detecting and tracking missile threats. On 15 October 2025, French Minister for the Armed Forces and Veterans, Catherine Vautrin, and German Federal Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius, signed a Letter of Intent formalising the cooperation.

France and Germany launch JEWEL project to build Europe’s first early warning missile detection system

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France and Germany have launched the JEWEL initiative (Joint Early Warning for a European Lookout) to lay the foundation for a European early warning capability, aimed at detecting and tracking missile threats.

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