The program is said to be for Civilian purposes only, but a lot of these aspects fall under “dual use” and it is enough to “state” a Civilian purpose. In the context of Israel we know the government and affiliated institutions to be notorious liars.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/18/eu-horizon-funding-israel

Data collected by the European Commission and analysed by Al Jazeera shows that since October 7, the EU has awarded Israeli institutions more than 238 million euros ($250m), including 640,000 euros ($674,000) to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a top aerospace and aviation manufacturer supplying the Israeli army.

While guidelines regulating the Horizon framework require funded projects to be “exclusively focused on civil applications”, they acknowledge that a “considerable number of technologies and products are generic and can address the needs of both civil and military users”.

Technology that can serve both civil and military uses – so-called “dual use” – may qualify for EU funding as long as the stated objective is civil.

Manufacturing, Digital, Space Tech and Robotics are strong candidates for military technology. In particular Digital probably contains “cyber”-security which means both offense and defense capabilities for military uses, AI for mass surveillance by the police can be used for surveillance and targeting of “hostile” Civilians in a military context. Space Tech probably contains technology usable for spy satellites and missile systems. Robotics probably contains controls and technology usable for military surveillance and combat drones. As for manufacturing, high-tech military equipment relies on high-tech production systems.

It wouldn’t matter, as the money that is saved is probably spent on weapons.