That would be lovely ๐ buuuut I certainly wouldn't trust us from the EU perspective.
The UK has it's "special relationship" with the United States; it's frequently touting it's past history with the US; and now suddenly it wants to access a EU defence programme through cash money?
If I were any one of the EU members, I'd be like "nah fella I don't think so, stop hanging round with your tosser mate and maybe we'll think about it"
alright mate yeah cheers, how's yours?