Additional information
Additional regional information :
Countries eligible to the programme:
Sectors :
Aeronautics & space Justice, security, defence Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiary :
All beneficiaries
Regions :
European Economic Area, European Union
Category :
Call for proposals
Manager :
European Commission
Priorities and funded actions
Objective
To contribute to the further development of a European space-based early warning capability against various types of missile threats: ballistic, hypersonic and anti-satellites (ASAT). This topic will focus on the one hand, on the consolidation of the overall system architecture and on the other hand, on the development of the critical technologies needed for such capability.
Priorities
The specific challenges of the topic reside in the following considerations:
- Recent developments and tests of ballistic missiles, hypersonic gliders and ASAT missiles have recalled the eminent and rising threat to the European people arising from those capabilities
- There are currently neither sufficient European sensor capabilities for detection and tracking of such threats nor European capabilities available for their interception
- Until today, Europe is dependent on third-party systems for space-based early warning
- European capabilities for ballistic missile defence (BMD) and against ASAT threats – e.g., sensor capabilities like space-based early warning and the corresponding distribution of object tracking information – are addressed in capability plans of several EU Member States and associated countries, but
only partially developed and not yet operational
- Sovereignty and safety are essential for the EU as well as the capability to act, based on its own intelligence, and the ability to defend, based on its own decisions
- The detection and interception of ballistic and hypersonic threats are complex and costly and would benefit from a cooperative approach at EU level
- An integrated and inclusive approach to study and develop solutions in a collaborative and coordinated way using the expertise and capacities available in the EU (both at industry and government level), including dedicated national
Among financed actions
- Activities that aim to increase interoperability and resilience, including secured production and exchange of data, to master critical defence technologies, to strengthen the security of supply or to enable the effective exploitation of results for defence products and technologies
- Studies, such as feasibility studies to explore the feasibility of new or upgraded products, technologies, processes, services and solutions
- Design of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology as well as the definition of the technical specifications on which such a design has been developed, including any partial test for risk reduction in an industrial or representative environment
- System prototyping of a defence product, tangible or intangible
component or technology
- Testing of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology
- Qualification of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology
- Certification of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology
- Development of technologies or assets increasing efficiency across the life cycle of defence products and technologies
Additional information
- This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
- Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 48 months
Eligibility
- Be legal entities
- Be established in one of the eligible countries
- Proposals must be submitted by minimum 3 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries
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