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European Defence Fund – Improved capacity for cyber training and exercises – 2021

EDF aims to foster the competitiveness, efficiency and innovation capacity of the defence technological and industrial base throughout the European Union.

2021-12-09

20 million euro

Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

To create a toolset that allows significantly increased efficiency in the cyber trainings and exercises process while also enhancing cyber ranges interoperability and cost-efficiency;
To develop a technological demonstrator modules that can be easily configured and interfaced to existing systems to conduct cyber trainings and exercises.

Priorities

Priority 1: Development of agents capable of using common software applications in a similar manner to human users;
Priority 2: Development of a system capable of collecting data about the cyber operators’ activities during trainings and exercises, and automatically analysing tasks of low to medium complexity while also providing supporting data and insight to evaluate advanced situations;
Priority 3: Development of a scenario language which enables scenario sharing with other cyber ranges and ensures interoperability between different cyber ranges;
Priority 4: Development of enhanced multi-domain cyber range simulations, standards and interfaces to interconnect relevant systems and environments in order to allow simulation of realistic joint cross-domain scenarios and situational awareness;
Priority 5: Standards and protocols development for federated scoring system, exchange of situational awareness information, including federated cyber range operation.

Among financed actions

Studies, such as feasibility studies to explore the feasibility of new or improved technologies, products, 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 design has been developed which may include partial tests for risk reduction in an industrial or representative environment;
Development of a model of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology, which can demonstrate the element’s performance in an operational environment (system prototype);
Testing of product, tangible or intangible component or technology.

Additional information

This call for proposals is an open call for proposals.
Initial duration of the action: up to 48 months.

Eligibility

Be a legal entity (public or private).

European Defence Fund – Improved capacity for cyber training and exercises – 2021

Additional information

Priorities and funded actions

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