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PPPA – Innovative Deployable Antennas – 2025

PPPA - Pilot Projects (PP) and Preparatory Actions (PA) are important tools for the formulation of political priorities and the introduction of new initiatives that could develop into permanent EU activities and programs (with their own budget lines).

2025-05-27
1.450.000 euro
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Call synthesis

Call reference PPPA-2025-DEPLAN
Programme Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions
Institution European Commission
Sectors Aeronautics & Space Business & Industry Justice, Security, Defence Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Large company (> 250 employees) Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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Call reference

PPPA-2025-DEPLAN



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Priorities and funded actions

Objective

To promote cooperation between different actors (industry, SMEs and research institutions) and consider opportunities to quickly turn technological innovation into commercial use in space.

Priorities

  • Priority 1: To contribute to higher sustainability of space infrastructure by reinforcing the feasibility and potential of novel techniques linked to the in-orbit recycling of space assets
  • Priority 2: To identify of novel techniques for ground manufacturing of deployable antennas and the re-use parts/materials from end-of-life assets and antennas for further manufacturing/assembly in-orbit
  • Priority 3: To contribute to the elaboration of possible future use-cases for planned initiatives such as the In-Space Operations and Services (ISOS) Pilot Mission under the “Acting in Space” activities in Horizon Europe
  • Priority 4: To reduce the dependencies from non-EU countries for the critical space technologies relevant to reflectors and deployable antennas, accelerate time to market and increase EU sovereignty.

Among financed actions

  • Basic and applied research.
  • Technology development and integration.
  • Testing, demonstration, and validation of prototypes in lab or simulated environments​.

Eligibility

  • Be a legal person
  • Be a public or private entity
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
    • Non-EU states: Norway and Iceland
  • A consortium composed of at least three independent legal entities established in at least three different countries (EU Member States, Norway, or Iceland).

Additional information

  • Contact: DEFIS-B2-SPACE-RESEARCH@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 1.450.000 euro
  • Funding rate: up to 60.000 euro of the total eligible costs