PPPA – Innovative Deployable Antennas – 2025

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

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

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