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Programme Name
Programme Description
The European Defence Fund (EDF) is the Commission’s initiative to support collaborative defence research and development, and to foster an innovative and competitive defence industrial base.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The proliferation of advanced long-range Integrated Air Defence Systems (IADS), incorporating threats that can operate across different frequency bands and attack aircraft at ranges up to 400 km, could create Anti Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) areas.
In such A2/AD areas, which could equally affect EU Member States’ and associated countries’ airspace, air operations including projection of forces by air would not be possible in case of emergence of a crisis.
As European forces increasingly face sophisticated long range IADS and A2/AD systems, airborne electronic attack (AEA) capabilities become essential to create safe bubbles around formations of aircraft. From the operational perspective, the AEA
capability must be able to mitigate Electro Magnetic (EM) threats in the largest possible Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum used in military operations. The effects should be coordinated with stand-in, stand-off, self-protection of manned and
unmanned platforms. This implies to operate in a consistent and a synergetic way all the assets of the electronic warfare (transmitter, receiver) that would be in motion and in different places.
Detailed Call Description
The main challenge is therefore to enable any platform involved in AEA missions to adapt to the latest in electronic warfare (EW) requirements, which include (soft) suppression of enemy air defences, escort role, electronic attack, self-protected/timecritical strike support, and continuous capability enhancement. Currently the EU Member States and Norway capabilities in countering these threats are limited and when needed, most of the required capability is provided by NATO allies. Moreover, AEA has been identified by the Council as a main CSDP military capability shortfall (High Impact Capability Goal) to be addressed in the medium term. The EU Capability Development Plan (CDP) also identifies electronic attack as one of the priority areas for development.
Against this background, the objective of this call is to carry on the development of a set of building blocks to be installed in different platforms and systems leading to reduce the operational risks related to EU Member States and Norway air force engagements within European territories as well as the force-projection in other potential areas of operations.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
For the funding rate please visit page 8 of the call document.
Thematic Categories
- Information Technology
- Justice - Security
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Central Government
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Local Authority clusters
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Defense
172-174 Strovolos Avenue, 2048 Strovolos, Nicosia,
website: https://mod.gov.cy/
Telephone: 22 807500
Email: defence@mod.gov.cy
Department of Research and Innovation
Phones: 22 807755, 22 807754
Email: research.innovation@mod.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
European Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/defence-industry-and-space_en