Permanent air or space capabilities for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and communication, tactical Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) and sensor suite for integration into air-traffic management

Call: Permanent air or space capabilities for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and communication, tactical Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) and sensor suite for integration into air-traffic management

Programme

European Defence Industrial Development Programme

Acronym

EDIDP

Type of Fund

Action programme

Description of programme
"European Defence Industrial Development Programme"

The European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP), which paves the way for the European Defence Fund that will be established for the funding period 2021-2027, focuses on the promotion of a strong and innovative defence industry as well as on raising the EU's autonomy and technological leadership in defence. For the funding period of 2017-2020 the EDIDP supports defence research and the development of equipment and technology.

Link

Link to Programme

Call

Permanent air or space capabilities for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and communication, tactical Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) and sensor suite for integration into air-traffic management

Description of call
"Permanent air or space capabilities for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and communication, tactical Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) and sensor suite for integration into air-traffic management"

Proposals under this call can be submitted under the following topics:

Development of a low-observable tactical RPAS with the capability to provide near real time information and with modern self-protection
European Detect and Avoid (DAA) function based on new sensors and processing for RPAS integration into air-traffic management
European High Altitude Platform Station (Euro-HAPS) solution for Union defence (surveillance of maritime zones, land borders or critical assets)
Persistent earth observation from space with automated interpretation of data and information, including artificial intelligence, cloud solutions and real time on-board processing by sensors

Link

Link to Call

Thematic Focus

Research, Innovation, Security, Traffic

Funding area

EU Member States

Origin of Applicant

EU Member States

Eligible applicants

Research Institution, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), Public Services, Start Up Company, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), University

Type of Funding

Grants

Financial details

Total call budget: 43.7 million €
Co-financing rate: max. 90%

Submission

Proposals should be submitted in pdf format on a USB stick or CD-RROM and have to be sent to the following address:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
EDIDP Call 2019
Unit I.4
Office address: BREY 09/028
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium

Contact Details

EC-EDIDP-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu

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