Programme Category
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 overall goal is to explore novel concepts and operational opportunities for providing to the Commander essential intelligence about the adversary, their capabilities and objectives while operating in and through cyberspace. CTI enhanced with a Semantic Threat Enrichment module able to analyse both data coming from public repositories and the dark web to generate Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and Indicators of Attacks (IoAs) will support Cyberspace Operations.
Detailed Call Description
The proposals are expected to develop novel solutions leveraging full-spectrum cyber defence (physical, logical, cyber persona) under an adversarial-focused perspective. The proposals are expected to aim at CSA-supporting technology with a view to provide the necessary technical information elements that are needed to process the vast amounts of information in order to produce from tactical to COPs, as well as
other technical artifacts to be used by decision-makers in need of CSA. This includes creation of graphics like timelines, histograms or relationship graphs, personalized dashboards, and reports according to the responsibilities of each user. Special attention shall be paid to the interoperability and collaboration with existing solutions at Security Operations Centre (SOC), Network Operations Centre (NOC) and Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) level, where duplication of effort is to be avoided.
The proposals are expected to cover state of the art technologies. Enhanced situational awareness information handling and visualisation systems are expected to have a capability to present overarching views of the battlefield environment through COPs via data exportable modules of logic information to be interoperable with other operational pictures be at land, sea, air or space, taking into account ongoing evolution of the C2 military systems towards the Internet of the Military Things (IOMT) scenario which poses additional complexity, and sustain against a massive attack to critical battlefield system.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Projects should normally last between 12 and 48 months.
Thematic Categories
- Information Technology
- Justice - Security
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- 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
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities (public or private bodies), established in EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) or listed EEA countries (‘EDF associated countries’). Also, they must have their executive management structure established in eligible countries and must not be subject to control by a non-associated third country or non-associated third-country entity.
Consortium composition
Proposals must be submitted by minimum 3 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries.
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