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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.
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Summary
The specific objective of this topic is to develop military SSA sensors, command and control centres and Space Surveillance Network initial operational capability among the sMS.
Detailed Call Description
The general objective of this topic is to develop interconnected military SSA centres with their respective sensors to foster a larger degree of European autonomy with respect to awareness of the situation in space in order to contribute to a RSP, and support space operations, taking also benefit of relationships which may be established with other partner nations and organisations and their capabilities.
The proposals must address the development of a military SSA capability broken down into two components:
- sensors and data processing for detection, tracking, identification and characterisation of space objects in LEO, MEO and GEO orbits;
- Space Situational Awareness Command and Control (SC2) centres, able to manage the sensors and the processing of collected data, including fusion of data processed at sensor level, and a space surveillance network (SSN) interconnecting military SSA C2 centres allowing the sharing of data;
able to:
- allow SSA sensor planning, data management, processing and sharing inside and between military Space Situational Awareness C2 Centres of sMS in accordance with an agreed data policy up to SECRET level;
- provide the basis for a shared, and consequently enhanced RSP and support space operations through added-value services to sMS;
- share data with military Space Situational Awareness centres of NATO allies.
The proposals must cover at least the following sensors:
- ground-based optical sensors. This item should include:
- photometer;
- spectrophotometer;
- laser ranger;
- high frequency imager;
- polarimetric imager;
- adaptive optics;
This may also include multiband imager (from visible to IR).
- ground-based RF sensors. This item should include:
- radar sensors in monostatic configuration, including tracking and surveillance radars with characterisation capabilities;
- radar sensors in multistatic configuration;
- Inversed Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) imaging radars (considering multidimensional imaging);
- passive radio-frequency;
- space-based sensors as hosted payloads for big satellites and small satellites and as only payloads for small satellites for LEO, MEO and GEO. This item should include:
- optical, including multi-band/hyperspectral imaging systems;
- radar;
- passive radio-frequency.
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Thematic Categories
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Justice - Security
- Other Thematic Category
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applications will only be considered eligible if their content corresponds wholly (or at least in part) to the topic description for which it is submitted.
Eligible participants (eligible countries) – In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries (‘EDF associated countries’, see list of participating countries)
- have their executive management structure established in eligible countries
- must not be subject to control by a non-associated third country or nonassociated third-country entity (unless they can provide guarantees – see Annex 2 – approved by the Member State or EDF associated country where they are established).
Associated partners which are not established in one of the eligible countries (or which are subject to control by a non-associated third country or non-associated third-country entity) may however participate exceptionally if certain conditions are fulfilled (not contravene EU and MS security and defence interests; consistent with EDF objectives; results not subject to control or restriction by non-associated third countries or non-associated third-country entities; no unauthorised access to classified information; no potential negative effects over security of supply of inputs which are critical for the project), subject to agreement by the granting authority and without any funding under the grant.
Consortium composition – For all topics under this call, 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
For help related to this call, please contact: DEFIS-EDF-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu