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
This topic was opened in the framework of the call “Research on naughty technologies for defense applications” (EDF-2021-DIS-RDIS).
This theme aims to stimulate the development of new quantum detection devices, laser technologies and computational algorithms, such as geometric reconstruction and artificial intelligence, as to enable discovery in visual sense and state awareness. Thus, reconstruction and artificial intelligence could be explored in order to expand the range of perception of the forces and thus increase their survival and supremacy on the battlefield.
NLOS applications can extend the perception range of optical sensors to areas where direct projection is hidden while maintaining high spatial optical resolution.
Detailed Call Description
Expertise from different fields is to be combined to build a demonstrator to be validated in a relevant environment. In this context, the topic calls for research in fields of computer science, for the development of novel reconstruction algorithms, semiconductor electronics, for the development of highly sensitive and precise single photon counting devices, and photonics for the development of laser illumination and optical receiver. All research activities may be led to a laboratory scale demonstration system which may be tested in relevant scenarios.
Classically, the perception area of optical sensors is limited to the line-of-sight. This area can be extended by computational imaging to areas outside the direct line-of-sight: using highly sensitive devices, multiple diffuse reflected photons can be recorded and their signatures analysed by sophisticated algorithms, such as physically based back-projection or artificial intelligence. Due to multiple diffuse reflections, the expected signals are very low and require quantum sensing devices with single photon counting capabilities. Further, the sensors have to measure the photon roundtrip path length with high precision.
Targeted activities: Activities aiming to create, underpin and improve knowledge, activities aiming to increase interoperability and resilience, studies.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Information Technology
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Any consortium of eligible legal entities as defined in Article 9 of the EDF regulation and involving at least two legal entities established in at least two different Member States or associated countries. These two legal entities shall not, during the entire period in which the action is carried out, be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same legal entity, and shall not control each other.
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
(Publish Date: 30/09/2021-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/defence-industry-and-space_en