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 has opened under the call ”Research for disruptive technologies for defence applications” (EDF-2021-DIS-RDIS).
This topic addresses the technologies for an EU OTH radar network concept offering deep collaborative strategic surveillance and data sharing. In this regard, both HF Surface- and Sky- Wave radar technologies, possibly in combination with higher frequency sensors, should be explored regarding their respective advantages in terms of covered area in long ranges and gap filler.
Detailed Call Description
In order to enhance situational awareness and operation superiority, there is a EU requirement to improve detection, tracking and identification capabilities of over wide areas, with increased range of detection and minimum latency. High frequency (HF) over-the-horizon (OTH) systems need therefore to be improved whilst an EU concept for cognitive and scalable network of HF OTH sensors could be investigated.
The proposals must conclude to the creation of a proof of concept for the intended solution. This will exhibit the intended functionality and act as a testbed for the development of prototype-scale projects in the future.
Activities aiming to increase interoperability and resilience, studies, design. The targeted activities should in particular include:
- Integrating knowledge
- Studies
- Design
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Justice - Security
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
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