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 objective of this topic is to explore the creation of a new European Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC) capability to meet the requirements of Member States and EDF associated countries (Norway).
Detailed Call Description
The proposals aim to achieve initial capability in the short term and full capability in-service within the next decade.
The scope includes identifying and evaluating short-term and long-term strategic airlift solutions, considering factors such as economic and military performance, availability, and certification aspects.
The scope might well consist of a staggered two- (or multi-) fold approach, for example:
- Solution A: desired solution with desired capability and clearly defined IOC/FOC; required to have maximum life cycle;
- Solution B: (interim) solution with less than desired capability and no clearly defined IOC/FOC; required to be supportable and to have a life cycle enabling operations until FOC is reached.
The key element of this topic will be to establish the feasibility of the common European requirements for this capability, aiming for unity of effort among Member States and EDF associated countries (Norway) in order to create a single platform.
Call Total Budget
Thematic Categories
- Justice - Security
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Transport
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.
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).
Consortium composition – For all topics under this call, including EDF-2023-RA-DIS-LDEW, 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