Joint Call for Proposals for Research and Innovation Projects – European Partnership – Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Call 2024

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Code: 34701 | Identifier Code: DUT | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 02/09/2024 | End submission calls: 14/11/2024

The purpose of this Call for proposals is to support transnational research and/or innovation projects addressing urban challenges to help cities in their transition towards a more sustainable economy and functioning.

EIT Urban Mobility -Business Plan 2023-2025 – Targeted Open Call 4 (2025) – Mobility for more liveable urban spaces

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Code: 34685 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 14/08/2024 | End submission calls: 15/10/2024

The overall purpose of the Innovation Programme is to address existing or anticipated mobility challenges facing European cities. In this regard, we support projects that can develop and test new solutions in real-life demonstrations and attain commercial viability by the end of the project. The aim for this Call is to strategically select projects that complement EIT existing portfolio by addressing new sectors, business models, technological advances or market demands.

Pilots of long-term climate impact forest monitoring sites: Providing temporally resolved ecosystem-level information on the effects of climatic drivers on forest structure and function in near real-time

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Code: 34620 | Identifier Code: FORWARDS - G-06-2024 | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 31/07/2024 | End submission calls: 31/10/2024

This call aims to set up pilots for long-term climate impact forest monitoring sites across Europe. Current long-term forest monitoring networks provide important information on the impact of climate change on forests. Still, most monitoring networks are not particularly focused on assessing climate change impacts. With this call, the aim is thus to increase the potential of existing forest monitoring sites – especially but not inclusively ICP Forests, ICOS or LTER sites (i.e., sites which already provide a basic set of monitoring data) – to assess the impact of climate and climatic extremes on trees and forests.

AerOS Open Call #2

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Code: 34618 | Identifier Code: aerOS | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 25/07/2024 | End submission calls: 30/09/2024

AerOS is a project funded by the Horizon Europe programme aiming at designing and building a virtualised platform-agnostic meta operating system for the IoT-edge-cloud continuum.

NGI FEDIVERSITY 1st Open Call – “Creating the hosting stack of the future”

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Code: 34616 | Identifier Code: Fediversity | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 01/08/2024 | End submission calls: 01/10/2024

Fediversity is a comprehensive effort to bring easy-to-use, hosted cloud services with service portability and personal freedom at their core to everyone. It wants to provide everyone with high-quality, secure IT systems for everyday use.

PQ-REACT Open Call #1 – DEVELOP

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Code: 34607 | Identifier Code: PQ-REACT | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 03/08/2024 | End submission calls: 30/09/2024

The main objective of PQ-REACT project is to design, develop and validate a framework for a faster and smoother transition from classical to quantum resistant solutions for a wide variety of contexts and usage domains.

Design Platform

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Code: 34605 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-Chips-2024-CSA-CDP-1 | Programme name: 32499 | Start submission calls: 13/08/2024 | End submission calls: 10/10/2024

This activity aims at building a pioneering cloud-enabled European Design Platform that will aid users, particularly start-ups and SMEs, in accessing a wide range of advanced tools, assets and services to develop their chips. The Design Platform is expected to support the design of a wide variety of technologies, specifically but not limited to digital circuits at multiple process nodes (up to leading edge nodes); analogue; mixed-signal; power; photonics and quantum. The Design Platform shall also support back-end of line (BEOL) design and manufacturing through advanced heterogeneous systems integration and advanced packaging techniques.

Non-thematic research actions targeting disruptive technologies for defence

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Code: 34603 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-LS-RA-DIS-NT | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

The specific challenge is to lay the foundations for radically new future technologies of any kind with unexpected impact that aims to bring radical technological superiority over potential adversaries. This topic also encourages the driving role of new actors in defence research and innovation, including excellent researchers, ambitious high-tech SMEs and visionary research centres of big companies, universities or research and technology organisations.

Beyond the line-of-sight close combat

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Code: 34600 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-GROUND-BLOS | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) engagement is the capability of firing at a target not directly seen by the effector, based on information given by a remote sensor. The Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) capability offers tactical advantages, as mobile units acquire an increased engagement capability with higher kill probability and without being spotted by the adversary.

To succeed in a BLOS-firing mission, reconnaissance, intelligence, and adequate preparations is likely essential. A technical system design (i.e., incorporating command and control, mobility, survivability, lethality, intelligence and endurance) for BLOS must be versatile against future alterations pending an evolving hostile threat. A BLOS system design therefore needs to be future-proof regarding robustness and security to motivate investments in resources and funds for the anticipated period of life.

Defence multi-dimensional communication standard

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Code: 34595 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-C4ISR-COMS-STEP | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

This topic focuses on system level integration and orchestration of 5G technologies for seamless interaction of private military and public 5G networks. Hence, the overall objective is to support the need for an always connected concept enabling military applications to roam securely through a mix of private and public networks. To achieve this, there is a need to study, develop and demonstrate how the military can exploit seamless and uninterrupted transfer of secure applications and services in a coverage area served by a mix of private military and public 5G networks, including BLoS (Beyond Line of Sight) through Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) communication systems integrated in 3GPP standard.

The specific challenge of this topic is to demonstrate robust and dynamic operational capabilities of 5G connectivity solutions matching the military needs for tactical command and control applications and services.

The solution should always be connected via a hybrid form of networks, while ensuring secure communications, using tactical networks, private military and public 5G networks and other federation solutions. The use of flexible reach back solutions such as 5G NTN is also necessary to reach shared centralised cloud services.

Within this context, secure integration of commercial and military hardware, software and services is a fundamental challenge that must be addressed on both a technological and a commercial level.

Next generation armoured infantry fighting vehicle

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Code: 34593 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-GROUND-AIFV | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicles (AIFV) remain a pivotal element of land military manoeuvre, both in a conventional warfare context as well as in the asymmetric one, thanks to the combination of protection, mobility, and firepower. Nonetheless, AIFVs currently numbered in the fleet inventories of the EU Member States are to some extent either ageing or obsolete and, therefore, the same States face the compelling need to modernise their in-service platforms and replace those of them approaching the end of their operational life. There is also a need to accelerate the acquisition and increase the size of the AIFV fleets updating some of the new requirements stemming from the war in Ukraine and the new threat scenarios. Against this background, the upgrade of the current and development of the next generation armoured infantry fighting vehicle capable of outstanding operational effectiveness and mission success in all possible future scenarios are highly necessary.

Modularity, reduced crew workload, the integration of automatic systems, Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T), and increased survivability must guide design considerations.

Small enhanced European UAS

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Code: 34590 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-C4ISR-SEEU-STEP | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

This topic intends to contribute to address the following specific challenges that small UAS are prone to:

• Low UAS signatures and extended operational ranges;
• Operate autonomously and automatic, including with assisted piloting considerations;
• Miniaturisation of sensors and payloads, including potential weapons and communication systems;
• Operational capability and survivability in contested, congested and challenging (e.g., weather) airspace.

Non-thematic development actions by SMEs

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Code: 34588 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-LS-DA-SME-NT | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

This call topic encourages the driving role of innovative SMEs to turn technology and research results into defence products in a fast and cost-efficient way, possibly by adapting technologies from civil applications or addressing hybrid warfare.

Autonomous heavy minesweeping system

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Code: 34586 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-UWW-AHMS | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

Uncrewed systems are a familiar asset in naval capabilities, and they are being increasingly adopted. These types of assets and the technologies that go with them have the potential to offer a diverse mission set, minesweeping being one of them. The maritime drones and their payloads currently used and integrated by the navies operate with different levels of autonomy and endurance. This topic aims to enhance naval minesweeping capabilities by pushing the design and level of the autonomy of particularly maritime drones. Furthermore, this topic addresses sweep gear and sweep sources for minesweeping operations adjoining the higher level of autonomy. In this context the drone/platform and its payload/sweeping gear form the minesweeping system.

The objective of this call is to reach at least technology readiness level 6 for a minesweeping system (platform/drone and payload designed for it).

Quantum technologies

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Code: 34584 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-LS-RA-DIS-QUANT-STEP | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

Quantum technologies count amongst the main emerging and disruptive technologies for defence capabilities. Within these quantum technologies, Quantum Sensing (QS) is one of the most mature domains and has the potential to notably impact defence operations. Nevertheless, significant technical challenges remain before operational systems can be developed. Further research is therefore needed in a range of QS domains such as quantum sensors for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), optronics and RF sensing. Besides, with the possible emergence of quantum computers, current technologies for secure communications face a risk of becoming compromised and need to be upgraded. There is therefore a need for research on technologies future-proof communication technologies such as quantum communication or quantum-resistant cryptography.

Secure waveform for satellite communications

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Code: 34581 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-SPACE-EPW-STEP | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

This topic aims specifically at further developing a European interoperable protected waveform for satellite military communications that can be used by different EU nations individually or together in a joint operational context (EU, NATO, multi-nation missions). Such European Protected Waveform (EPW) should in particular target efficiency, security, affordability and interoperability of satellite communications. The EPW should be license-based and flexibly adapted according to the application, service or platform (fixed, on-the-move or on-the-pause) during peacetime or in operations.

Simulation and training for medical emergencies

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Code: 34579 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-SIMTRAIN-STME-STEP | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

The topic aims to address the current operational challenges facing military medical personnel in the EU Member States (MS) and EDF Associated Countries, including in and out of areas of deployment.

Next generation rotorcraft

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Code: 34575 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-AIR-NGRT | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

This topic is intended to lead to a step improvement in EU VTOL capability with a view to future EU/NATO rotorcraft programmes (EIS 2035/2040+). Moreover, developed technologies should also be used for upgrades of legacy platforms, where applicable.

Medium altitude long endurance RPAS

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Code: 34572 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-C4ISR-MALE | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

MALE RPAS reconnaissance includes optical, infrared, radar and signal intelligence sensors and generates geoinformation data. The sensors for optical, infrared and radar reconnaissance are usual configuration parts of a MALE system. As signal intelligence is often classified for national eyes only, it would be preferable to develop a common pod design, which is suitable to contain the national electronics. The integration effort into the MALE system can be shared with a common pod design. This pod design is also a suitable baseline for additional future sensors.

The ultimate objective is to develop, produce and sustain a system that provides this critical defence capability to respond to future security challenges.

In addition, a strong European supply chain is intended to be developed at all levels to promote the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) in the long term. The supply chain should not be a pre-determined black box, but is expected to be open to competitive suppliers in a largely open tendering process, with the suppliers for mission-critical or security-relevant systems intended to be EU-based.

Functional smart system-of-systems under an integral survivability approach for future naval platforms

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Code: 34570 | Identifier Code: EDF-2024-DA-NAVAL-FNP | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 20/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/11/2024

The specific objective of this topic is to define the common operational requirements of the System of Systems (SoS) framework and the essential elements of the next generation of European naval platforms. Such a SoS framework is expected to embrace the supporting infrastructure including interfaces, data, and common and specific services. It must identify the technological needs for the future development of European naval platforms with special attention on emerging technologies, promising solutions, and the increased resilience of naval vessels when facing the most sophisticated threats by near real-time evaluation of survivability.