A high technology company is looking for partners to work on EDF-2024-DA-GROUND-UGS-STEP

HELLENIC INSTRUMENTS is a high technology company, specialized in the design, development and manufacturing of advanced military, security and industrial electronic systems and software. We have expertise in Artillery and Mortar Electronic Fuzes and ammunition subsystems, Security and surveillance integrated systems, Custom-made sensors, Electronics/Mechanical Design & Assembly and Design/Development of embedded Systems. 

Multipurpose unmanned ground systems

TOPIC ID: EDF-2024-DA-GROUND-UGS-STEP

Type of grant: Call for proposals

General information

Programme: European Defence Fund

Call: Development actions implemented via actual cost grants (EDF-2024-DA)

Type of action: EDF-DA EDF Development Actions

Type of MGA: EDF Action Grant Budget-Based [EDF-AG]

Status: Forthcoming

Deadline model: single-stage

Planned Opening Date: 20 June 2024

Deadline dates: 05 November 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)

Topic description

Objective:

The use of Unmanned x (generic) Vehicles (UxVs) in military operations represents one of the most important innovations of recent years. Undoubtedly, UxVs exploitation is likely to grow in the coming years with the massive introduction of other autonomous systems in different domains (land, air, sea, space, cyber) and the increase of capabilities to work collaboratively between systems (swarms) and people.

Indeed, intelligent and effective cooperation between military assets (UxVs, different types of vehicles and their operators, and dismounted soldiers) within Close Combat Operations is needed to increase the overall Battlespace effectiveness, while reducing loss of life, the risk of collateral damage and lowering the cognitive burden placed upon operators.

Therefore, deploying autonomous and swarm-based military assets in a framework of cooperation between manned and unmanned systems (manned-unmanned teaming) is a very important capability that can enable enhanced ISTAR, survivability, situation awareness, mobility, lethality, logistics and training, and increase the probability of battlefield combat success.

This would allow the rapid development of capacities implying an incremental approach of capabilities milestones for current and future land systems and upgrades of legacy systems.

Specific objective

The use of such UxV systems has a direct impact in reducing the exposure of human operators and soldiers to associated risks. Such systems can radically improve the efficiency and performance of the tactical unit to provide tactical/ operational superiority and offer robust and reliable solutions in very demanding conditions.

Thus, the aim of this topic is to develop an unmanned modular system of systems capable of supporting dismounted, mechanised and motorised infantry in all types of European geographic and operational land environments, including denied environments, in adverse light and weather conditions with evolving levels of autonomy and robustness.

Please, visit the following page to get more information regarding this call: https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1283271/multipurpose-unmanned-ground-systems?useNavigation=true