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Drone-based affordable mass munitions

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Location:EU 27
EU 27
Contracting authority type:Development Institution
Status:Open
Budget: EUR 49,000,000
Award ceiling: EUR 9,800,000
Award floor:N/A
Sector:Security, Air & Aviation
Languages:English
Eligible applicants:Private Sector, Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs)
Eligible citizenships:EU 27, Norway, Ukraine
EU 27, Norway, Ukraine
Date posted: Feb 6, 2025

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Objectives: The "Drone-based Affordable Mass Munitions" grant aims to develop new generation affordable munitions capable of massive deployment in a battlefield context, primarily focusing on precision, autonomy, and scalability. The project intends to foster loitering munitions and small unmanned combat aerial systems (UCAS) for tactical and operational effects through research, design, prototyping, and testing. These munitions should incorporate battlefield experience from the Ukraine conflict, bolster European defence capabilities, reduce non-EU dependencies, and offer innovations and business opportunities for SMEs, particularly those new to the defence sector, through financial support.
Eligibility criteria: Eligible organizations for this grant must be established in EU Member States, EDF Associated Countries, or Ukraine, with a legal structure that aligns with grant objectives. SMEs ...

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Drone-based affordable mass munitions TOPIC ID: EDF-2025-DA-SI-GROUND-DAMM Type of grant: Call for proposals General information Programme: Call: Spin-in EDF development actions implemented via actual cost grants (EDF-2025-DA-SI) Type of action: EDF-DA ED
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