AI-based tactical situational awareness using swarms of small robots and drones – participation in a technological challenge"
Research actions in the form of a technological challenge implemented via lump sum grants · EDF-LS
What this call funds
This call funds research into AI-powered swarms of small robots and drones that give soldiers better real-time situational awareness by detecting hidden threats. Winning teams will test their solutions in a shared, standardized experiment environment run as part of a technological challenge, aiming to reach a mature prototype stage (TRL 6). The total budget for this topic is 23 million euros, with individual project grants capped at 4.6 million euros.
robotics automation · artificial intelligence · defence security · internet of things
Who wins this
This call suits defence-technology consortiums developing robotics, drone, and AI sensing systems who are able to reach TRL 6 and participate in coordinated live testing campaigns.
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The call in detail
- Funding model
- EDF-AG-LS
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- EDF Lump Sum Grants
- Partners
- Not stated in the call.
- Technology readiness
- TRL 6
- Also required
- Requested EU funding per proposal cannot exceed EUR 4,600,000; participants must join a common testing environment and experiment campaigns organised as part of the technological challenge.
- Sectors
- Defence · Aerospace · Cybersecurity
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document
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