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    EDF-2026-LS-RA-CHALLENGE-DIGIT-AISAO

    AI-based tactical situational awareness using swarms of small robots and drones – organisation of a technological challenge"

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    Research actions in the form of a technological challenge implemented via lump sum grants · EDF-LS

    29 Sep 2026
    Deadline
    €30M
    Call budget (2026)

    What this call funds

    This call funds the setup of a testing environment and organisation of a technological challenge around AI-based tactical situational awareness using swarms of small robots and drones. It will support field tests, data collection and annotation, and objective evaluation criteria so research teams can benchmark and compare different approaches to automated tactical situation analysis.

    artificial intelligence · robotics automation · defence security · internet of things

    Who wins this

    A research consortium or organisation capable of designing and running standardized field-test evaluation campaigns and technological challenges for robotic/drone swarm AI systems in a defence context.

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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.
    Also required
    One proposal is expected to be funded under this topic, with an indicative budget of EUR 7,000,000, integrating knowledge across upstream and downstream research activities.
    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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