Demonstrators and technologies to defeat threats posed by Unexploded Explosives Ordnances (UXO) and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Financing entity: European Commission
Programme: European Defence Fund
Type of action: EDF-RA EDF Research Actions
Call: Call for EDF research actions implemented via actual cost grants (EDF-2023-RA)

Objectives of the call:
The main objective of this topic is to prepare a next generation of explosive hazards countermeasures using innovative technologies in order to perform the following functional tasks:

• threat detection (including identification, classification and data fusion) – Rapid and improved detection of buried or hidden UXO/IED, including threat identification and classification, including area monitoring for the presence of explosive threats. Sensor fusion to achieve a more reliable output is considered under this topic, as well as the use of UAV/UGV for remote detection;
• threat investigation – Following the UXO/IED first alert, obtained either by means of device/explosive detection or from a suspicious behaviour/event, the confirmation of it being a real or false alarm may be necessary.

Who can apply?
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies),
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.: EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories), non-EU countries: listed EEA countries,
• have their executive management structure established in eligible countries,
• must not be subject to control by a non-associated third country or nonassociated third-country entity.

How to apply?
Electronically via the Founding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System

Deadline: 22 November 2023

Call budget: EUR 157 000 000

More information:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/edf-2023-ra-protmob-dexplo