New European WarHEAd Technologies

The New European WarHEAd Technologies (NEWHEAT) project aims to find solutions to defeat most recent and foreseeable threats that will emerge in the near future to the armed forces of EU Member States. New warhead technologies are a must-have for the armed forces of EU Member States to keep their lead and defeat these threats.

Goal
NEWHEAT aims to improve the performance of conventional shaped charge by integrating new high explosive, new liner materials and new geometries. To go beyond the State-of-the-Art and address future challenges, NEWHEAT will also focus on the development of new concepts and demonstrators for warheads:
 Explosively Formed Projectiles,
 Multi-Liner Explosively Formed Projectiles,
 Slow Stretching Jet Shaped Charges.

Lead Partner
TDW GESELLSCHAFT FUR VERTEIDIGUNGSTECHNISCHE WIRKSYSTEME MIT BESCHRANKTE RHAFTUNG
Partners involved
FORSVARETS FORSKNINGINSTITUTT, TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT, OY FORCIT AB, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, INSTALAZA S.A., NEXTER MUNITIONS, WOJSKOWY INSTYTUT TECHNICZNY UZBROJENIA

Duration
01 December 2022 – 30 November 2025

Funding
€ 9,988,212.18 (European Defence Fund)

More information
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projects-details/44181033/101102442/EDF
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-07/Factsheet_EDF21_NEWHEAT.pdf