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Advanced border surveillance and situational awareness

The I2O BAA covers four thrust areas with 'Fighting in the Information Domain' directly addressing cognitive warfare and information operations: cognitive and semantic operations, digital artifact tracking (deepfake and synthetic media forensics), adversarial influence, and transport mechanisms. The BAA explicitly seeks 'unconventional approaches capable of delivering decisive information and computational advantage.' Rolling abstract submissions required before invitation to full proposal. Temporarily paused May–August 2026 for strategic realignment; expected to reopen August 2026.

Raon feidhme: Tacaíonn Luasaire CNE le cuideachtaí (FBManna go príomha, lena n-áirítear gnólachtaí nuathionscanta) chun nuálaíochtaí ardtionchair a mhéadú a d’fhéadfadh margaí nua a chruthú nó cur isteach ar mhargaí atá ann cheana. Soláthraíonn Luasaire CNE meascán uathúil de chistiú deontais agus infheistíochta agus de Sheirbhísí Luasghéaraithe Gnó (féach Roinn VII de Chlár Oibre CNE 2026). Díríonn Luasaire CNE go háirithe ar nuálaíochtaí a chuireann le fionnachtain eolaíoch nó le dul chun cinn teicneolaíoch (‘teicneolaíocht dhomhain’) agus i gcás ina bhfuil gá le cistiú suntasach thar thréimhse fhada sular féidir torthaí a ghiniúint (‘caipiteal othar’). Is minic a bhíonn sé deacair ar nuálaíochtaí den sórt sin maoiniú a mhealladh toisc go bhfuil na rioscaí agus an tréimhse ama atá i gceist ró-ard. Tá cistiú agus tacaíocht ó Luasaire CNE ceaptha chun é a chur ar a gcumas do nuálaithe den sórt sin na méideanna iomlána infheistíochta is gá a mhealladh le haghaidh uas-scálú laistigh de thréimhse ama níos giorra. Tacaíonn Luasaire CNE leis na céimeanna níos déanaí d’fhorbairt na teicneolaíochta chomh maith le huas-scálú. Dá bhrí sin, ní mór an chomhpháirt teicneolaíochta de do nuálaíocht a bheith tástáilte agus bailíochtaithe i saotharlann agus i dtimpeallacht ábhartha eile (e.g., ar a laghad Leibhéal Ullmhachta Teicneolaíochta 5 curtha i gcrích). Féachann Luasaire CNE le tacaíocht a thabhairt do chuideachtaí ina ngníomhóidh tacaíocht CNE mar chatalaíoch chun infheisteoirí eile a bhfuil gá leo chun an nuálaíocht a mhéadú a phlódú isteach. Is féidir le hiarratasóirí ar Luasaire CNE tograí a chur isteach tríd an méid seo a leanas: • Luasaire CNE Oscailte - nach bhfuil aon tosaíochtaí téamacha réamhshainithe aige agus atá oscailte do thograí in aon réimse teicneolaíochta nó cur i bhfeidhm • Dúshláin Luasaire CNE - i réimsí réamhshainithe na dteicneolaíochtaí atá ag teacht chun cinn agus na dteicneolaíochtaí straitéiseacha. Chun tuilleadh faisnéise a fháil, féach Clár Oibre CNE 2026 .

Second EDIP Common Procurement Actions call for consortia of Member State and Norwegian contracting authorities to jointly procure defence equipment including counter-drone, air and missile defence, and combat systems. Grants of up to EUR 20 million per project; second call closes February 2027.

Expected Impact: Projects are expected to deliver results aligned with the expected results set out in this call topic and to evidence their contribution through dedicated KPIs defined in the proposal. Expected results include: • tangible capacity increases in EU-based production enabling the ramp-up of the targeted platforms or end-products, with demonstrated contribution to competitiveness ; • improved resilience & geographical distribution of supply and industrial capability, reducing single points of failure across forging/machining, key sub-systems, composites and assembly/integration; • strengthened availability and security of supply of the targeted platforms or end-products with identified risks and exposure to the risk of materialisation of conventional military threats; • and measurable lead-time reductions , establishment or availability of reserved capacity where applicable, and workforce traine d to operate and sustain the reinforced production lines (including, where relevant, MaaS and dual-use conversion pathways). Proposals shall define, baseline and track KPIs such as added throughput (e.g., units/month of platforms/end-products or critical sub-systems; tonnes/month or batches for forging/machining/composites where relevant), time-to-rate, lead-time reduction, yield/quality improvements, qualified output delivered, reserved capacity parameters, numbers of staff trained, and indicators evidencing risk mitigation (e.g., supply-chain robustness, integration maturity, maintainability readiness and obsolescence management outcomes). Where implemented, the physical and cyber protection WP is expected to deliver measurable improvements in site and production security, evidenced through threat assessment protected sites to support the security measures and KPIs (e.g., coverage of protected areas/assets, detection/alert performance, response readiness, critical vulnerabilities mitigated). Those KPIs shall be linked to the project’s overall risk register and show how risk exposure is reduced and how production continuity is improved, thereby limiting the likelihood and/or impact of incidents that could delay production ramp-up or affect output and delivery reliability (including, where relevant, the availability of reserved capacity and the achievement of workforce-related milestones) Objective: This topic aims to strengthen the competitiveness, responsiveness and ability of the EDTIB to reinforce EU industrial production capacity for key platforms and end-products, across land, air, naval and underwater domains: • artillery systems; • armoured vehicles (including special purpose and support vehicles); • fixed and rotary wing aircraft; • (counter-)UxS systems (including loitering munition); • (anti-)PGM systems (including (anti-)missile systems); • radars; • mine warfare systems (including minelaying and mine countermeasures in both naval and land domains); • surface and underwater naval platforms (including torpedoes); • firearms; • satellite payloads and terminals. Actions shall be aligned with the objectives, scope and priorities of this call topic and shall contribute to the competitiveness of the EU defence technological and industrial base by securing specific production capacity for: • forging/machining; • key sub-systems; • composites materials; • assembly/integration of end products; • MaaS (Manufacturing as a Service); • dual-use (heavy) industry conversion options for defence surge. As industrial reinforcement actions, proposals shall integrate a robust approach to managing key risks (including safety, supply-chain and obsolescence, life-cycle and maintainability, and industrialisation), shall demonstrate the criticality of reinforcing the availability and security of supply for the specific targeted platforms or end-products and shall, where relevant, take into account the necessity to include provisions allowing to upgrade quickly the targeted platforms or end-products based on the evolving lessons identified from the battlefield. Applicants may include an optional dedicated WP implementing a supporting action as defined in Article 13(d) of Regulation (EU) 2025/2643, to reinforce the physical and cyber protection of the production capacity targeted by the action, including on security against UxS/drone-enabled threats . The objective is to reduce the risk of disruption, sabotage or interference affecting production continuity, ramp-up and deliveries, complementing the proposal’s overall risk-management approach (notably safety, supply-chain and obsolescence, industrialisation/integration, and maintainability risks) and supporting the achievement of the industrial KPIs set for lead time and capacity. Scope: Proposals shall implement Industrial Reinforcement Actions, in line with Regulation (EU) 2025/2643, targeting the specific defence product and production capacities listed under “Objectives pursued”. Proposals shall demonstrate the criticality of the targeted platforms or end-product s and justify the urgency of reinforcing their availability and security of supply through the proposed industrial reinforcement activities. Proposals shall set out an industrial reinforcement plan supported by a risk-management approach that addresses the identified risks and the measures to ensure availability and security of supply, including industrialisation and integration risks relevant to platform-level ramp-up (e.g., qualification, integration bottlenecks, maintainability, and critical sub-system dependencies). Activities linked to the physical and cyber protection WP may include expert threat assessment, procurement, installation and initial integration of proportionate solutions as well as efforts to connect to a national or European security system for: (i) counter-UxS site protection measures (detection/alerting and other authorised protective measures), and/or (ii) cyber protection measures of production-relevant networks and systems (including monitoring, hardening and secure access) which includes obtaining the European Union Cybersecurity Certification (EUCC) schemes for products used in the IRA activity, as well as acceptance testing and operational set-up necessary for effective deployment, in order to work towards compliance with the NIS2 Directive, where applicable, and alignment with standards such as ISO/IEC 27001 and IEC 62443. Where implemented, the physical and cyber protection WP shall clearly specify the protected assets, threat assessment for the to be protected sites to support the security measures, interfaces with production continuity and KPIs, explain how these measures reduce risks that could otherwise impact the delivery of the proposal’s core industrial results (e.g., lead-time reduction, throughput/capacity increase, reserved capacity where applicable, and workforce readiness) and present efforts to link the respective site’s security system with a national and/or European security system. Actions shall not have started before 5 March 2024 and shall not have been completed before the signature of the Grant Agreement (GA). The duration and the starting date of the action will be set out in the GA. The action shall have an indicative duration of three to five years; in any event, it shall be completed no later than 31 December 2033.

Expected Impact: Projects are expected to deliver results aligned with the expected results set out in this call topic and to evidence their contribution through dedicated KPIs defined in the proposal. Expected results include: • demonstrable and sustainable increase in production capacity in UA for the targeted (counter-)UxS-related production lines; • measurable reduction of production lead time from order/production decision to delivery in UA; • improved t imely availability and supply of defence products in UA , including increased delivery reliability and readiness of production lines; • effective cross-border cooperation between UA and EU that enables production ramp-up, integration, qualification and sustainment; • strengthened Ukrainian industrial base, and, where applicable, operationalised MaaS and dual-use heavy industry conversion pathways for surge. Proposals shall define, baseline and track KPIs such as: production output (units/month), time-to-rate, lead-time reduction, line availability/uptime, qualified output delivered in UA, MaaS throughput, surge conversion readiness indicators, and workforce trained where relevant—alongside risk-related indicators demonstrating supply robustness and maintainability readiness. Objective: This topic aims to reinforce (counter-)UxSs readiness and a sovereign UxSs component base by enabling the rapid industrial reinforcement of Member States and Ukraine for key defence product (including subcomponents) production lines: • (swarming) UxSs (including FPV variants, modular payload configurations, relay/repeater variants, and AI-enabled/autonomy-enabled UxS integration where relevant) and (swarming) UxS interceptor variants (including intercept solutions to protect critical nodes and logistics routes); • EW-resilient UxS variants (including fibre-optic controlled UxS, and other GNSS- /RF-denied operational profiles); • counter-UxSs and EW(-resilient) supporting systems (including counter-UxSs EW function supporting detection/characterisation, jamming/spoofing and spectrum management for friendly UxS operations, terminal navigation, optronic and radar-guided systems). Actions shall be aligned with the objectives, scope and priorities of this call topic, and implemented as IRA under USI in line with Regulation (EU) 2025/2643. Proposals are expected to ensure timely availability and supply of defence products in Ukraine, by scaling production capacity and industrial readiness for cross-border (EU-UA) industrial set-up in the form of: • joint production lines; • reinforcement of specific production capacity and enablement capacity (including integration and validation/testing of alternative control and navigation approaches, production/service and maintenance capability/integration of sensing and effector modules, multi-sensor fusion integration, and dedicated assembly/test capacity/production planning to sustain high monthly volumes, as applicable); • scale-up of UA systems and ready-to-use production lines (including rapid-cycle modular assembly and re-configuration capacity to adapt to fast-evolving threats and mission profiles); • MaaS (Manufacturing as a Service) (including rapid small-batch production, fast line changeover, and scalable assembly/test capacity for attritable UxS output); • dual-use heavy industry conversion options for defence surge (including surge assembly/integration, test, packaging, and supporting infrastructure as applicable). Applicants may include an optional dedicated Work Package (WP) implementing a supporting action as defined in Article 13(d) of Regulation (EU) 2025/2643, to r einforce the physical and cyber protection of the production capacity targeted by the action, including on security against UxS/drone-enabled threats . The objective is to reduce the risk of disruption, sabotage or interference affecting production continuity, ramp-up and deliveries, complementing the proposal’s overall risk-management approach (notably safety, supply-chain and obsolescence, industrialisation/integration, and maintainability risks) and supporting the achievement of the industrial KPIs set for lead time and capacity. Scope: Proposals shall implement Industrial Reinforcement Actions, in line with Regulation (EU) 2025/2643, targeting the specific defence product and production capacities listed under “Objectives pursued”. Proposals shall demonstrate the criticality of the targeted defence product (including subcomponents) and justify the urgency of reinforcing their availability and security of supply through the proposed industrial reinforcement activities. Proposals shall include a risk-management approach commensurate with industrial ramp-up in UA (including safety, supply-chain and obsolescence, industrialisation/integration, maintainability, and operational constraints), explain how risks are mitigated to ensure timely availability and supply of defence products in UA, and shall, where relevant include provisions allowing to upgrade quickly the targeted (counter-)UxS based on the evolving lessons identified from the battlefield. Activities linked to the physical and cyber protection WP may include expert threat assessment, procurement, installation and initial integration of proportionate solutions as well as efforts to connect to a national or European security system for: (i) counter-UxS site protection measures (detection/alerting and other authorised protective measures), and/or (ii) cyber protection measures of production-relevant networks and systems (including monitoring, hardening and secure access) which includes obtaining the European Union Cybersecurity Certification (EUCC) schemes for products used in the IRA activity, as well as acceptance testing and operational set-up necessary for effective deployment, in order to work towards compliance with the NIS2 Directive, where applicable, and alignment with standards such as ISO/IEC 27001 and IEC 62443. Actions shall not have started before 5 March 2024 and shall not have been completed before the signature of the Grant Agreement (GA). The duration and the starting date of the action will be set out in the GA. The action shall have an indicative duration of three to five years; in any event, it shall be completed no later than 31 December 2033. Budget The Commission is considering a total budget of EUR 80 000 000 for the call for proposals. The maximum EU contribution per funded project will not exceed EUR 10 000 000 allowing several proposals to be funded. Depending on the number and quality of received proposals and the requested Union financial contributions, the Commission may decide to reallocate budget between calls. The Commission is considering supporting specifically any optional work packages dedicated to the reinforcement of the physical and cyber protection of the industrial capacity targeted by the action, with a maximum EU contribution of EUR 200 000 per funded project. Minimum financial size of the actions The minimum financial size of the action to be eligible for funding is EUR 2 000 000. Maximum number of legal entities forming part of the consortium The number of legal entities forming part of the consortium shall not exceed 15 as per Article 34(3)(c) of the Regulation (EU) 2025/2643.

Expected Impact: Projects are expected to deliver results aligned with the expected results set out in this call topic and to evidence their contribution through dedicated KPIs defined in the proposal. Expected results include: • tangible capacity increases in EU-based production of the targeted electronic components, with demonstrated contribution to competitiveness ; • improved resilience & geographical distribution of supply, reducing single points of failure; • strengthened availability and security of supply for priority defence product production lines, commensurate with identified risks and exposure to the risk of • materialisation of conventional military threats; • and measurable lead-time reductions, establishment or availability of reserved capacity where applicable, and workforce trained to operate and sustain the reinforced production lines. Proposals shall define, baseline and track KPIs such as added throughput (units/month), time-to-rate, lead-time reduction, yield/quality improvements, qualified output delivered, reserved capacity parameters, and numbers of staff trained, alongside indicators evidencing risk mitigation (e.g., supply-chain robustness and obsolescence management outcomes). Where implemented, the physical and cyber protection W P is expected to deliver measurable improvements in site and production security, evidenced through threat assessment protected sites to support the security measures and KPIs (e.g., coverage of protected areas/assets, detection/alert performance, response readiness, critical vulnerabilities mitigated). Those KPIs shall be linked to the project’s overall risk register and show how risk exposure is reduced and how production continuity is improved, thereby limiting the likelihood and/or impact of incidents that could delay production ramp-up or affect output and delivery reliability (including, where relevant, the availability of reserved capacity and the achievement of workforce-related milestones). Objective: This topic aims to strengthen the competitiveness, responsiveness and ability of the EDTIB to reinforce EU industrial production capacity for key electronic components (including their components and corresponding raw materials insofar as they are intended or used wholly for the production of defence products) that constitute critical bottlenecks for key defence product, across land, air, naval and underwater domains: • (swarming) UxSs and loitering munitions (including FPV variants, interceptor drones, and AI-enabled/autonomy-enabled UxS integration lines); • (counter-)UxS systems (including EW-resilient defeat concepts and counter-interceptor solutions); • missile (defence) systems (including missile seekers / terminal sensing sub-systems); • precision-guided munition (PGM); • mobile communication nodes and C2 systems (including UxS datalinks/video transmission, relay/repeater nodes, underwater communication systems, cryptosystems and LTE/5G-enabled variants where relevant); • and C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) including Electronic Warfare (EW, including secure tactical networking, trusted/anti-tamper enabled C4ISR/EW equipment), underwater ISR/ASW, sonar, radars, EO sensors, wideband multifunction RF systems and all associated processing . Actions shall be aligned with the objectives, scope and priorities of this call topic and shall contribute to the competitiveness of the EU defence technological and industrial base by securing specific production capacity for: • guidance electronics (including flight controller stacks, inertial measurement unit (IMUs), Galileo PRS receiver and sensor-fusion electronics); • propulsion electronics (including electronic speed controllers (ESCs), motor control units, power distribution boards (PDBs), battery management system (BMS) electronics and propulsion power-conditioning modules); • RF and laser modules (including RF front-end building blocks, T/R modules where applicable, datalink modules/chipsets and enabling RF/EO components like high-speed mixed-signal components and precision timing and frequency reference components, laser driver/control electronics, and laser transmit/receive sub-modules); • multispectral cameras (including thermal/EO sensing modules, relevant dependencies like video transmission modules where applicable and low observable underwater sensors); • avionics (including EW systems, edge compute integration where relevant to autonomy-enabled variants); • PCBs and IC substrates (including HDI/secure PCBs, high-frequency laminates/materials and related processing capacity, trusted interconnect, and substrate assembly); • Lithium-ion polymer batteries, power electronics and critical semiconductor building blocks (including electronic speed controllers (ESCs), propulsion control power electronics, FPGAs/SoCs/ASICs and secure processing components, and GaN/GaAs/SiGe/RF-CMOS/high power laser diodes supply-chain elements). As industrial reinforcement actions, proposals shall integrate a robust approach to managing key risks (including safety, supply-chain and obsolescence, life-cycle and maintainability, and industrialisation) and shall, where relevant, take into account the necessity to include provisions allowing to upgrade quickly the targeted defence product based on the evolving lessons identified from the battlefield. Applicants may include an optional dedicated WP implementing a supporting action as defined in Article 13(d) of Regulation (EU) 2025/2643, to reinforce the physical and cyber protection of the production capacity targeted by the action, including on security against UxS/drone-enabled threats . The objective is to reduce the risk of disruption, sabotage or interference affecting production continuity, ramp-up and deliveries, complementing the proposal’s overall risk-management approach (notably safety, supply-chain and obsolescence, industrialisation/integration, and maintainability risks) and supporting the achievement of the industrial KPIs set for lead time and capacity. Scope: Proposals shall implement Industrial Reinforcement Actions, in line with Regulation (EU) 2025/2643, targeting the specific defence product production capacities listed under “Objectives pursued”. Proposals shall demonstrate the c riticality of the targeted defence and associated production capacity , and justify the urgency of reinforcing availability and security of supply through the proposed industrial reinforcement activities. Proposals shall set out an industrial reinforcement plan supported by a r isk-management approach that addresses the identified risks and the measures to ensure availability and security of supply. Activities linked to the physical and cyber protection WP may include expert threat assessment, procurement, installation and initial integration of proportionate solutions as well as efforts to connect to a national or European security system for: (i) counter-UxS site protection measures (detection/alerting and other authorised protective measures), and/or (ii) cyber protection measures of production-relevant networks and systems (including monitoring, hardening and secure access) which includes obtaining the European Union Cybersecurity Certification (EUCC) schemes for products used in the IRA activity, as well as acceptance testing and operational set-up necessary for effective deployment, in order to work towards compliance with the NIS2 Directive, where applicable, and alignment with standards such as ISO/IEC 27001 and IEC 62443. Where implemented, the physical and cyber protection WP shall clearly specify the protected assets, threat assessment for the to be protected sites to support the security measures, interfaces with production continuity and KPIs, explain how these measures reduce risks that could otherwise impact the delivery of the proposal’s core industrial results (e.g., lead-time reduction, throughput/capacity increase, reserved capac

Expected Impact: The results of the activities should contribute to support common procurement, leading to strengthening the cooperation among Member States and associated countries, as well as to greater interoperability. Furthermore, they should contribute to the development and the procurement of common platforms and subsystems. Objective: This topic aims to support the common procurement of a wide range of capabilities or systems of ground and naval platforms or parts thereof, including but not limited to artillery systems, (counter)-mobility platforms, tanks or other armoured vehicles, support vehicles, combat platforms, soldier systems, surface and underwater naval platforms or their sub-systems. Scope: Common procurement actions under this topic shall consist of activities related to the cooperation of legal entities in the procurement of ground, naval platforms and systems, at any point in the life cycle of such defence products, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools. To achieve the expected impact, the estimated value of a common procurement proposed for actions under this topic shall be at least EUR 80 000 000 aiming to commonly procure defence products to fill the capability gaps and reinforce cooperation among Member States and associated countries. The procurement shall be based on a binding agreement to be signed by the participating Member States and associated countries with a procurement agent appointed by those Member States and associated countries. Such procurement agent may be contracting authorities of Member States or associated countries, the European Defence Agency (EDA), a Structure for European Armament Programme (SEAP) or other international organisation, including the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) or the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The cooperation shall be newly created in the context of the application to the call topic or based on an existing framework, provided that the activities under such cooperation framework did not start before 5 March 2024 and have not been completed before the signature of the grant agreement. Eligible actions are common procurement of systems or variants of systems. The common procurement can be organised as a framework contract. Actions shall be completed no later than 31 December 2033.

Expected Impact: The results of the activities should contribute to support common procurement, leading to strengthening the cooperation among Member States and associated countries, as well as to greater interoperability. Furthermore, they should contribute to should contribute to the development and reinforcement of C5ISR and space-related products of the participants. Objective: The results of the activities should contribute to support common procurement, leading to strengthening the cooperation among Member States and associated countries, as well as to greater interoperability. Furthermore, they should contribute to the development and the procurement of common platforms and subsystems. Scope: Common procurement actions under this topic shall consist of activities related to the cooperation of legal entities in the procurement of C5ISR or other space-related defence products and systems, at any point in the life cycle of such defence products, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools. To achieve the expected impact, the estimated value of a common procurement proposed for actions under this topic shall be at least EUR 20 000 000 aiming to commonly procure defence products to fill the capability gaps and reinforce cooperation among Member States and associated countries. The procurement shall be based on a binding agreement to be signed by the participating Member States and associated countries with a procurement agent appointed by those Member States and associated countries. Such procurement agent may be contracting authorities of Member States or associated countries, the European Defence Agency (EDA), a Structure for European Armament Programme (SEAP) or other international organisation, including the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) or the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The cooperation shall be newly created in the context of the application to the call topic or based on an existing framework, provided that the activities under such cooperation framework did not start before 5 March 2024 and have not been completed before the signature of the grant agreement. Eligible actions are common procurement of systems or variants of systems. The common procurement can be organised as a framework contract. Actions shall be completed no later than 31 December 2033.

Expected Impact: The results of the activities should contribute to support common procurement, leading to strengthening the cooperation among Member States and associated countries, as well as to greater interoperability. Furthermore, they should contribute to the development and reinforcement of air and missile defence capabilities of the participants. Objective: This topic aims at actions supporting the common procurement of integrated, multilayered, air and missile defence, or parts thereof including sensors (e.g. radars), kinetic or non-kinetic effectors, command and control, that protects against the full spectrum of air threats (cruise missiles, ballistic and hypersonic missiles, aircraft and UAS) from medium to long range, high and terminal high altitude, including endo-atmospheric interceptor. This topic does not cover very short to short range air defence systems against low altitude UAS (covered by call topic EDIP-P-2026-FNLC-CPA-CDS). Scope: Common procurement actions under this topic shall consist of activities related to the cooperation of legal entities in the procurement of air and missile defence systems, or parts thereof, at any point in the life cycle of such defence products, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools. To achieve the expected impact, the estimated value of a common procurement proposed for actions under this topic should be at least EUR 80 000 000 aiming to commonly procure defence products to fill the capability gaps and reinforce cooperation among Member States and associated countries. The procurement shall be based on a binding agreement to be signed by the participating Member States and associated countries with a procurement agent appointed by those Member States and associated countries. Such procurement agent may be contracting authorities of Member States or associated countries, the European Defence Agency (EDA), a Structure for European Armament Programme (SEAP) or other international organisation, including the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) or the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (such as OCCAR or NSPA). The cooperation shall be newly created in the context of the application to the call topic or based on an existing framework, provided that the activities under such cooperation framework did not start before 5 March 2024 and have not been completed before the signature of the grant agreement. Eligible actions are common procurement of systems, parts thereof or variants of those. The common procurement can be organised as a framework contract. Actions shall be completed no later than 31 December 2033.

Ukraine Support Instrument Industrial Reinforcement Action targeting production capacity for unmanned systems (UxS) and counter-UxS solutions, including UxS interceptor variants, EW-resilient UxS, and counter-UxS electronic warfare supporting systems for Ukrainian and EU industry. Maximum EU contribution EUR 10 million per project with funding up to 100% of eligible costs.

Industrial Reinforcement Action for scaling up manufacturing of defence platforms and end-products, covering forging/machining, key sub-systems, composites, assembly and integration of end products, Manufacturing as a Service, and dual-use heavy industry conversion for defence surge. Maximum EU contribution is EUR 30 million per project.

Industrial Reinforcement Action supporting increased manufacturing capacity for key defence electronics including guidance electronics, propulsion electronics, RF and laser modules, multispectral cameras, avionics, PCBs, IC substrates, lithium-ion polymer batteries, power electronics and critical semiconductor building blocks. Maximum EU contribution is EUR 20 million per project.

Ukraine Support Instrument call to reinforce production capacity for unmanned systems (UxS) and counter-unmanned systems, including EW-resilient UxS variants, UxS interceptors, and counter-UxS and EW-resilient supporting systems. Total budget EUR 80 million; maximum EU contribution EUR 10 million per project; funding rate up to 100% of eligible costs.

Funding to increase manufacturing capacity for defence platforms and end-products covering forging/machining, key sub-systems, composites materials, assembly/integration, Manufacturing as a Service, and dual-use heavy industry conversion for defence surge. Total topic budget EUR 152.75 million; maximum EU contribution EUR 30 million per project.

Funding to increase manufacturing capacities for key electronic components including guidance electronics, propulsion electronics, RF and laser modules, multispectral cameras, avionics, PCBs and IC substrates, lithium-ion polymer batteries, power electronics and critical semiconductor building blocks. Total topic budget EUR 122.25 million; maximum EU contribution EUR 20 million per project.

Industrial reinforcement for unmanned and counter-unmanned systems. The PDF states a EUR 80 million envelope and up to EUR 10 million per project.

+ Programmes Innovation programmes Eurostars Eurostars is part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs. The partnership is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe . Eurostars is a funding instrument that supports innovative SMEs and project partners (large companies, universities, research organisations and other types of organisations) by funding international collaborative R&D and innovation projects. By participating, organisations can access public funding for international collaborative R&D projects in all fields. To have a successful Eurostars application you must: Eurostars call. Deadline: 04 Mar 2027. Source: Eureka Network catalogue.

Multiple cut-off call for expressions of interest for In-Orbit Demonstration/Validation (IOD/IOV) actions, open to experiments needing aggregation and to ready-to-fly IOD/IOV satellites, with upcoming cut-off dates in October 2026 and March 2027.