Summary
- Profile Type
- Research & Development Request
- POD Reference
- RDRES20250425013
- Term of Validity
- 25 April 2025 - 25 April 2026
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A Spanish R&D institution is preparing a proposal for a new counter-battery or sapper for land operations that collaborates with air-platforms as drones. Both platforms will be made by advanced composite materials and achieve various functionalities as low observability or ballistic protection. The project targets the EDF-2025 call and aims to integrate thermoplastic and thermoset technologies in lightweight, resilient systems. Partners are sought for research cooperation to develop the project.
- Full Description
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This R&D project focuses on developing innovative composite-based solutions to enhance the land combat missions in collaboration with air support. It is framed within the European Defence Fund (EDF) call EDF-2025-DA-GROUND-LCC-STEP and aligns with current efforts to boost EU defence autonomy.
The project explores advanced thermoset and thermoplastic composites to improve the performance, durability, and weight-efficiency of ground and air-based defence systems. It combines materials science, with next-generation engineering, short-series manufacturing, and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) validation; and communications to obtain a collaborative environment.
The R&D institution offers lab services, composite expertise, and prototyping capacity. It seeks partners with know-how in electronics, systems integration, defence, or AI-driven targeting technologies. We need also a potential coordinator.
• Programme: European Defence Fund (EDF) 2025
• Official call deadline: 16th October 2025
• Deadline for EoI: 20th May 2025
• Project duration: 30 months - Advantages and Innovations
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• Effective collaboration ground-air
• Combination of technologies
• Structural health monitoring
• Integration of both composites
• Lightweight, durable materials for military-grade applications
• Alignment with EDF and European defence innovation goals - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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Partners with capabilities in:
• Advanced electronics for defence systems
• AI
• Sensing
• Defence expertise
• Ballistic testing and validation - Stage of Development
- Concept stage
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- IPR status
- Secret know-how
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The project seeks partners from defence industry or academia (or with expertise in this field) with the ability to:
• Co-develop or integrate targeting systems
• Collaborate on requirements definition
• Offer expertise in systems integration for land combat
• Coordination of proposals - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 50 - 249
- Big company
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Call details
- Framework program
- Access to finance
- Call title and identifier
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EUROPEAN DEFENCE FUND (EDF)
EDF-2025-DA-GROUND-LCC-STEP: Land collaborative combat including air-land - Submission and evaluation scheme
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Single-stage submission; centralized evaluation by EU authorities
- Anticipated project budget
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44,000,000
- Coordinator required
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No
- Deadline for EoI
- Deadline of the call
- Project duration in weeks
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210
- Project title and acronym
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TBD - CONFIDENTIAL
- Access to finance
EDF-2025-DA-GROUND-LCC-STEP: Land collaborative combat including air-land
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 02003001 - Process automation
- 02011001 - Aeronautical technology / Avionics
- Market keywords
- 09001005 - Motor vehicles, transportation equipment and parts
- 09001003 - Leasing of railcars, buses, cars, etc.
- 09001001 - Airlines
- 09001002 - Trucking
- 09001007 - Other transportation
- Sector Groups Involved
- Mobility - Transport - Automotive
- Aerospace and Defence
- Targeted countries
- All countries