Future modular multifunctional land platforms and enabling technologies, including green technologies

The main goal of this opportunity is to support the development of next-generation modular and multifunctional armoured land platforms and the technologies that enable them. It focuses on improving energy efficiency, modularity, and multifunctionality, while reducing environmental and logistical impacts. The opportunity also aims to eliminate or limit the use of environmentally toxic substances and to strengthen the competitiveness of EU businesses in the global defence market. Key areas include advancing technology maturity, increasing standardisation and interoperability, and ensuring security of supply within the EU. This grant targets solutions for EU Member States and associated countries, particularly for enhancing their military vehicle fleets and meeting their technological needs.

• Projects must focus on developing, qualifying, certifying, and improving the efficiency of new armoured land platforms.
• Proposals must include activities such as studies, design, system prototyping, testing, qualification, certification, and efficiency improvements.
• Projects must aim to achieve initial operational capability for newly developed platforms.
• Proposals must comply with the specified page limits and layout requirements.
• All eligibility conditions described in the call document must be met.

Example projects:

• Developing a prototype of a modular armoured vehicle with advanced energy-saving technologies.
• Designing and testing new green propulsion systems for military land platforms.
• Qualifying and certifying a multifunctional unmanned ground vehicle for high-intensity operations.

• Research and creation of new knowledge, products, and technologies
• Activities to improve interoperability and resilience of defence systems
• Feasibility studies for proposed solutions
• Design of defence products and enabling technologies
• System prototyping
• Testing and evaluation of prototypes and systems
• Qualification processes to meet operational standards
• Certification activities for new products or systems
• Development of technologies or assets to improve product life-cycle efficiency
• Procurement of specific raw materials or components for R&D and prototyping (including from non-EU sources if unavailable in the EU)

Restrictions: Only specific raw materials or components that cannot be sourced within the EU may be procured from outside the EU.

Budget for this call: 79,000,000€

• Applicants must be established in an EU Member State or an EDF Associated Country.
• Applicants must demonstrate financial and operational capacity to carry out the project.
• Applicants must not be subject to exclusion criteria as described in the call document.
• Proposals must comply with all eligibility conditions outlined in the call document.
• Applicants should ensure their project partners, if any, also meet all eligibility criteria.
• Eligibility may depend on forming a consortium or network, as described in the call document.
• All required documentation and formats specified in the call must be provided.