GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The scope of this topic is to propose solutions supported by demonstrations when relevant on the major axis presented above, thus providing air collaborative combat standardised solutions, mission systems evolutivity, standardised effectors interfaces and European sovereignty over AI technologies (tools, methods and libraries).

The proposals must consider manned and unmanned combat platform assets/concepts operated by the participating Member States, from current or upcoming ones to future air combat systems in Europe within an interoperability incremental approach. Future air combat scenarios require to rethink collaboration which is inseparable from an extended interaction between combat aircraft and a diversity of collaborative assets contributing to air combat operations also interfacing with any other domain (air, land, sea, space, cyber, …) (e.g. mission aircraft, tanker, JTAC…). This includes the need to consider interoperability with system of non-EU origin, to provide for compliance with NATO and other coalition situations, to be identified through the high-level operational requirements definition.

The proposals must consider scenarios for air combat operations in contested and highly contested environments at least geographically located in geographic Europe, Northern Africa and Middle-East. This could be complemented (e.g. Air defence and air policing within European airspace) when the common high-level operational requirements will be set up in close alignment with participating Member States’ representatives.

The budget earmarked on 2021 appropriations for this action will be completed by an amount of EUR 109 000 000 from 2022 appropriations. This 2022 complementary budget is subject to the adoption of a separate financing decision.