GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Proposals should address the development of hardware or software modules designed to enable manned-unmanned operation modes and taking into account teaming and swarming, and to be integrated or embedded into a set of digitalised ground Armoured Vehicles (fielded, still under development or future) and showing the following capabilities:

• To interconnect in real time and in a fully secured way an extended set of systems supported by an intelligent management solution and by operational aid modules;
• To be integrated in a manned digitised vehicle to make it temporary unmanned for specific parts of the mission;
• To propose real-time “reflex actions” to increase force protection and impacts of actions;
• To cooperate with the rest of the combined armed company while being able to enter, remain and exit the company network and to interact with unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV);
• To enable a versatile use in order to be deployed for a large spectrum of operational missions and provide operation capability in hostile, harsh environment;
• To be compliant with ethics and regulations regardless of the operational context.

Targeted activities: Studies, design and system prototyping, not excluding downstream activities.

The budget earmarked on 2021 appropriations for this action will be completed by an amount of  €109000000 from 2022 appropriations. This 2022 complementary budget is subject to the adoption of a separate financing decision.